Cordoba 20BM Baritone Ukulele

Bought as a gift for someone wanting to learn the baritone Ukulele. I popped over to make sure the instrument was okay and show them how to play.

The sound is quite nice, but not super loud. The instrument is built a bit heavier than I would normally expect for a Ukulele, with substantial kerfing and bracing within the body.

I would expect this baritone ukulele to stand up to a fair amount of heavy use due to this. While the sound is not as loud as some it is definitely not quiet.

The sound is very much that of a baritone ukulele, darker than a tenor but much sweeter than say a nylon strung guitar. Very happy with the timbre of the instrument.

The setup out of the box was quite reasonable, the action at the nut is a little high but still quite playable. The action is not high enough to be causing an effect on intonation but can make barre chords at the first fret a little uncomfortable. I have played much more expensive instruments with worse out of the box setups.

The fit and finish was a bit hit and miss, the ukulele has nice binding along the fretboard(not a given at this price point) but on this example some of the binding has separated slightly from the fretboard itself. It's not effecting play-ability but looks a bit off. This could have been caused by humidity changes during shipping, but I think was more likely someone not taking their time when doing the binding.

There was a small ding on the back corner of the instrument out of the box, not very noticeable and not worth returning over in my mind.

In summary: plays well and sounds great. An ideal starter instrument depending on your tolerance for cosmetic issues.

Acheté après avoir joué des années sur un Ténor, je me retrouve plus avec cet instrument. A mi chemin entre la guitare (l'accord correspond aux quatre cordes aigus de la guitare) et le Ukulélé, cet instrument de très bel facture satisfera tout ceux qui ont un passé de guitariste ! Le manche est un peu plus large qu'un Ténor et le sustain beaucoup plus important. La sonorité est chaude et ronde bref, j'adore.
Un bel instrument