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Your cart is empty.The C9 is one of the first all-solid guitars in the Iberia series. Along with the sweet, warm tone provided by its all-solid body, the C9 features the vintage elegance of a hand-inlaId mother-of-pearl rosette inspired by a 1920s Domingo Esteso design. Features a solid Canadian cedar top and solid mahogany back and sides, and comes with a Cordoba polyfoam case.
Slo-Hand
2025-08-24 13:38:27
I'm very happy with this guitar. It arrived just a few days ago. I've been playing a long time but mostly steel string acoustics. This guitar is light and even with the Cristal Corum high tension strings feels very easy on the fingertips I suppose that's part of the allure of nylon. This guitar is beautiful. It shines like glass. The strings were already in tune right out of the case. It's a nice case, form fitting and also light but more protective than a gig bag. This guitar has been sounding better by the day as I acclimate to it. Artificial harmonics are easy to get on this instrument with these strings. Tunes by Sor and Tarrega sound better on this guitar than on acoustic. I would describe this guitar's sound as full, almost chorusy in nature as opposed to super clear. It's a matter of taste and I'm just going with it. You can do things to clarify the sound if you want but sometimes a big wall of sound is what you want. If you have Bridgett Memikides Compendium, the first two studies sound fantastic on this guitar as does the 3rd 'The Guiliani Allegro' which she plays at 100bpm. I play it at something like 55bpm. To me 100bpm shouldn't be humanly possible ! The action was set fairly low but the guitar comes with instructions on how to adjust the truss rod. I won't be doing that any time soon. The guitar should be kept in the case when not in use and at 45-55% humidity and 60-85 degrees Fahrenheit. I've set up a small room humidifier in the room the guitar is stored in to rectify the situation. I turn the humidifier off at night and close the case and the humidity is preserved overnight. I will not zip and unzip the case because eventually the zipper will fail that way. When I need to actually move the guitar I'll be assured of quality transport. I use high heat canola oil to revitalize the fret board and a little Murphy's oil soap solution for the painted waxed sections. Winters are hard on guitars with the low humidity's and fast temperature changes so don't expect your fine solid wood guitar to stay in perfect tune under those extreme conditions. This is a living piece of wood and will expand and contract accordingly. I keep a vibration head stock tuner handy and generally stop playing when the furnace comes on. Once the temperature stabilizes I re-tune and start again. The guitar doesn't fall out by much but by enough and spring will come soon enough and this will then be unnecessary. If anything changes I'll come back and amend but for now I'm living in a fool's paradise over this purchase. Thanks for reading !
Brody McCrackin
2025-08-02 09:50:30
Has a beautiful ring to it. Super aesthetically pretty too.
Steven Cogswell, VSA-CDT, Cert. SAPT
2025-06-21 17:20:17
The craftsmanship of this is astonishing. The finish is smooth, all the joinings are tight; it's a thing of beauty. The case really adds to the value. I am a new guitarist, so I can't really speak much to the playability, but even in my inept hands, it's vibrant, almost seeming alive. I couldn't be happier. I have my first classical guitar lesson this week, so I'm excited to see what my teacher has to say. It may need the action lowered just a touch, which from what I gather is not an unusual adjustment to have to make for any new guitar. It doesn't feel like a small instrument, but I'm short (5'8") with short arms and small hands, and it feels very comfortable.
Valerie
2025-05-24 15:19:48
I’m enjoying playing this classical guitar so much. It was a difficult choice on deciding what guitar would be best for me. After years and years of buying guitars I realized I had never really purchased a really nice classical guitar which is my favorite. I’m so happy I chose this smaller size. It’s more comfortable to play and it sounds sweet. At the price point I originally was going to go with the top sounding but realize playability is also a top factor. Happy happy! I would not have spent time on reviewing otherwise.
musicophile
2025-02-12 12:10:44
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Lisa
2025-02-10 12:05:12
Quick and good
francois Drouin
2024-12-24 11:45:00
The guitar approaches the perfection. It has a high volume, nice tone, a surprising light weight, a really nice look, a nice finish (but I would prefer semi-gloss than gloss). The strings are perfectly adjusted, not too high at the 12th fret, not too low. It comes with a nice case, with a comportement inside for capot and strings (It would be a good idea an outside small comportement for a footrest, little more room for music sheet, and why not, a comportment for a stand. That would be the perfect guitar case !). I am really satisfied. The packing lacked some protection: only a cartoon box over the guitar case. The pack received a shock during transportation which did affect the case (not apparent as the outside case surface is hessian), but the case did protect efficiently the guitar, a real good case. An extra protection over the nice guitar case would be indicated.
StarfleetHero
2024-12-05 11:01:55
This guitar is incredible. Beautiful tone; long sustain; super loud. It is far and above every other guitar that I've played in this price range (admittedly, I haven't played too many guitars, but this one was clearly the best of the few that I've played). And it came with a really nice case!
Jing Li
2024-12-03 15:34:41
I really can not believe it. I noticed that one wood frame inside the guitar is broken when I took the guitar out of the nice looking hard case. This guitar looks beautiful, but the quality control is poor.Another problem found in the morning, there is a 3 inch long crack in the wood at the back of guitar.The beautifully looking guitar will go back to Amazon today.Update: I ordered another one. Will update the review later.
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