Its a bit of a long story but I'll get to the subject matter soon.

Mrs Bugsy kindly offered to buy me (Let me buy) a small bodies Martin guitar. I'd previously owned and loved a 70's model 0018, but sold it after the purchase of a Maton 325 which has been my "Goto' guitar for the last 30 years.
I contacted a guy on facebook who had a Martin OM15 for sale. after trying to deal with him for a week, I gave up and went to my friendly Music store, Zenith Music, in Claremont Western Australia.
They had a sale on and had just lost the Martin franchise for WA so I thought I'd be on a winner. No such luck. All the Martins he had for sale were D models or of similar size. Then in the corner I spied, a beautiful small bodied Steel stringed guitar that looked very much like a nylon classic. I immediately fell in love with it, negotiate a great price, and rushed home to play it. That was nearly 3 months ago, and it's been sitting beside me in my music room and played every day since. I can't put the bloody thing down.

Apparently Cordoba only made 2 models of Steel stringed guitar, then they bought Guild and went back to nylon stringed instruments.

This guitar is really in a class of its own. Everyone who's heard me play it, comments on how good it sounds.
Unlike my Maton that's got a huge deep tone and doesn't thrives on a heavy hand, this guitar responds to a gentle touch and really comes alive. I'm learning so much from it every day.

here's a link to give you an idea of what it looks like and what it's made of.

Cordoba Leona LE10

Has anyone else bought, or played one of these guitars?

I'd love to hear your thoughts.

CHeers

Bugsy