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Cordoba Fusion 5 Nylon String Acoustic-electric Guitar - Natural

6-string Acoustic-electric Nylon-string Classical Guitar with Spruce Top, Mahogany Back and Sides, Mahogany Neck, and Pau Ferro Fingerboard - Natural
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Classical Design with a Steel-string Feel

Guitarists wanting to make the jump from a steel-string to a nylon-string instrument will find much to love in the Cordoba Fusion 5 acoustic guitar. This no-nonsense instrument has been designed to offer incredible comfort, outstanding tone, and top-level playability. The Fusion 5 features a solid spruce top with mahogany back and sides for a stellar blend of pristine highs, balanced mids, and rich low end. The mahogany neck with pau ferro fingerboard offers incredible playability and smooth response, and the deep cutaway gives you easy access to those harder-to-reach notes up the neck. And when you're ready to plug in, a Fishman Sonitone pickup system delivers gorgeous amplified acoustic tone.

Fishman Sonitone pickups: tone you can trust

The Fishman Sonitone pickup system inside the Fusion 5 includes an under-saddle piezo that delivers impeccable high-output amplification for the stage and studio. And for unique access, the Sonitone puts the volume and tone controls directly and discreetly in the soundhole — a feature guitarists here at Sweetwater found especially intuitive.

Neck designed for comfort

To make the transition from a standard steel-string guitar to a classical guitar a little easier, Cordoba designed the Fusion neck with a 16-inch radius fretboard and smaller 1-7/8-inch nut width. The result is a feel that is close to a standard steel-string guitar while providing a genuine classical guitar experience.

Cordoba Fusion 5 Acoustic Guitar Features:

  • Classical acoustic guitar designed to bridge the feel and playability of a steel-string and nylon-string guitar
  • Solid spruce top with mahogany back and sides
  • Mahogany neck with pau ferro fingerboard offers incredible playability and smooth response
  • Deep cutaway enables easy access up the neck
  • Fishman Sonitone pickup system delivers gorgeous amplified acoustic tone
  • Sonitone puts the volume and tone controls directly and discreetly in the soundhole
  • Pau ferro bridge and bone saddle enhance tone and sustain

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Tech Specs

  • String Type: Nylon
  • Number of Strings: 6
  • Body Shape: Classical
  • Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
  • Color: Natural
  • Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
  • Top Wood: Solid Spruce
  • Back & Sides Wood: Mahogany
  • Body Bracing: Fan (top), Ladder (back)
  • Binding: Composite
  • Neck Wood: Mahogany
  • Neck Shape: C
  • Radius: 16"
  • Fingerboard Material: Pau Ferro
  • Number of Frets: 19
  • Scale Length: 25.6"
  • Tuning Machines: Cordoba Silver with Black buttons
  • Bridge Material: Pau Ferro
  • Nut/Saddle Material: Composite/Bone
  • Nut Width: 1.889"
  • Electronics: Fishman Sonitone, Undersaddle Piezo
  • Strings: Savarez Cristal High Tension
  • Case Included: Sold Separately
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 99-750-0030

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Rated 5/5

Cordoba Fusion 5

Wow!
What a delightful instrument. I haven't had a classical guitar for decades. I'd forgotten how light they can be!
This guitar is bringing back the classical tunes I used to play. The slightly less than 2" neck is still wide enough that I feel like I'm playing a classical guitar.
It has delightful tone and playability.
On top of all that, it is an absolutely gorgeous instrument!
I am extremely pleased with this guitar!
Rated 5/5

Excellent Entry Level Cordoba Fusion 5 Model

I’m an amateur/hobbyist guitarist and at age 67 I’ve been playing quite a long time. I just purchased this excellent entry level Cordoba Fusion 5 Spruce model from the good folks at Sweetwater. The Fusion 5 is a very nice option for a hybrid nylon string guitar in that price range. I believe the Fusion 5 is a fairly new addition to the Cordoba line and based on the specs and pricing I would say that it fits in well with their C5 models. Of course, it’s a Fusion model so you do get the narrower neck width and a radius fretboard, ideal for the steel string player wanting to add those sweet nylon string tones. I’m finding mostly pros vs cons with this guitar. The pros - good sound projection unplugged (although not as loud as my C7), beautiful fit and finish, excellent tone woods which include a solid spruce top, laminated mahogany back and sides, mahogany neck, a bone nut and saddle, Fishman electronics, very good playability and intonation up and down the very comfortable neck and good action right out of the box. The cons - I’m not too crazy about the use of composite material on the head plate and back center strip or the pearl style decals used for the head plate logo and rosette, but they don’t look bad at all and I suppose they do make sense at this price point. Honestly, I was considering the comparable Yamaha NXT1 but in my opinion Cordoba gives you more bang for your buck when you compare specs. I like having the mahogany instead of the nato found on the Yamaha. I also prefer the bone nut and saddle on the Cordoba. Also, I really just like the more “classical’ or “traditional” appearance of the Cordoba with 12 frets to the body and a round sound hole. In closing, I don’t think you’d be disappointed buying the Cordoba Fusion 5. I love mine.
Rated 3.5/5

Good guitar

Generally well-made guitar for the price. Although the strings looked new, 1 broke immediately the first time I tried to tune and another string a few days later; no big deal but nothing like having a brand new guitar and having to wait to order a new string set to play it. The action is a little on the high side; as best as I can tell, turning the truss rod either way has absolutely no effect on relief - doesn't even detune the strings. So I'm stuck with high action, although the guitar is still playable. I haven't tried to file the bridge and will probably go to a shop to have the guitar setup. It sounds great though, acoustically or electrically, which is why I am deciding to keep it.
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