The Cordoba C5-CET Limited Thinbody Is a Fantastic Introduction to Classical Guitars
Based on Córdoba’s top-selling C5-CE, the C5-CET Spalted Maple Limited adds a new option to the best selling C5 family. Built with a solid spruce top, the C5-CET Spalted Maple Limited also features stunning spalted maple back and sides, which lends this model strong, solid lows, soaring, distinct highs and sustain for days. This model’s thin body style helps reduce on-stage feedback while a Fishman Presys II pickup amplifies the C5-CET Spalted Maple Limited’s warm acoustic tone. Handmade in the traditional Spanish style, the C5-CET Spalted Maple Limited’s carved headstock, hand-inlaid wood rosette, rosewood binding, Savarez strings, and glossy PU finish result in a guitar that truly stands out from all other entry-level options. A lightweight adjustable truss rod is built into the neck for stability.
SPECIFICATIONS
General
- Build: Thinbody
- Color: Natural
- Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
- Country of Origin: China
- Cordoba Item Number: 04662
- Shipper Carton Dimensions: 1040 x 470 x 140 mm
Body
- Construction: Solid Top
- Back and Sides Wood: Spalted Maple
- Body Top: Solid Spruce
- Back Center Strip: Pau Ferro
- Tail Strip: Composite
- Top Bracing Pattern: Fan
- Back Binding: Composite
- Top Binding: Composite
- Rosette: All Wood Traditional
- Soundhole Diameter: 3.3 inches / 84 mm
- Soundboard Thickness: 2.8 – 3.0 mm
- Upper Bout Width: 11.5 inches / 292 mm
- Waist Width: 9.75 inches / 248 mm
- Lower Bout Width: 14.625 inches / 371 mm
- Body Depth Upper Bout: 2.5 inches / 65 mm
- Body Depth Lower Bout: 2.75 inches / 70 mm
- Body Length: 19.25 inches / 489 mm
- Overall Length: 38.75 inches / 984 mm
Neck
- Neck Construction: Traditional 3 Piece Neck
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Fingerboard Material: Pau Ferro
- Neck Joint: Dovetail
- Neck Shape: C Shape
- Neck Thickness: 21 mm 1st Fret, 24 mm 9th Fret
- Scale Length: 25.6 inches / 650 mm
- Number of Strings: 6
- Frets Total: 19
- Frets to Body: 12
- Headplate: Composite
- Headstock Logo: Cordoba Arches Logo – Maple
- Nut String Spacing: 43 mm
- Nut Width: 2 inches / 50 mm
- Nut Material: Bone
- Strings: Savarez Cristal Corum High Tension 500CJ
Hardware
- Pickup Type: Undersaddle Piezo, Onboard Tuner
- Electronics: Fishman Presys II
- Electronics Vendor and Model: Fishman PSY-BAF-AAA
- Controls: Tuner, Volume, Bass, Treble, and Phase Switch
- Tuning Machines: Cordoba Gold with Pearl Buttons
- Tuning Machines Vendor and Model: Der Jung DJ216GK-A1W (S2)
- Tuning: E-A-D-G-B-E
- Tuning Machine Ratio: 14 to 1
- Battery Pack: Fishman Combination Battery Box / Output Jack – 9V
- Battery Pack Installation Location: Lower Bout Treble Side
- Truss Rod: Dual Action
- Truss Rod Wrench: 4 mm Allen Key
- Bridge Material: Pau Ferro
- Saddle Material: Bone
Manufacturer: Cordoba Guitars
Model: C5CET LTD
SKU: I615594-0-WHXC
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