The Fusion Series 14 Maple by Cordoba is a hybrid nylon-string, acoustic/electric guitar designed to sound and feel more like a steel-string acoustic. Sporting an European spruce top with flamed-maple back and sides, it delivers a brighter and sweeter tone than an instrument with rosewood or mahogany back and sides, which are woods that are commonly used for classical guitars.
Additionally, the 14 Maple features a thinner neck than a traditional Spanish-style classical guitar, using a nut width of 48mm instead of the customary 52mm, and a radiused, ebony fingerboard with 19 frets, joining the body at the 14th fret. The instrument sports a pau ferro bridge.
For electronics, this instrument is outfitted with a Fishman Presys Blend preamp system, an undersaddle piezo pickup, and an internal body microphone. The preamp system provides bass, middle, and treble controls as well as notch filter and phase controls for eliminating feedback, a mic blend to balance the internal microphone with the pickup, and a volume knob to adjust the system's overall output level. Furthermore, a built-in tuner is provided for your convenience.
Neck Features
Fingerboard: Ebony, Radiused
Profile: Crossover C-Shape
Truss Rod: Dual Action
Scale Length: 25.2" / 640mm
Nut Width: 1.9" / 48mm
Nut Material: Bone
Number of Frets: 14 to Body, 19 Total
Tuning Machines: Cordoba Silver with Black Buttons
Body Features
Top Wood: Solid European Spruce
Back and Sides: Flamed Maple
Binding: Pau Ferro
Purfling Inlay: Maple and Black on Top, Back, Sides
Bridge: Pau Ferro
Rosette: Maple and Black Rings
Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
Top Bracing: Fan
Body Width x Depth (Upper Bout): 11 x 3.75" / 279 x 95mm
Body Width x Depth (Lower Bout): 14.5 x 4" / 368 x 100mm
Body Length: 19" / 483mm
Overall Length: 38.5" / 978mm
Electronics: Fishman Presys Blend Preamp System with 3-Band EQ, Notch, and Phase Controls, Undersaddle Piezo Pickup and Internal Microphone with Blend Control, and Built-In Digital Tuner
Cordoba 14 Maple Specs
Right/Left Handed | Right-Handed |
Number of Strings | 6 |
Body Type | Classical |
Cutaway | Single-Cutaway |
Body Wood | Top: Spruce Back: Maple Sides: Maple |
Neck Type | Set Neck |
Neck Wood | Mahogany |
Fingerboard | Ebony |
Number of Frets | 19 |
Scale Length | 25.2" / 640.08 mm |
Nut Width | 48 mm |
Bridge Type | Pau Ferro |
Pickguard | No |
Pickups | Bridge: Undersaddle Body |
Controls | Tone Control: x 3 Volume Control: x 1 Balance Control: x 1 |