Thank you for adding unplugged. This is the most important metric when buying a cross over guitar.

Hello, guitar maker here. While nylon guitars traditionally don't need truss rods, some makers may add them for longevity, as even nylon guitars suffer from neck bowing over a long period of time.

Since a lot of the setup happens by putting a twist in the fingerboard, if a neck bow happens without a truss rod long into the lifespan of the guitar, it could lead to the guitar needing a neck reset, using a heated metal beam. This process could take weeks if the neck woods are particularly dense and it's not an easy or cheap repair.

It's kinda funny seeing this video 2 years in the future and hearing 0:48. You absolutely called all of this, and here I am checking this out to see if this is a guitar I want to buy

Chorus just sound really good

played one last week and was surprised at how loud it is acoustically

For sure a trussrod makes a lot of sense also on a nylon stringed guitar !
I wish my other nylons had one.
This way one can finetune and adjust the action to ones personal taste independent of the string gauge just like with an electric guitar.

I find this instrument to be far more interesting than the Polyphia one tbh. This one has depth and control over your tone while Tim's new one seems to always sound like it's being played through cardboard regardless of the amp.

Thanks for that little unplugged moment- I looked at a dozen videos as I’m thinking about buying one and your the first who did an unplugged test. Cheers

Dude!  I watch a ridiculous number of videos of every instrument I’m interested in.  Excellent job!  Very well spoken with no fluff.   The big question no one before you answered was “how does it sound unplugged.”  I like to sit in my lazy boy and play quietly after the family has gone to bed.  I had a solid body classical that you could barely hear at all without headphones and a headphone amp.  This is at least getting an in person audition for my collection.  Thank you.

This is probably the best review of this guitar I have seen. Thank you for a great review!

Chet Adkins was the first dude to play ‘em. He had the builds commissioned cause he was old and they were comfortable to play live for his tv show. Dude had a sense of humor

you play 'Arirang' so gracefully. Thank you!

Waited ages but I collected a Cordoba Stage from the shop a few days ago. Early days in terms of playing, but it looks fabulous and as far as I can tell it's well put together.

Thank you for the pedal part. I always wondered what a classical guitar thru a Hendrix rig would sound like if possible. Always thought it’d be cool to combine nuance of nylon string w/ the textures of classic loud electric guitar, working the feedback and sustain and everything. The right person could really make it shine, I think

Best guitar I ever had, I tried everything to get my OC5 (Octaver pedal) to work properly with a Nylon guitar and nothing work till I found this guitar!!!!

Your comment at :50 was prophetic. The new Ibanez Tim Henson model is in such demand that they're on 6-8 months of back order. I've been a Godin nylon string player for 25 years and mine finally went to the big gig bag in the sky and so I'm looking at all the newer options. This one sounds really nice - thanks for the excellent video!

Gibson, Yamaha, Ibanez, Cort, ESP, Stagg, Lopez, Ortega, even Harley Benton have all produced solid body nylon guitars.

Dude, definitely the best review of the Stage on YouTube. You’re the only one I’ve seen to point out where the in-body mics are, which is what I needed to know for tapping/percussive effects. Thanks!

It's 2025, and now there is a Tim Henson signature model and cheaper models that folow the same design by Ibanez. Do you have a crystal ball in there somewhere? LOL! Great review BTW.

It rocks with the pedals and is ready to play with modern bands