The Cordoba Orchestra CE's Unique Sound - In-Depth Review by Chad Morris
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- Опубліковано 5 тра 2019
- #cordobaguitars #acousticguitar
An extensive review of the Cordoba Fusion Series Orchestra CE - an acoustic-electric nylon guitar. All BGM by Chad Morris using the Cordoba CE.
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Delightful, informative, relaxed, no ego involved...and lovely playing. Great post!
really nice extensive review ! just what i needed! thank u very much!
Great video. I feel like it’s more in depth than most guitar reviews I have seen on UA-cam!
Thank you for this great review. Very helpful.
Exceptional video in every regard. Thank you! :)
I'm loving your channel in that every topic you cover has a pleasant and well presented knowledge in minute detail. Your instrument reviews contain a serious depth, and personal experience of the pros and cons of a particular instrument, and your Jazz guitar knowledge is both informative and easy to understand. So keep it up and thanks for sharing your obvious experience in your guitar playing journey. BTW you are a truly gifted guitarist and I look forward to repeatedly going to your channel I've subscribed to.
Came across this guitar at Guitar Center last night and been wondering about it today. Your review might have convinced me to come back and buy it tonight.
Man great video and your playing is fantastic!
Wonderful review!
Great review.
Just purchased one of these babies a couple of months....LOVE it! curiously enough my input at the tail end of the guitar was also screwed on backwards! Looks like a coachable opportunity for someone at the factory! Great job with this video! Have a good one!
Nicely done.
thanks for shating your knowledge..
Thank you. I just purchased it!!!
*Oct 2022 Update: Hey everyone, I thought it important to add that when I recorded this video there was an issue with this guitar's input--unbeknownst to me--which affected the guitar's tone! Mr. Neely from Neely Guitars Hollywood fixed this issue some time ago and now the guitar sounds much better under amplification! ... ua-cam.com/video/LWquZ6tbJ6M/v-deo.html
I may have to give it a higher rating now...
I love mine!
Bro phenomenal
THANK YOU SIR!!!!
You sound Great!!!
I play Classical guitar on my Takamine Cutaway, but I also like to play jazz improvisation, fusion, chord melody stuff, and Flamenco. I also have a Strat for "WILD and CRAZY CREATIVITY", but I want best of both worlds. This is the guitar for me. If I can find it, I'm going to get it tomorrow. Thanks again for the introduction and the inspiration. 🙏🏽🎶🎵
Excellent detailed review! Is your guitar spruce or cedar topped? Love your playing!
Thank you for this Chad! I've been eyeing one of these for a while... I don't know why it's SO difficult to find an affordable cutaway nylon string without electronics - I wish it was an option on these. Live, I would rather use a stick-on mount piezo of my choice thru my Tonedexter blended with a mic and retain a more natural, woody tone. Great playing, BTW! ..And your vibrato is killer!
Interesting Video! I own the same guitar and use these D'addario-strings as well... Thank you.
Awesome playing and sound! Which kind of pick do you use on nylonstring? Dunlop jazz3?
Very nice and comprehensive review with some great guitar playing! As you mentioned guitars without holes cut in the side for the pickups & preamp, I thought of the Cordoba Orchestra Pro SP/IN. It’s a full body crossover guitar (no cutaway), and the BBand A2.2 pickups and preamp are inside the guitar, so no potentially compromising holes were cut in the body. With a domed solid European spruce top and domed solid rosewood back and sides, it sounds very huge acoustically.
I think Cordova discontinued the Orchestra Pro because most people looking for crossover guitars preferred a cut away, though I personally never made use of the extra space on the one side of the neck that cutaways provide. The orchestra pro is a crossover primarily for it’s 48mm neck. The rest is a standard big sounding classical guitar.
BTW, Thanks also for the revealing observations about the difference between the Savarez and the Pro Arte strings!
I really appreciate this video. I was wondering how the action is and can it be lowered somewhat with the truss rod? By the way, beautiful playing! Thanks.
Very helpful review, thanks for sharing. "No meat" to the sound is a major problem with any guitar sporting an undersaddle pickup. By the way, Savarez is French, not Spanish, so it does not rhyme with "Alvarez."
I’ve got this guitar. Try using the Aquila Rubino classical guitar strings if you can find them. Loads of fun with reasonable sound.
Savarez have very different strings in they line up. But your insight is greatly appreciated!
I’m looking into this particular model because I bought a C5-CE, but returned it. It was okay for my first classical-style guitar, but I also didn’t really know or understand what I was looking for and what I needed even though I spent a lot of time researching the different Cordoba models. I eventually created a spreadsheet for many of their guitars so I could see all of the different offerings all on one page, and that’s what brought me here. I like the idea of the onboard mic and piezo combo that the C5-CE didn’t have, but I since almost bought the C7-CE instead, but have decided to spend more money for the ebony fingerboard, upgraded tuners and the 48mm nut (does the 2mil difference really matter?). But, I seem to like the Orchestra more than the C7-CE, which brings me to ask you, four years on from this review (and perhaps there have been changes, although I’m not aware of any comparisons between yours and the 2023 models) what do you think of it now? Thanks for the review, btw :)
I’m looking seriously at getting a Cordoba crossover. Haven’t decided yet between a c9 crossover and the fusion orchestra. The c9 has no electronics or cutaway and I’m leaning toward that. I would like the cutaway, but I hate the look of the plastic box on the side.
I just purchased the lesser Fusion 12 with mahogany back and sides and had the exact same issue with the Saverez strings. I am waiting on my delivery of the Pro-Arte hard tension "cheap" strings." I too play with a thick jazz pick and came from a more traditional classical guitar. If the strings don't show me a little more woody tone and some soul, it's going back.
What's the difference between the Fusion 12 and the Fusion Orchestra? I can get a good deal on a used Fusion 12, but fell in love with the Orchestra at Guitar Center. Haven't played the Fusion 12 yet as it's a 1.5 hour drive from me if I want to buy it used.
What's the difference between the Orchestra and regular 12 Fusion? Is it worth the extra money?
I've been trying to find that guitar but they only have the "Orchestra CE" but the fretboard doesn't go all the way closer to the sound hole like yours
Isn't that the same guitar he is reviewing?
How does this compare to the C7-CE?
Is your CE a cedar or spruce topped?
Which country is the guitar made in?
Why did you switch from string to nylon?
What do you mean by 100% mic blend. I googled that phrase verbatim and there are zero results
Try dampening the sound bouncing off of the plastic electronics case with a sound absorbing material.
Thanks for the review.
Is this all solid wood?
Once you try a Rich Barbera pickup, there is no going back, and with a Grace Design Alix or Bix...
Very nice Chad! Have been playing fingerstlye nylon for years now. Have my GK Studio negra, love it, but I may go back to the 48 mm width from 50 mm...
How come? I have a Cordoba Fusion Maple 🍁 12 with 48mm and I am thinking of going to full classical 52mm
All depends I think on what one is use to playing lately… I have gone back to my jazz guitars the last 2 years, so that is a 1 11/16 / 1 3/4 nut width, even 1 3/4 feels wide to me now… I could never go back to 52 mm. 50 mm I suppose, is a happy compromise….
On another note on nylon guitars is action. I have discovered most nylon builders, build for classical players, that is the target customer, and it of course makes sense, so the action is high 4 mm at low E / 12. It is rather rare where you can take a classical guitar build and its neck geometry, and just lower the saddle and get to 2 mm action without major buzz. Some classical builders can do it, M Sakurai is one builder where it can be done, of course at $6500 price tag. Flamenco guitars have a different neck angle that makes the top sound board to the string distance, 7-9 mm, not 10-14 mm of a classical build. That neck angle has a lot to do with low action and no buzz. I have essentially given up after many years, chasing hi end classical guitars. They are $5000 and over, and they just don’t suit players that require low action, for jazz fingerstyle chords and even legato lines. This would be more of a flamenco neck angle design. But then you are stuck with perhaps a flamenco sound…A hybrid build would be interesting. The Córdoba GK Studio and Pro provide pretty good value in this regard. I now look for playability as the most important part of any classical guitar now I come across, how low can the action go, how easy to fret, and at the same time the quality of the tone, how full and clear is it…..
very pleasant narrating voice, sort of a mixture between Sam Harris and Obama. Think I‘ll ditch waking up. Anyway great music and thanks for your views.
Again that's the challenge. That handmade spanish guitar with it's possible $5000 plus price tag, will probably play nowhere near this under $1000 guitar. If you can do that hi 4mm action, it will work. If you need low action as I do, and have a light left hand touch, that 4 mm will not get to 2 mm. To me what would be interesting is a hybrid: a classical body with a flamenco neck angle, 48 mm width and 12" radius...
With my Cordoba C7 (spruce top) , using D’addario extra high tension strings , the standard Pro Arte, the Titanium, or the Composite is almost like having three different guitars. I prefer the D’addario over Savarez on these guitars also.
Someone needs to produce a completely removable , affordable amplification system for nylon string guitars. Cutting a square hole in the side of a nice acoustic guitar, then screwing a heavy plastic , battery filled device into it doesn’t work for me.
Cordoba needs to offer a non amplified, cut away classic (and flamenco) without the electronic junk in it. The guitars are all ready being produced. Just don’t put that stuff in ,and I’ll buy them.
It exists. It's called the Rich Barbera Soloist, the best pickup by far. I have one on my Cordoba GK Studio Negra, totally bypassed the onboard Fishman. There is no need at all to cut a square whole in the guitar...And I use Grace Design Bix preamp
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Wow! Thanks John. I’ll look into that.👍
The thinner neck takes me out
To me there really is zero reason to have any electronics controls mounted in the guitar at all. All passive, a Rich Barbera pickup, all tone coming from the pickup and Grace Design Bix preamp, and yes the Savarez are not going to work for a thick full tone, they feel ands sound like weak threads. Pro Artes are far better sound, congrats on the tone, absolutely excellent. I abandoned the pick years ago, will never go back to it, since i play legato. The challenge is a thin thumb nail will give you a bad thin sound...
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