The Protégé by Córdoba C1M-CE is the top choice nylon string guitar for students of all levels and is perfectly suited for both the classroom and home. Comfortable and easy to play, it's a great first guitar at an affordable price. The C1M-CE features a cutaway body shape for easier access to the higher frets and a Fishman Presys VT Pickup System for amplified or acoustic playing. Every Protégé C1M-CE is built with a Spruce top, Mahogany back and sides, a comfortable, slim neck profile, traditional mosaic rosette, and a matte polyurethane finish. Like all Córdoba instruments, C1M-CE models feature premium Savarez strings and an adjustable truss rod for lifetime neck stability.

Specifications

Construction

• Type: Cutaway acoustic-electric classical guitar

• Construction: Layered

• Top: Spruce

• Back and sides: Mahogany

• Top bracing: Fan

• Neck: Mahogany, C-shaped profile

• Neck joint: Dovetail

• Frets to body: 12

• Fingerboard and bridge: Rosewood

• Top binding: Black ABS

• Finish: Polyurethane

• Color: Natural

Neck and Hardware

• Scale length: 650 mm (25.6")

• Nut width: 50 mm (2")

• Nut string spacing: 42 mm

• Total frets: 19

• Neck thickness at 1st fret: 21 mm

• Neck thickness at 9th fret: 23 mm

• Nut and saddle: Composite

• Truss rod: Dual action

• Truss rod wrench: 4 mm Allen key

• Tuning machines: Córdoba Gold with pearl white buttons

• Headplate: Composite

• Headstock logo: Córdoba Arches in pearloid

Electronics

• Electronics: Fishman Presys VT Classical

• Pickup: Undersaddle piezo

• Controls: Master volume and tone

• Power supply: 9V battery

• Battery box and output jack: Fishman combination unit

Dimensions

• Overall length: 997 mm (39 1/4")

• Body length: 489 mm (19 1/4")

• Lower bout width: 371 mm (14 5/8")

• Upper bout width: 286 mm (11 1/4")

• Waist width: 241 mm (9 1/2")

• Lower bout depth: 100 mm (4")

• Upper bout depth: 95 mm (3 3/4")

• Shipping carton dimensions: 103 × 45 × 13 cm