Cordoba Fusion 5

REVIEW
CÓRDOBA FUSION 5 & AUDEN YORK
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GUITARIST JULY 2021
7. Through the York’s
soundhole you can
see the Supernatural’s
preamp PCB and battery,
which is necessary to
power the system
8. Mounted on the treble
side of the soundhole,
the Auden’s preamp
controls are quite fiddly
to adjust, although the
system sounds superb
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from the wood choice. But it focuses the
bass very nicely, which is full but doesn’t
run away with you, while the trebles have a
beautiful refined clarity. On this evidence,
the Córdoba is what you want for your
street party; the Auden seems to suggest
a quieter environment where you can
appreciate the detail of its sound.
Plugging In
A key part of the crossover is its ability to be
heard in that Latin or jazz band, and just as
in the steel-string world there are plenty of
ways to crack that nut. Our Córdoba uses a
very simple Fishman Sonitone setup with a
Sonicore under-saddle pickup, the preamp
mounted on the bass side of the soundhole
with volume and tone rotary controls. The
battery sits in an easy-to-access moulded
housing that also holds the output jack on
the body’s side.
The Brad Clark Supernatural system on
our Auden is rather more complex. We have
bridge and face sensors that are pre-mixed
within the preamp that’s mounted with the
battery by the neck block.
6. Auden’s much more
contemporary-looking
bridge design features
an inset bone saddle,
which is much more
like a steel-string
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