New Ukes from Cordoba
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By Greg Olwell
Cordoba is introducing two new ukuleles——at next week’s Summer NAMM show in Nashville, Tennessee.
Two new ukuleles expand on the format and design of the company’s top-seller, the all-mahogany Cordoba 15CM. First up is the 15CM-E concert, which has an undersaddle pickup and a matte ‘burst finish. And, for players who may want the popular concert-sized model, but with the room and voice of a tenor, the 15TM features similar appointments, scaled up to tenor size.
Though not technically a ukulele, the company’s new Mini SM-CE might appeal to players looking for a small instrument with an extended range. Billed as a travel-sized guitar, the six-string Mini SM-CE features a spalted maple body with a solid cedar top, a cutaway, and a pickup. It has a 20-inch scale and uses custom Aquila strings for an A-to-A tuning. (An E-tuning set is also available.)
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![Cordoba 15CM-E concert uke, with a pickup, sunburst finish on a mahogany body.](https://i0.wp.com/dev.ukulelemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/15CM-E_EB_side-106x300.jpg?resize=106%2C300&ssl=1)
15CM-E Concert with pickup
- Mahogany top, back, and sides, abalone-style rosette, cream body and fingerboard binding
- Mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, 35mm nut width, 375mm scale length
- Matte edge-burst finish
- Cordoba undersaddle pickup
- Aquila Nylgut 7U strings
$129.99 (street)
![Cordoba 15TM tenor, with an all-mahogany body](https://i0.wp.com/dev.ukulelemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/15tm_side-118x300.jpg?resize=118%2C300&ssl=1)
15TM Tenor
- Mahogany top, back, and sides, abalone-style rosette, cream body and fingerboard binding
- Mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, 35mm nut width, 432mm scale length
- Matte finishAquila Nylgut 10U strings
- $99.99 (street)
![Cordoba Mini SM-CE with a spalted maple back and sides](https://i0.wp.com/dev.ukulelemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Mini_SMCE_side-118x300.jpg?resize=118%2C300&ssl=1)
Mini SM-CE
- Solid cedar top, spalted maple back, and sides, padauk binding
- Mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, 50mm nut width, 510mm scale length
- Matte finish
- Cordoba 2Band pickup
- Aquila Mini strings
- Cordoba gig bag
- $329.99 (street)
For more information, visit Cordoba’s website.