Thomann Tres Cubano Standard CCW

Well built instrument

For the price this is excellent. The instrument needed two days under normal string tension for the neck relief to adjust so that the notes sounded properly, but since then it's been great. It sounds excellent through an acoustic amp too. It could use some strap pins, but that's a minor gripe. The plastic nut and bridge makes tuning a little annoying but these can be replaced with bone at little cost.

I totally recommend this tres!

The Neck is not strong and it bends

For the price this Tres has a pretty good sound and playability is also very good. However, the neck is not stable and bends upward. I think the combination of Mahogany Neck and Black Wood Fretboard is not strong enough to withstand daily playing in a band/trio environment. Use light gauge strings to play amplified.

Tremendous fun

Bought the Tres having visited Cuba and been very impressed with the music over there.

The instrument has a great sound with good volume and tone.

I changed the low octave on the top E string to have a unison e as most Cuban players do these days.

The instrument lends itself to melody and 2 note partial chords.

My only criticism is the bridge saddle, which is cheep nylon/plastic and strings tend to stick a little when tuning. Have cured this by installing a bone saddle (15 minute job). It is also worth putting a little graphite in the nut and saddle slots.

All in all really good value and tremendous fun.