Cordoba 15SM Soprano Ukulele

This is a solid instrument, well built and no obvious flaws, aesthetically or functionally. The neck and frets are good, intonation is better than expected. Action is a bit high but that's expected on most new ukes and is fixable. The sound is not awesome but very good, decent projection, good sustain and a very nice warm tone with good mids and lows. A bit weak on the highs but better strings might help. These are low-end Aquilas, and not brite enough for such a mellow mahogany uke. Cheap tuners, but I knew that, a bit rough but hold tune very well (so far). I already ordered some decent $25 Grovers. My only real gripe is this edge burst finish doesn't look so impressive. The spotty, dirty looking mahogany grain just doesn't do the burst justice. They should have done it darker. The picture here looks better than the real deal, but I should have known that. Oh well. Over all, I'm not disappointed. I don't expect anything great at this price point. This is a good uke for $130.

This was a little bit of an upgrade for me, from the ADM Concert Mahogany. I bought two of them, for me and a friend.I did have to return one of these, because there was very noticeable buzz on all 4 strings through the 1st 6 frets (no buzz with open strings), making it unplayable. I tried raising the saddle by a substantial amount, but still had unplayable buzz, and the action became so high that I did not want to raise it any more. I could have sanded down the frets, but did not want to make a permanent change on a uke that I just bought. Luckily, I bought this from Amazon! :-) I was able to return it, and got a replacement.The 1st uke on the 1st order sounds perfect, and the replacement sounds perfect as well. So I am very happy now. Make sure your uke does not buzz after tuning, esp with a uke that should be decent quality like this one..This is my 2nd concert size uke. I like the concert uke for the size and the tone. It has a warm tone, even more than my previous concert uke (ADM concert Mahogany, i have 2 as well). The ADM is also very good, and some may like the brighter sound, but I prefer the warmer sound that the Cordoba gives me. Construction is flawless (Cordoba is a very good guitar maker), and it is a very pretty uke.Comparing it to the concert ADM: Using lower frets they sound very similar and equally good. Like I said, the ADM has a brighter tone and the Cordoba a warmer tone. It's a matter of taste. Using higher frets, the quality of the Cordoba comes out more, because the strings are better in tune than when using the ADM (with action being equal on both). If you only strum on low frets, then this won't matter to you, and you can save money with the ADM. But the ADM flaws become noticeable after you have been playing a while, start using higher frets, and then get the urge to upgrade (like me). So the Cordoba may be more of an initial investment, but it will last you longer as you continue to grow with you new uke, as it is better quality. So after a year of playing, I'm ready for the next level, but don't want to dish out $200+ to upgrade my ADM to a much higher level that I don't need. If i had started with the Cordoba, that should be good for me for a lifetime (unless i miraculously turned pro),Please note (bc I read this complaint a lot), on this and all ukes, and all stringed instruments.... It will not be tuned when you get it. And when you tune it, it will instantly go out of tune again. It needs constant tuning at first, and is unplayable. This will gradually slow down to the point where you only need to tune it every couple of minutes. And then every 15 minutes, then every hour. And then every few hours, and then every day, etc.... Eventually you will get the strings stretched to the point where they settle and don't need tuning for about a week or two. More or less depending on how much you practice and how much you care. If you are giving a uke as a gift, please let them know that they will have to tune constantly for the first few days and need to play it to stretch the strings, but it will get better. After 1-2 weeks of daily playing, they should be settled. But will still require tuning once in a while whether due to temp or humiidty or time.

Amazing quality. I wasnt expecting such a clean, strong sound from each note. this little guy looks exceptional. im not a ukelele expert. however, ive owned a cordoba classical guitar in the past so i knew they had experience making nylon stringed instruments. Im so glad i chose this ukelele, it looks and feels like an expensive instrument.Luckily, this was also the nicest looking "design" i saw while browsing ukeleles on amazon as well. its simple yet elegant with the ivory looking border around the edges of the body, the pearly looking tuning pegs, and the pearly looking inlay circle around the hole. simple little classy touches that really make this thing look and feel like a high dollar instrument.ive played for 20 or 30 minutes and tuned it like 4 times so far. im getting used to the layout and different tuning compared to guitars already, and its starting to stay in tune pretty quickly. like all new strings u gotta tune them quite often at first. there is one issue i can see people having tho; this thing is too nice! u might be expecting a cheap little instrument u can toss around or leave on the couch or even outdoors. once u see this little guy you'll wanna treat it with respect and be all gentle and cautious where and how you put it down. thats the only negative thing i can say about this little bro so far...if any issues arise later on as i continue playing this ukelele ill update this review. I highly recommend this ukelele! I hope you get one and are as pleasantly surprised as i was/am!have a badass day my friend!

Excelente calidad, es muy lindo y suena muy bien.

Compré el modelo tenor, siempre había querido un Cordoba, desde hace unos 8 años que visité una tienda de música en Estados Unidos y probé algunos. Me sorprendió encontrar buenos modelos aquí, a precios “razonables” aunque no diría que muy barato, hay que estar vigilando la baja de precios. Yo lo compré en $3000 en Abril 2020 y quizás fue porque el dólar está en su punto más alto.Cambié de tamaño Concierto a Tenor, es el primer Tenor que tengo y no sé cómo no lo había cambiado antes, al menos para mi... este es el tamaño perfecto si ya no eres principiante. Aparte de que le cambié la cuerda de High G a una Aquila Low G Wounded y fue lo mejor que pude hacer. El ukulele ya viene con cuerdas Aquila, que está demás explicar su calidad. Importante: Hay que tomar en cuenta que como cualquier instrumento de cuerdas, los primeros días se desafinará de manera constante, hay que seguir afinando y tocando hasta que se ajuste. Tomen en cuenta que por tener una caja más grande, su sonido es más grave, si buscas el sonido típico hawaiano de ukulele muy dulce y agudo, compra un Soprano.Estéticamente es muy bonito, me encantan los colores claros en los ukuleles y también los que traen roseta de abulon. Lo único que le veo de contra es que para su precio podría traer clavijas metálicas, pero eso ya es de gustos.Buen sonido, buena acústica, buen tamaño, buena madera, todo excelente, recomendado, es una buena inversión y un ukulele para tenerlo por años.Si eres principiante te recomiendo mejor un tamaño Soprano o Concierto.

This was a gift !!!!!!!

Très bien fini, très joli et son super agréable ! Je suis fan de mon petit uke 😍

お色は、淡い水色に見えましたが、実物は写真より少しくすんだミントでした。でもよりいっそう好みで良かったです。ケースも可愛いし明るい気持ちになります。