Alhambra 10C

Great workmanship and excellent finish. Not sure if it is French Polish or not, but is definately smooth and very deep. Cedar top with solid indian rosewood back/sides. 24 karat gold tuners are still in great shape after 10 years.

Wonderfully smooth sound. The cedar top really gives this guitar a warm sound and the high end is especially nice. I play this guitar when I want to make people cry, literally. The bass and treble have a great balance to them.

I also have a 2006 Giussani with brazilian rw and cedar. The 10C definately holds its own against it. The Giussani is definately louder but for small venues I prefer playing the 10C for its warm resonance.

Very responsive, possibly due to its aged top, but it plays effortlessly.

Well it's been a while since the first day I bought it brand new. I'm not sure how it was setup. But now it is setup quite well. There is still plenty of saddle left for string adjustment. The frets have never been worked on and they are still very level and setup perfectly. The woods are matched as good as you would expect. In fact it is very difficult to see where the cedar is divided.

This has been my main guitar for the last 9 years and I see no end in sight. I would not trade this or sell it for any guitar out there. I've played many high end guitars before I bought my Giussani, and each was a dissapointment when comparing price to sound quality versus my Alhambra.

Finish has started to fade a bit where I place my little pinky and ring finger sometimes which can be expected. Tuners are still holding up well. Everything is still very solid and it plays as nice as it did on day one.

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I've played some recent Alhambra 9P and 10P guitars and although they sound fine, they don't have the depth and smoothness of my 10C. I understand they had changed some bracing size and pattern when they switched the 10C over to the 10P. I'm not quite sure this was a wise thing to do. I'm just guessing that they may have done that for structural reasons but they may have added a bit more weight to the guitar. Perhapos they are trying to tap into the modern exuberance for nylon string guitars and wanted a modern pickup friendly sound I don't know, but the older bracing pattern is definately a sweeter sounding instrument than the newer P models. Maybe it's just my guitar or the wood quality at the time.

If this were lost or stolen the first thing I'd do is hunt down another 10C model.