Cordoba Requinto 580 1/2 Size Acoustic Nylon-String Classical Guitar

It is a true 550mm, can feel a bit small for your only guitar, youthful players not withstanding. Extremely well made, sounds full and clear; gorgeous even. Perfect for travel or taking with you around town. Get a lot of comments and other players wanted to give it a try. I don't let them, LOL.

Great kids guitar. Its my own classical guitar. It smells like wood I like playing it. It sounds and looks great!

This is a great classical guitar. I tried learning a few years ago on an old entry level Mitchell acoustic guitar and struggled. Now I'm trying again with this smaller Cordoba and am loving the instrument. It has a beautiful tone and feels perfect for my smaller frame.

My new Requinto sounds a lot more like my full-size $2000 Alhambra than it does like a competing classical travel guitar. Way outperforms the competition in my limited sampling :)

This guitar is very well made and has beautiful tone. It's comfortable to play for adults and is suitable for small children too. My daughter is 7 years old and it fits her nicely. The Guitar Center delivered the instrument promptly and has excellent customer service. This guitar is highly recommended.

I'll start with the good news and end with the bad. For as small as it is, this guitar produces a nice, warm tone, with a reasonable volume and surprising projection. It's nice to look at as well. It's lightweight and portable, but you'll have a hard time finding an actual hardcase for it (I ended up putting it in a La Patrie parlour guitar case, which works, although very snugly). I Put some Savarez HT Classic RT strings on it and tuned it up a minor 3rd to play some renaissance guitar transcriptions. The small size makes it easy to travel with, and it's a ton of fun to play. On the downside, the guitar is not very well constructed. Intonation is off slightly, making upper register playing sound pretty bad. There are some spots where too much glue was applied during construction, which is fairly unsightly. The action is also way too low, which creates a harsh and unpleasant buzz that has no place in classical playing. Of course, at 200-something dollars, this is a really cheap guitar, and I wasn't expecting perfection though, so I won't complain too much. Once I manage to get all the excess glue off, I'll be raising the nut about 1.5-2 mm and maybe padding the saddle to remove the string buzz, and hopefully get the intonation where it needs to be. Overall, I think this is a very fun instrument that doesn't sound half-bad, especially for the price. If you're looking for a toy to travel with, or for a child student's guitar, this is a great buy.