Cordoba Torres Classical Guitar

The Córdoba Torres Classical Guitar Is a Resounding and Faithful Recreation of a Piece of History

The Córdoba Torres is the culmination of centuries of classical guitar making, largely inspired by the work of the great luthier Antonio de Torres but with modern design elements that make this guitar accessible to guitarists today. Original Torres guitars are know for their surprisingly huge sound, despite their small and lightweight frames. The Córdoba Torres carries on this legacy with its big voice and shortened scale length, and is based on a specific 1856 Torres with a 24.8-inch body size and 640 mm scale length.

Why Torres?

Antonio de Torres was one of the most important guitar makers of the 19th century, building between the early 1850s and 1892. As a Stradivarius violin is revered among violinists, a Torres guitar is prized and collected among guitarists. Torres innovated a body shape, bracing pattern, soundboard arch, and other design elements that were revolutionary for his time, transforming the guitar into a much louder and resonant instrument with more projection than any guitar that had come before it. Not only are Torres guitars the elite standard by which most classical guitars are compared to today, but most modern steel string acoustic guitar designs are traceable to the Torres lineage.

Construction

Handmade in Córdoba’s small, boutique workshop in California, the Torres features a narrower nut width and slightly narrower neck, making it extremely comfortable to play. The Córdoba Torres is built with a solid Engelmann spruce top and solid Indian rosewood back and sides. The neck is Spanish cedar, topped with an African ebony fingerboard. Breaking the Torres tradition, modern refinements such as a truss rod, geared tuning machines and a breathable nitrocellulose finish make this a guitar for contemporary players. A hardshell humidified archtop case is included.

SPECIFICATIONS

General

• Build: Classical
• Color: Natural
• Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Country of Origin: USA
• Cordoba Item Number: 07102
• Shipper Carton Dimensions: 1160 x 460 x 190 mm

Body

• Construction: All Solid Woods
• Back and Sides Wood: Solid Indian Rosewood
• Body Top: Solid Engelmann Spruce
• Back Center Strip: Indian Rosewood
• Tail Strip: Indian Rosewood
• Top Bracing Pattern: 1856 Torres 7 Fan
• Back Binding: Indian Rosewood
• Top Binding: Indian Rosewood
• Side Purfling Inlay: Maple and Black
• Top Purfling Inlay: Maple and Black Rope Pattern
• Rosette: All Wood Torres Design
• Soundhole Diameter: 3.3 inches / 84 mm
• Soundboard Thickness: 2.5 mm
• Upper Bout Width: 10.125 inches / 257 mm
• Waist Width: 8.5 inches / 215 mm
• Lower Bout Width: 13.25 inches / 337 mm
• Body Depth Upper Bout: 3.5 inches / 90 mm
• Body Depth Lower Bout: 3.75 inches / 95 mm
• Body Length: 18.5 inches / 470 mm
• Overall Length: 38 inches / 965 mm

Neck

• Neck Material: Spanish Cedar
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Neck Joint: Spanish Heel
• Neck Shape: C Shape
• Neck Thickness: 21 mm 1st Fret, 24 mm 9th Fret
• Scale Length: 25.2 inches / 640 mm
• Number of Strings: 6
• Frets Total: 19
• Frets to Body: 12
• Headplate: Indian Rosewood
• Nut String Spacing: 43 mm
• Nut Width: 2 inches / 51 mm
• Nut Material: Bone
• Strings: Savarez Cristal Corum High Tension 500CJ

Hardware

• Tuning Machines: Cordoba Master Series Matte Gold with Black Buttons
• Tuning Machines Vendor and Model: Der Jung DJCB2GX-P12 (S3)
• Tuning: E-A-D-G-B-E
• Tuning Machine Ratio: 18 to 1
• Truss Rod: Dual Action
• Truss Rod Wrench: 4 mm Allen Key
• Bridge Material: Indian Rosewood
• Saddle Material: Bone
• Included Case: Cordoba Deluxe Humidified Archtop Wood Case – Torres/Esteso

Manufacturer: Cordoba Guitars
Model: TORRES WC
SKU: I608011-N-0-WHXD
UPC: 614252350006

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