Cordoba Mini O Guitar Ukulele – 2017

From Cordoba –

“The Mini O-CE is the ultimate travel instrument, offering the playability of a full size nylon-string guitar in a compact, lightweight body with an impressively loud voice. This miniature guitar features a solid ovangkol top paired with ovangkol back and sides for a rich, warm tone and exotic appearance.

For those who want to plug and play, the Mini O-CE features a soft cutaway and Córdoba 2Band pickup. It has the comfortable feel and string spacing of a full size guitar, with its thin U-shaped neck, 48mm (1.9”) nut width, and 510mm (20”) scale length. The Mini O-CE is a perfect companion for road trips, vacations, and hanging out at home.”

Features –
Style: Small Body Nylon String Guitar/Ukulele Crossover with Cutaway
Top Wood: Solid Ovangkol
Back & Sides Wood: Ovangkol
Tuning: Strung with Mini A strings (tuned A D G C E A), Mini E Strings available (tuned E A D G B E)
Upper Bout Width                197mm (7 3/4″)
Lower Bout Width                254mm (10″)
Body Depth Upper Bout      65mm (2 1/2″)
Body Depth Lower Bout      75mm (3″)
Body Length                           349mm (13 3/4″)
Overall Length                       775mm (30 1/2″)
Soundhole Diameter            76mm (3″)
Top Bracing Pattern             Fan
Back and Sides Wood          Ovangkol
Top Binding                           Rosewood
Rosette                                   Abalone
Top Purfling Inlay                Black and White ABS
Side Purfling Inlay               Black ABS
Back Purfling Inlay              Black and White ABS
Bridge Material                    Rosewood with Bridge Pins
Saddle Material                    Bone
Scale Length                         510mm (20 1/8″)
Neck Material                       Mahogany
Fingerboard Material          Rosewood
Fingerboard Inlays              4mm Pearloid Dots
Nut Width                              48mm (1 7/8″)
Nut Material                          Bone
Truss Rod                               Single Action
Neck Thickness 1st Fret       20mm
Neck Thickness 9th Fret      20mm
Frets Total                              18
Tuning Machines                   Cordoba Satin Nickel with Black Buttons
Finish                                       Satin Polyurethane
Colour                                      Natural (NAT)
Electronics                              Fishman Active Ukulele Pickup

The feel and the sound of this instrument is impressive. Cordoba has been promoting it as a mini guitar, but from the factory they are tuned A to A, or C tuning like a ukulele. So it can taken either way – you can approach it as a larger ukulele, or tune it from E to E and play it as a smaller guitar.

The Mini O is the size of a baritone ukulele and fits into a baritone uke case perfectly. Many current guitalales use a 17″ scale with a thinner nut width. These can feel cramped to play and don’t sound nearly as good as the Mini O in our opinion.

The Mini is a 20″ scale, and 1 7/8” at the nut, and it feels perfect. The size of the body and shape of the neck are just right. The tone is very good, actually amazing at this price.

This Cordoba Mini O guitar uke is in excellent condition. This one has had its factory Cordoba pickup replaced by a nice Fishman unit which was a $160 upgrade. The Fishman amplifies the sound of this little beast in a delightful way. Very accurate articulation and a quality amplified tone.

Comes in its original Cordoba gig bag in new condition.