Cordoba Guilele 6-String Acoustic Nylon Guitar/Ukulele Hybrid

I've had an ongoing problem of ordering musical instruments online that should have been sold as seconds. Again it seems this seller has done the same. Several chips on the outside of the fret board. A little glue on the saddle. Also a scratch on the side of it. Sending it back to hopefully get one in NEW condition like I paid for.

This is a lovely little instrument--although Cordoba sadly did not see fit to give it a non-generic model name or number, to distinguish it from the plainer GP100.One cannot avoid comparisons with Yamaha's wildly successful GL-1, which can be credited with setting the standard for this class of instrument. Overall, the two are identical--same size and shape (length 27-1/2 inches, for case purposes), same tuning, same sturdy, high-quality construction, same unlimited capacity for producing music, certainly far beyond my poor powers.The Cordoba, at twice the price (modest nonetheless), of course has a number of refinements. Its woods are more finely finished and have more grain, seemingly less manmade in character. The headstock is more artfully carved, and its precision, all-silver/chrome tuning heads are beautifully machined. There are four (not two) dot fret markers on the upper edge of the fingerboard. Best of all, there is a charming sound hole rosette, which is lacking in the Yamaha. All this is pleasing.And yet, in terms of playability and musicality, I cannot say that the Cordoba is superior. Its fingerboard measures about 1/16 inch less at the nut, and its neck profile feels narrower and more rounded, but both instruments finger with equal speed and ease. To my ear, the tone of the Yamaha is more mellow and less tinkly, but the bass response (not strong on either instrument) is fuller on the Cordoba. On both instruments the four high strings produce rich, resonant harmonic overtones. Simply lovely.Which to buy? There is no wrong choice. The Cordoba is a thing of beauty--but then so is the Yamaha, in its own unadorned way. Both manufacturers (and their workers) can be proud of producing such a fine instrument at such an affordable cost.

They must not have anyone inspect these because mine is damaged.A crack a the head, dents in the neck, pealing wood on the bridge.I was going to replace the strings anyways but had one break already on the 2nd day.Not sure if its the strings, but the low strings are buzzy.Ive bought instruments from other dealers with no problems on amazon but this one was from amazonas the retailer. Im not sure if its the companies fault for not inspecting their shipmentsor amazons. Pretty disappointed in it.

Its a gorgeous little guitar. I also own the Yamaha GL-1, which i like too. Cordoba looks and sounds better. IMHO Its well worth the extra 100 bucks. You can check on youtube, a guy does a comparison, I totally agree with him. The Cordoba smaller head makes it much better aesthetically.The action came too high. Also there was buzzing on 2 strings. At first I was a little bit mad. But then these are common problems when buying online. The buzzing problems were solved by changing to Dáddario strings (which are actually cheaper than Aquila, the ones it comes with) The action was lowered by sawing the nut, deepening the furrows where strings lie. Lowered it until I had an extremely playable F chord.I have small hands, so this guilele space between frets are perfect for me. Although tuned higher at adgceA instead of eadgbE, you still can use all the regular guitar lessons. Just have to transpose when singing.Im still a novice, Im glad I bought the guilele because Im practicing way more now.

The Guilele sounded nice out of the box and was a fun instrument for me to play and hopefully to eventually teach my young son on. Unfortunately the top began to crack days into me owning it and now there are two long splits in the wood running vertically from the tail to the soundhole. They're not from pressure or dropping the instrument and I keep it in the same room as the rest of my instruments. Overall it would be a fun and unique instrument had it lasted but the product was sub par and didn't make it one week. I'm disappointed that I spent $200.00 for something that amount to little over a novelty item that didn't even last the time it took to get a credit card statement to pay for it.

I bought the instrument for my 6 year old son who is learning Suzuki guitar. It is very nice looking, plays well for the price and a very good size for him. Very easy to handle and carry around for little kids.

All natural wood, fan bracing. As best I can tell this is the only guilele out there at present without laminated sides and back. It comes with a plastic bridge saddle and nut. The tone is greatly enhanced if these are switched out for bone or Tusq. But the instrument has pretty good tone regardless. The intonation is perfect. There may be some problems with raised frets, and the tuners are not all that great. But all in all this is a very good value for the price. Technically this is tuned like a requinto. Very portable and handy for travel. I play mine all the time.

Extremely poor construction. Strings were discolored. Bottom WAS FLAT!!!! in spots.Obvious factory second being passed off as first quality. BUYER BEWARE!!!!