Cordoba Custom Artist SP/IN (also offered in cedar)

Retail $3000, Our Price $2219

This guitar has a stunning appearance--a golden top, delicately sculptured tuner plates with two-tone coloration, and beautiful patterns for the rosette, top binding and tie block decoration.   Photographs do not do justice to this instrument's breathtaking visual aesthetics.   (Some spruce models have a whitish-blond top.)

The sound is even more impressive.  Trebles are sweet, pure, and possess a seemingly infinite range of understated, yet complex colors.  The basses are bold, yet balanced with the trebles.  Sustain and projection are unusually good considering the price, and it speaks in a compelling voice to the listener.

Moreover, it is effortlessly musical and transparent to the player's emotions, things that typical classical guitars--even expensive ones--don't do very well.

Overall, the guitar is truly poetic and intensely inspiring to the player, and I do not recall playing a more expressive guitar throughout my entire 40-year career.

The first customer who bought a Custom Artist made the purchase decision in a matter of minutes.   Another was awed and in disbelief at its incredible sound; it was as if he had never played anything as good in his entire life. 

Considering all the instruments I've heard over the years, I estimate a price of around $4000 to obtain a guitar with the beauty of sound, appearance and power of the Custom Artist.

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