Product: Alhambra CS-1 CW E2
Price Paid: Euros 895
Submitted
10/08/2008
at
04:59pm
by
Jan
Email: my dot account<at>live dot nl
Features
:
10
Crossover model by Alhambra.
It's an acoustic guitar with fishman piezo pickup as well as a microphone inside the guitar to have the option of playing amplified, with cutaway, it has the body of a spanish classical cutaway guitar, yet it has the neck of a steelstring, it is strung with nylon strings, and that is where it gets its name; crossover.
Mine is:
Solid cedar soundboard, solid mahogany back and sides,rosewood fingerboard.
Very distinctive "cedar" tinted rosette.
Gold plated machine heads.
Gloss finish.
There are 3 designs available, the CS-1, CS-2 and CS-3, each with optional choiche of woods and electronics.
Sound
:
9
The sound, i give it a 9.5 and a 8.
A 9.5 amplified and a 8 acoustic.
Amplified this guitar sounds sublime, the fishman pro blend electronics make that you can blend the microphone and piezo pick-up beautifully, it really sings amazing amplified.
One little comment maybe;
When played acoustic i miss a little volume and depth on the high strings, the bass strings are fine, but on the high strings it could be a bit louder maybe.
Thats the only little thing i can comment on really.
It still sounds more then beautiful enough though and once amplified this guitar blows your mind away.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
The action is nice and low, i really really love that about this guitar.
This is the reason i bought this guitar, i was checking multiple guitars around the price-range from 400 to 1000 euro's and tried about 12 before this guitar came into my hands, it felt perfect instantly. The western style neck with nylon strings and the slightly curved fingerboard and narrow neck is perfect for the playability, no guitar will be able to beat that in my opinion.
This is why this guitar is freaking amazing !!
Bar-chords and fast licks, it goes so easy and smooth, and no buzzing practically, beautiful.
Details:
2.3mm action at the 12th fret on the 1st/E string (from top of the fret to the underside of the string, and
3.3mm action at the 12th fret on the 6th/E string.
Width at nut: 48mm (typical classical guitar 52mm)
Scale length: 650mm
Depth of neck at nut: 20mm
Depth of neck at heel: 23.5mm
Depth of body at upper bout: 95mm
Depth of body at lower bout: 102mm
Position markers at frets 3, 5, 7 and 9 on the side of the fingerboard.
19 frets
Reliability/Durability
:
9
Only have it about a week, hard to tell something about durability, however, the finish and quality appears excellent, top of the line.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
No Opinion
I have said all i wanted about this guitar already, i rate it an overall 9, although i am tempted to rate it a ten.
This guitar was designed for comfort and pure sound and it fulfills that goal remarkably, way to go Alhambra.