Beginner Cordoba Iberia Cadete Classical Guitar

I bought this guitar about a week ago. It's a 3/4 size Cordoba nylon string Cadete with a slightly over 1 3/4 inch fretboard at the nut which is something I love as it doesn't differ too much from my Fender Stratocaster electric guitar's fretboard. Playing guitar is just a hobby of mine so I wouldn't even call myself a beginner. The song is an impromptu composition I wrote just last night which I have not given a title to yet so I guess an impromptu title is in order... I shall simply call the song Samantha #2. I know nylon strings and classical guitar are deviant to mainstream but I love the sound, I find it sweeter than even the Gibson Les Paul or any steel string guitar for that matter.

Something I pride myself in terms of fingerstyle is I hardly give viewers the bad sign (AKA the bird, the finger). Watch any other guitar video (Classical or otherwise) and you'll see what I mean. xD

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Music

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• cordoba
• classical
• guitar
• cadete
• nylon
• string
• beginner
• original
• composition

[12Radius]

What year is your guitar? thanks.

[joefileman]

@12Radius 2008

[ctepsick]

I saw this guitar today at a music store and I'm really trying to talk myself out of it. You did a great job with your song.

[joefileman]

@ctepsick Thanks! I have a few guitars, mostly the more affordable kinds. Ever since I got this one it has been the one I pick up and play the most.  If you are trying to talk yourself out of getting it I say that if you have a decent guitar then stick with it. But if you don't have one and you are looking for a 3/4 then it would be wrong not to consider this one.

[hecatesilver]

Parlor size guitars are coming back into vogue. This one in particular is very well made. Until the first quarter of the 20th century, this was pretty much standard size for guitars. The idea is not to have a big loud concert guitar, but rather one to play in your living room that sounds pleasant for home entertaining or hobbyists. These aren't just for kids or women. I really like 3/4 size guitars because they are so comfortable to play and easy to travel with.

[hecatesilver]

These Cordoba 3/4s are really nice little guitars. They are a really well made parlor size guitar. They're aren't just for kids or small women. I have one of these that I like alot. It sounds better than some full size classicals.

[12Radius]

I just got mine 10/16/10 wow.

[Jauhara]

I had been playing a full-sized classical guitar for years, and I still can't do most of the things I want to do, like barring, because of the size of my hands. I am considering getting a good 3/4 scale guitar, and this sounds quite good for a 3/4 scale.

[laketroutdeepdown]

Don't let anyone tell you you have to use fingernails on a nylon Spanish guitar. Eric Clapton and Yngwie Malmsteen, two very different Guitar Gods, applied plectrum to plastic; you're talking about two among the best in their respective niches. If they can do it, so can the rest of us. When classical guitarists' fingernails' fail them, sometimes they glue on carefully shaped ping-pong bits.

[joefileman]

Ooh. Steel strings have way much more tension than nylon strings. If it doesn't break the bridge it will warp the neck or implode the body. Years before this Cordoba I got a J Reynolds, it's playable but the Cordoba sounds much sweeter. I'd still like to get a really good deal on a classical guitar that has a good solid wood top, sides and back. Still like the 3/4 size though - feels like an electric guitar.  :)