I have a CG170S since a couple of years ago, required second hand. Since I changed the plastics in the saddle to bone it sounds very decent to me. On the other hand I've mainly been fiddeling around with steel string acousics the last decades. I think considering the CG:s that they are something in between a very qualified school instrument and a professional instrument. The one in a higher quality, next "step up", has a fretboard in ebony. That's what you would expect for that price too.
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