Cordoba Rodriguez Classical Guitar

Handmade in a boutique workshop in California, the Cordoba Rodriguez combines three generations of tradition with features that bring this guitar into the modern era. Cordoba's Rodriguez is built with a sold Canadian cedar top, solid Indian rosewood back and sides and a fan bracing pattern with a transverse brace. This gives the guitar a distinctively "Spanish" sound - warm, lush and round, with bouncing basses and fat, singing trebles. It offers an instant responsiveness and a big, explosive attack at the beginning of every note.

The Rodriguez family of guitar makers produced incredible instruments for nearly 100 years in the southernmost region of Spain—deep in Andalucia, in the picturesque Moorish city of Córdoba. We honed in on a specific model from the 1970s era, when the Rodriguez guitars shifted to a build favoring an expansion in the size and depth of the body with fewer braces (5 rather than 7). The result is a guitar that pumps out sound in a lively, efficient manner with little effort on the part of the player. The Córdoba Rodriguez mimics its predecessor, built by Miguel Rodriguez Serrano, with its large yet lightweight build and immediate response and outstanding projection.

Cordoba's small team of skilled luthiers has added modern refinements such as a truss rod, geared tuning machines and a breathable nitrocellulose finish to make this a guitar for contemporary players. A hardshell humidified archtop case is included.

Full Specs

• Tuning Machine Ratio - 18:1
  
• Back Binding - Indian Rosewood
  
• Neck Joint - Spanish Heel
  
• Frets to Body - 12
  
• Number of Strings - 6
  
• Waist Width - 241mm (9 1/2")
  
• Headplate - Indian Rosewood
  
• Tuning Machine Buttons - Ivoroid
  
• Back Center Strip - Indian Rosewood
  
• Soundboard Thickness - 2.45mm
  
• Does it contain shell? No
  
• Tuning - E-A-D-G-B-E
  
• Tail Strip - Indian Rosewood
  
• Family - Traditional
  
• Build - Classical
  
• Construction - All Solid Woods
  
• Body Top - Solid Western Red Cedar
  
• Top Bracing Pattern - 1977 Rodriguez 5 Fan with Transverse Brace
  
• Soundhole Diameter - 84mm (3 1/3")
  
• Rosette - All Wood Rodriguez Design
  
• Top Purfling Inlay - Maple and Black
  
• Top Binding - Indian Rosewood
  
• Side Purfling Inlay - Maple and Black
  
• Back and Sides Wood - Solid Indian Rosewood
  
• Back Purfling Inlay - Maple and Green
  
• Neck Material - Spanish Cedar
  
• Scale Length - 650mm (25.6")
  
• Neck Shape - C Shape
  
• Nut Width - 52mm (2")
  
• Neck Thickness 1st Fret - 21mm
  
• Neck Thickness 9th Fret - 24mm
  
• Truss Rod - Dual Action
  
• Truss Rod Wrench - 4mm Allen Key
  
• Fingerboard Material - Ebony
  
• Frets Total - 19
  
• Color - Natural (NAT)
  
• Finish - Nitrocellulose Lacquer
  
• Bridge Material - Indian Rosewood
  
• Saddle Material - Bone
  
• Nut Material - Bone
  
• Tuning Machines - Cordoba Master Series Matte Gold with Ivoroid Buttons
  
• Strings - Savarez Cristal Corum High Tension 500CJ
  
• Included Case - Cordoba Deluxe Humidified Archtop Wood Case
  
• Upper Bout Width - 279mm (11")
  
• Lower Bout Width - 368mm (14 1/2")
  
• Body Depth Upper Bout - 95mm (3 3/4")
  
• Body Depth Lower Bout - 100mm (4")
  
• Body Length - 489mm (19 1/4")
  
• Overall Length - 991mm (39")
  
• Country of Origin - USA