Can't speak for USA myself, but none in the UK do. Think that is a fair point you make - although on this one it worked out ok
I know that Easy Music and Elderly are well known retailers, but do either of them do setups to customer specifications or fix poor quality factory setups before shipping?
Good to hear that Elderly claims to do their own setups. How satisfied are you with their service?
I've seen quite a few Cordoba instruments - and, whilst in the UK they are not stocked by uke specialists, they each arrived with acceptable QC and setup. Usually pretty good builds too.
I've been going to Elderly since 1974. I know them very well. You won't find a better, more reliable store to do business with.
"In 2023 Yamaha Guitar Group further broadened its offerings for guitarists by acquiring Córdoba Music Group, which was originally founded with a mission to bring the nylon string guitar to a wider guitar community."
I can't say the Córdoba 15CM mahogany concert I bought in the hope of interesting my wife in the ukulele inspired me enough to adopt it for my own use, but Córdoba do some excellent guitars. Yamaha also took over Guild Guitars in the deal, which has had a bit of a chequered history. The press release also states "other CMG brands include Savarez®, and Aquila®, of which CMG acts as primary importer and U.S. distributor to retail stores" which should prove of interest to both the guitar and ukulele communities, I hope for good reasons.
What was it that was uninspiring? You see Cordobas fairly commonly at second-hand sources (GW, CL, etc). Maybe there's just a lot of em out there?
I don't honestly know! Maybe a little boxy sounding? In any event it didn't put me off Córdobas as I traded it for a Córdoba Mini II!
As Yamaha already has broad portfolio of classic guitars but no full line of ukes, this leads me to speculate that the takeover of Cordoba was to get a foot into the uke business. I would not bet surprised to see more uke product development and marketing for this brand.
