1960s A. Dotras Cordoba (Spanish-made) Classical/Folk Guitar
This is an interesting, Spanish-made classical guitar that is more of a "folk guitar" due to its "parlor" sizing and thinner body depth (it's roughly "0" size rather than "00" size like most classicals). It sounds way larger than it looks and has a sweet, clean, and easy-to-live-with voice. I really like it for fingerpicking or nails-strumming chords behind singing and it looks the part of a veteran "folk guitar" as well. It's friendly.
Suffice to say, it's a bit beat-up but post-repairs it plays well and has a good sound with an endearing character. I really like the rosette style, wood binding, and "bearclaw" figure to the top wood. I wish I knew what the back/sides wood is. It looks close to tupelo/black gum/nyssa but I'm pretty sure it's not exactly that.
Repairs included: a fret level/dress, some bridge mods, crack repair to the side and cleats for the center seam, cleaning, and setup.
Weight: 2 lbs 15 oz
Scale length: 25 1/2"
Nut width: 2 1/16"
Neck shape: slim-medium D
Board radius: flat
Body width: 13 1/2"
Body depth: 3 1/2"
Top wood: solid spruce (I believe)
Back & sides wood: solid of some sort (not sure)
Bracing type: ladder/fan
Bridge: unknown
Fretboard: ebonized mysterywood
Neck wood: Spanish cedar
Action height at 12th fret: hair-over 3/32" (comfy)
String gauges: light tension classical nylon
Neck relief: straight
Fret style: medium/lower
Condition notes: the center seam below the bridge is cleated/repaired/filled and the treble side has a longer, repaired hairline crack. There's small nicks, dings, scratches, etc. throughout the finish, too.
Also: the bridge has been shaved and was patched/filled in the past so it has some streakiness in color on its "front deck." I've modified its stringing to string-through-top and replaced the original saddle (which was in the wrong place anyway) with a small fret saddle. This style of string-mounting is like a lot of modern ukes -- you push the string through the hole in the top, pull it out the soundhole and knot it into a "ball end," and then pull it snug up against the bridge plate and up to the tuner. It's quick when you get used to it.
It comes with: sorry, no case.
Consignor tag: JW
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