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Cordoba GK Studio Limited Opinions
Looking at the possibility of buying one of these to compliment my GK Studio cyress and wondering if anyone who has one or has played one would care to weigh in on the tonal differences between this one and the standard Studio Negra. There are only a handful of videos on youtube, so its hard to get a pulse on the difference in sound between the two, but it does seem to possess characteristics of both the cypress and negra models, i.e. crisp and punchy like a cypress Studio and mellow like the Studio Negra. I also read somewhere that the inside of the guitar body did not have the laminated Ziricote piece, just the outside. Can someone confirm this? My GK Studio looks as if it has a cypress laminate both on the inside and outside. Thanks in advance for your input.
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I've never had a chance to try on out. They're very nice looking for sure
Cordoba says that "this model offers a bassier and more robust tone in contrast to the bright, snappy sound of ‘blanca’ flamenco guitars" My humble opinion is that you might get the same tonal result from the GK Studio Negra. But you won't get the WOW visual impact of the ziricote back and sides. I think a fellow AGF member Red_Label owns one of the limited models.
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While I often read posts to the contrary, in the case of blanca and negra Cordoba GK Studios at least, the laminate backs and sides do communicate the character of the wood in a relatively expected fashion. I don't know if this is because of the way Cordoba makes their laminate or some other hidden feature, but every lam rosewood has been similar, every lam cypress is similar and the blancas and negras are different from each other.
I don't know ziricote but I would expect, if Cordoba is using the same laminate method, the ziricote sound would carry over. Good luck sorting it out. hunter |
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I know the Ziricote is from the rosewood family, but prior to getting into classical guitars, I had never heard of it before. I wished there were more examples on youtube to listen to. I can hear some rosewood characteristics in a couple of vidoes, but I also hear a little more pep than traditional rosewood. This one may possess the best of the Studio cypress and the Studio negra. I'm hoping to get more hits on this from those who have one or actually have played one. Thanks for the input. |
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Yes, you have it right in the sound of Ziricote being between the blanca and negra models. I owned a Studio blanca and played a ziricote Ltd model. It was darker and slightly more full sounding than the cypress. I also owned the 55FCE blanca and 55FCE Ltd ziricote models and the ziricote was also a bit more full bodied than the cypress there as well. But the rosewood Cordobas that I've had were more full-bodied than the ziricotes. It definitely sits right between cypress and rosewood, combining traits of each.
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