Cordoba 20BM Baritone Ukulele 4-stars Reviews

Great sound, good playability, mediocre fit and finish

Bought as a gift for someone wanting to learn the baritone Ukulele. I popped over to make sure the instrument was okay and show them how to play.

The sound is quite nice, but not super loud. The instrument is built a bit heavier than I would normally expect for a Ukulele, with substantial kerfing and bracing within the body.

I would expect this baritone ukulele to stand up to a fair amount of heavy use due to this. While the sound is not as loud as some it is definitely not quiet.

The sound is very much that of a baritone ukulele, darker than a tenor but much sweeter than say a nylon strung guitar. Very happy with the timbre of the instrument.

The setup out of the box was quite reasonable, the action at the nut is a little high but still quite playable. The action is not high enough to be causing an effect on intonation but can make barre chords at the first fret a little uncomfortable. I have played much more expensive instruments with worse out of the box setups.

The fit and finish was a bit hit and miss, the ukulele has nice binding along the fretboard(not a given at this price point) but on this example some of the binding has separated slightly from the fretboard itself. It's not effecting play-ability but looks a bit off. This could have been caused by humidity changes during shipping, but I think was more likely someone not taking their time when doing the binding.

There was a small ding on the back corner of the instrument out of the box, not very noticeable and not worth returning over in my mind.

In summary: plays well and sounds great. An ideal starter instrument depending on your tolerance for cosmetic issues.