BUT, if you plan to be playing proper flamenco, kinda sucks. This is rambly, hope it helps. La Cordoba GK Pro Negra est un très bel instrument, à la finition irréprochable. The Cordoba GK Pro is a fabulous guitar - there's just no escaping that. Perfect for when your on hold to a multi national corporations speech gateway. We've looked at a Cordoba before and can understand why the company is achieving such success in the USA. CORDOBA IBERIA GK PRO NEGRA ROSEWOOD - GK Pro NegraGuitare type flamenco modèle Gipsy Kings taille profondeTable Epicéa massifToucheDos et Eclisses en Palissandre mécaniques doréesboutons noirsPréampli Fishman (micro chevalet+micro caisse) avec accordeurTruss Rodlivrée en Etui Humicase Good for what it is for sure. It vibrates in your lap or against your rib cage when you play it. The one i played seemed to have no sustain at all...you do want less sustain on a flamenco guitar but this thing was flat out dead to the hands...making it hard to play IMO. Built with a solid European spruce top, rosewood back and sides, soft cutaway and Fishman Presys Blend preamp, the GK Studio Negra is the ultimate gigging instrument and a Córdoba best seller. The Cordoba GK Pro and GK Pro Negra guitars are built light and strong. As a steel-string player, I liked the punchy tone and fast response of the GK Pro. Don’t assume that means this guitar is any way deficient or weak - that is how it has to be made to do the job it's designed for. That being said, I never really could get the strings balanced on the installed Fishman Matrix. Made for the stage, the GK Studio Negra is constructed with a slightly thinner body depth, neck, and nut width than a traditional Spanish guitar. Built with a solid European spruce top, rosewood back and sides, soft cutaway and Fishman Presys Blend preamp, the GK Studio Negra is the ultimate gigging instrument and a Córdoba best seller. The slim mahogany neck also presents a sublimely low playing action, suggesting that the GK Pro will be an ideal instrument for Jazz/crossover guitarists who want to switch to a nylon strung guitar without having to grapple with the less forgiving nature of a full blown classical model. This profile is engineered to promote playability and comfort. Actually much better then the lower end models. It's well priced for such a well made instrument using high quality tonewoods and for the right buyer would represent a great buy. This model is an enhanced version of the GK Studio and GK Studio Negra, being the first to pair the solid European spruce top with solid cypress back and sides. I … The neck uses Cordoba’s own Electric Cutaway profile. The Cordoba GK Pro and GK Pro Negra guitars are built light and strong. The Pro is 1500 negra and 1400 blanca compared to the 700/600 of the studio. All-solid with a European spruce top and cypress back and sides, it comes equipped with a soft cutaway and Fishman PreFix ProBlend preamp. This is a slightly thinner neck that has a thinner shape. When compared to the blanca version (GK Pro), the Negra offers a darker, bassier tone. The most obvious clue is the transparent golpeador pickguard (which extends to both the treble and bass sides of the area below the strings), but the shallow 3.5-inch body depth; fast, relatively thin neck; and Spanish cypress back and sides all reflect the flamenco style. Wayne Berquist. I don't know if the Pro offers a huge upgrade to the Cordoba GK Studio Negra. It's just not comfortable on the right hand compared to an actual flamenco, and the acoustic sound doesn't compare. I own & like the Cordoba GK Studio Negra. First, let's just establish that this is a Gypsy Kings signature model - so it has something to live up to! The thing is built like a tank and doesn't feed back--it's half glue, I think. This guitar feels very delicate, fragile even, but it does come complete with a good quality fitted hard case, which eases some anxiety that this guitar won’t take easily to being chucked in and out the back of your car! The neck is designed to have little or no relief, offering low action and a flamenco-style buzz and its Spanish heel provides maximum resonance and projection. One area that many guitarists will appreciate is the Spanish-foot neck heel, which takes the form of a small scoop or cutaway that allows the user to gain more purchase whilst playing up on the upper reaches of the fingerboard. It is a bit of a hybrid in that it isn’t quite a classical guitar, nor a staunchly traditional Flamenco instrument but neither of these factors counts against it. While Flamenco guitars use nylon strings and share an apparently similar construction to the classical guitar, a key feature is the markedly shallower body for a brighter and more percussive tone that reflects the flamboyant and highly expressive Flamenco style. Good for standing up, but a minus for sitting. We can see it appealing to guitarists looking for a good nylon strung guitar that will give them the versatility to play contemporary repertoire or just a good ol' Rock or Jazz guitarist who wants to experiment and expand his style with the sort of guitar it would be so easy to fall in love with. Cordoba Guitars. Starting from the headstock, the Cordoba GK Pro departs from traditional Flamenco guitar construction courtesy of its plush gold-plated tuning machines, which are geared types as opposed to the awkward wooden pegs insisted on by some die-hard purists. papajoo-> Francisco Navarro vs Cordoba GK Pro (Jan. 28 2014 23:17:12) Hello, First post on the forum! Flamenco guitars are sometimes wrongly assumed to share identical specs with their classical counterparts but the Flamenco guitar is a very different instrument. The GK Pro is designed as a flamenco guitar. The FCWE is a thin body, thinner than the GK Studio, I believe. I really like the Cordoba GK Studio Negra for the price. The A string always popped out--annoyed the heck out of me. The Navarro was sweet and I wish I hadn't sold it. 0 Comment Report abuse. http://www.foroflamenco.com/default.asp?catApp=0, http://www.foroflamenco.com/in_forum.asp?forumid=13, http://www.foroflamenco.com/fb.asp?m=250697. You're gunna need to spend a lot more then that to get a cut away that sounds muy flamenco. This article was originally published in issue #23, To read the article in its entirety, view the digital magazine, Our website uses Cookies - by using this site or closing this message you’re agreeing to our Terms & Conditions, Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy. It's also available in several versions, too, from the GK Studio, which has a Spanish cypress back and sides matched to a solid European spruce top, to the GK Studio Negra, which features Indian rosewood back and sides, to this luxurious GK Pro, which (with a few other variants along the way) tops the range. Employed as a crossover instrument, the GK Pro sounds more in its element and delivers a fluent articulacy with just the right amount of warmth. Can't go wrong. The Cordoba has always had excellent balance, and the trebles might even be a little hot. There is a 1920's Esteso-style rosette featured on the GK Pro, which is the signature of every all-solid guitar in Cordoba's Luthier series. Raimundo do/did a cutaway all solid with electrics....fishman blend system. These geared tuners feel very sensitive and consequently tuning the Cordoba is a piece of cake. Menu Toggle. It is, in other words, a very classy guitar indeed! Constructed with a slightly thinner body depth, neck, and nut width than a traditional Spanish guitar, the GK Pro Negra is extremely comfortable & easy to play. The Cordoba GK Pro Negra has a mahogany electric-style neck that emphasizes playability and tone quality. Just to clarify, I am talking about the GK pro, it has solid wood, ebony fretboard, and upgraded electronics compared to the GK studio (laminate, RW board, etc.). I replaced the high-tension Savarez strings as shipped with a set of Savarez Tomatito medium tension strings and the guitar just came alive. Made for the stage, the GK Studio Negra is constructed with a slightly thinner body depth, neck, and nut width than a traditional Spanish guitar. Additionally, it features an upgraded Fishman Prefix ProBlend pickup, and the headstock is finished with a flamed maple veneer. For flamenco players, this model has the quintessential bright, and snappy tone. We're not supposed to have favourites, but it's hard not to have a soft spot for a company that has set itself such difficult, idiosyncratic and high goals. I replaced the high-tension Savarez strings as shipped with a set of Savarez Tomatito medium tension strings and the guitar just came alive. Plugged in, the GK Pro’s amplified tones can be tweaked courtesy of the onboard Fishman Premix Pro Blend pickup system, which is a hybrid of a bridge-mounted Piezo pickup and an internal microphone (very much the Quiet Room's preferred way of amplifying acoustics - Ed). I use it for classical, bossas, flamenco, rumbas. Combined with the cutaway, this nimble neck heel graces the GK Pro with a sleek and very versatile feel that opens up a gateway to exploiting the guitar’s entire range. 9 people found this helpful.