Cordoba 25T-CE Tenor Ukulele - Acacia Reviews
With its solid acacia top, figured acacia back and sides, and snazzy wooden rope-style binding, the Cordoba 25T-CE tenor ukulele offers premium tone and looks in its class. The sound is bright and round, and the built-in active 2-band pickup delivers clear plugged-in tone. The real bone nut and saddles provide excellent vibrational transfer, creating an exceptionally articulate and dynamic voice. For a smooth-playing, sweet-sounding tenor ukulele that stands out from the rest, check out the Cordoba 25T-CE.
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Highest Rated Reviews
One awesome instrument!
I got this ukulele 10 days ago and have not put it down. It plays great, sounds very good and I love the look. This is my 1st time playing the ukulele and I've already learned almost 20 great songs.
Cordoba 25T-CE
A very nice Ukulele for the price.
Impressed by the quality considering it's mass produced in the C country.
Electronics work great. Sounds very good.
A slight problem with the bridge, but Sweetwater is fixing it. Not a major problem
but they treat it as such.
Beautiful wood grain. Seen higher priced Ukes with not as nice wood.
Thanks Sweetwater.
Love this Electric Uke
I use this electric ukulele for church performances and for my YouTube channel, and it sounds wonderful. I haven't yet bought my amp cord, because this ukulele is really living up to its advertising. It has a sweet sound, though not the same as a mahogany uke, the one I first bought. But definitely am very content.
Good performer for the money
Cordoba has come a long way from its earliest days producing ukuleles. This model is indicative of the latest improvements in performance and tonal qualities. I was the founder and publisher of Ukulele Player Magazine. I've played more ukuleles than I can count. Over the years Cordoba has improved greatly. Now, they are much livelier and the fit and finish is far better than their early instruments.
I actually bought this model to occasionally play "live" through a Fishman Loudbox Mini. Through the Loudbox this ukulele sounds wonderful.
Out of the box the action was way too high. I have been doing setups for decades, so, I filed down the saddle to where I like it and the uke came alive. Now, I can play up the neck and enjoy barre chords and little riffs at an acceptable level.
I love the look of this instrument and it sounds great through the Loudbox Mini 60watt amp. If you play live, it is a low-cost, decent performing uke, and I highly recommend the Fishman amp as a companion to it. BTW, the Loudbox has a DI output on the backside. It's great for recording.
First Uke!
After playing a number of Ukes in the past, I finally decided to purchase one for myself. I come from nylon string guitar background so the transition from guitar to ukelele went really smoothly.
The tenor size ukelele I believe is the best size to cross over from guitar to uke. Not too small like a soprano, but still gives a great traditional feel.
The Acacia on this one is lovely, and it has a beautiful traditional binding and rosette. By the way, the rosette is a mosaic, making it that much better.
Really nice sound both acoustic, and with the surprisingly nice pickup system.
The only downside, is that it stuggles sometimes to stay in tune. I don't know if that's a ukelele thing, probably not. However, Cordoba does offer other tuning machines that loom great and will keep it in tune.
All around a SOLID buy.
The back panel cracked after one year
I bought my instrument in May 2016 and love it. I have only played it acoustically I never bought an amp. It has a very mellow sound. The action is very nice and it is easy to play. I played it for a year and it was my favorite until I bought a Martin Tenor and started playing it Last week, July 2017. I noticed 3 cracks in the back panel of the body parallel to the grain at the cutaway. I am a structural engineer and in my opinion the cutaway is trying to straighten out and is causing tension stress on the back panel and has caused the body to split. It has pulled the body slightly apart at the back seam and also at the seam of the cutaway. In my opinion, this is a design flaw and a manufacturing defect. The play-ability of the ukulele is great, the sound is great, but this design flaw of the cutaway overshadows everything else. I am sending my uke back now. It is still under warranty. By they way, when I purchased the ukulele, I had Sweetwater set it up for me and they did a spectacular job. It was tuned, the strings were stretched, and it sounded great right when I got it. And it stayed in tune. I highly recommend having them setup your instrument for you.
