My latest purchase is the Cordoba CE-SM Mini. This is a bit more of a deluxe version... It has a "spalted maple" veneer on the back and sides (top is solid spruce), a single cutaway, a pickup, etc.
Scale is a bit longer than the Yamaha offering meaning that the instrument feels much more "guitar-like" and I have no problems playing jazz chords up the neck.
Thing looks like it was intended to be a steel-string, with a pin bridge and standard tuning head... But not so.
Cordoba gives you a link to a video showing you how to put ball-ends on standard nylon strings or you can buy their own "Aquila" set which has them.
They also show you how to properly apply the nylon strings to the standard pegs.
I'm really enjoying the little guy... I'ts much more versatile than the guilele, plays like a regular guitar, and is small enough for an "easy chair" instrument.
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