Classica Fusion 8 String : Six Strings Good, Eight Strings Better!

I wanted to explore the extended range that the 8-string offered; I'd played an 8-course Renaissance lute for years and this beastie could be tuned the same manner, so no real learning curve there.

Overall, I'm impressed — there are other 8-string guitars out that at 3 times (and more) the price, but before making that commitment, this is by far the most affordable way to make the leap into this world of extended range playing.

The finish is nice and while I'd prefer a satin finish on the neck, this one isn't so slick as to make me want to get out the steel wool and take some of the shine off of it. The frets were finished well, no snags on the ends, well seated and so on. The action was pretty much dead on. I found it imminently and immediately playable.

My only negative — and it's not really a negative, as it's kind of a condition of having this many strings — is that I found the neck a bit heavy and thick for a classical guitar.

But all in all, I am quite happy with it, feel that it was an excellent buy and would certainly recommend it unhesitatingly to anyone interested in getting in to the world of extended classical guitar playing.