Cordoba Fusion 5 - Natural Review

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… read more 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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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… read more 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.

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