New Position Available: Customer Service & Sales Assistant

Cordoba Music Group is a leading distributor and manufacturer of high quality acoustic guitars, ukuleles, and accessories. Our products are sold and distributed worldwide and are played by renowned artists in every genre of music. We are headquartered in Santa Monica where we run the sales, marketing, R&D, and management of Cordoba Guitars. We’re looking for a full-time Customer Service and Sales Assistant. This is an entry-level position but has a lot of growth potential.

As our next Customer Service and Sales Assistant, some of your day-to-day tasks will include:
• Customer Service support in the form of answering phone calls and emails
• Assisting the National Sales Team when needed (including but not limited to order entry and dealer returns)
• Processing and managing all return authorizations under our warranty program
• Coordination and communication with Quality Control, Operations, and Product and Brand Marketing teams

This position requires meticulous attention to detail, excellent time management and multi-tasking skills, and ability to follow up. We are seeking a candidate who will represent our company in a professional and friendly manner on the phone and via email.

Some other preferences include:
• Bachelors Degree
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to multitask
• Ability to follow instructions, prioritize, and willingness to assume responsibility
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Background knowledge in guitars and general interest in music is a major plus.

Other divisions of the company include distribution for brands such as HumiCase and Jose Ramirez Guitars. We are looking to hire immediately. We’re a talented and driven group of people to work with and we make sure to keep the work environment relaxed and fun. We offer health insurance, 401K, paid vacation and sick time. If you think that you fit the bill, please submit both a cover letter and resume (Please title your documents with your first and last name and include the keyword Esteso in the subject line) to cordobajobs@gmail.com. No phone calls, in-person submissions, or third party recruiters please.


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Cordoba’s Four Fall Facebook Winners!

Congrats to our four Facebook fans who won shopping sprees on Cordobaguitars.com, just in time for the holidays. Treat yourself, friends!


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Artist Spotlight: Kina Grannis

Kina Grannis has been a busy bee all year. In-between international flights & tour dates, TV appearances and award shows, we were able to sneak in a few questions about the release of her SCP (secret crazy project, of course) which ended up being a music video illustrated in jelly beans. What’s next Kina?! We’re excited to find out.

C: It’s been a few days since you launched your SCP & we’re still amazed at what you were able to pull off with JELLY BEANS. What sparked this idea of doing a music video with candy?

K: I went into this knowing that I wanted to make a really special and unique music video that had a hand-made feel to it… but beyond that, I had no ideas.  When the director, Greg Jardin, proposed the jelly bean stop-motion idea to me, I was sold in a second.  He had seen jelly bean art online–giant pictures made of jelly beans–and that was part of his inspiration. 

C: What does your song-writing process look like?

K: Songwriting is still a very mysterious process to me.  I can’t do it on command and I rarely feel like I even have much control of it.  It hits me when I least expect it and out pours a song–usually in about an hour.  When I’m writing, I’m more inspired my the feelings evoked by playing my guitar and singing melodies than any concrete themes.

C: If you were given the chance to do a duet with anyone, who would it be (and why)?

K: Perhaps Bon Iver… or Sigur Ros…. or Imogen Heap… or… ok, I’ll stop.  Working with any of them would be a dream… I find them all to be musical geniuses in their own right. 

C: What or who inspired you to pick up the guitar? Are you self-taught?

K: I’ve always been drawn to music, and actually played piano and violin long before guitar crossed my mind, but I think what really drew me to guitar was that it was new and exciting and most importantly, it was an excuse to sing.  I basically locked myself away in my room for a few months in high school and played and played until it finally made sense.  


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What’s the Difference Between Classical and Flamenco?

Although classical and flamencos share the same background, their modern incarnations have some important differences!

Classical guitars require a buzz-free tone that is only achieved by slightly higher action and some relief in the neck. Some concert players even prefer a much higher set-up to accommodate this buzz-free tone at the expense of easy playability. Classical guitars generally have either a cedar or spruce top, with practically any type of back/side combination.

On the other hand, flamenco guitars emphasize a much easier and faster playability, which is made possible by lowered action with almost no neck relief. This set-up leads to a buzz that classical players abhor, but which flamenco players adore! In fact, a strong “growl” from a flamenco guitar is often essential to replicating the blistering strumming patterns called “rasgueados” and rapid fire finger-picking called “picados” characteristic of the flamenco sound. Traditionally, flamenco guitars are built with a spruce top and cypress back and sides to achieve bright and vibrant tones. “Negra” guitars (i.e. a flamenco using non-cypress/sycamore back sides) have become more popular in recent years as well, and the choice between a great “blanca” and “negra” is largely up to a player’s tone preferences.

Did this inspire more questions? Feel free to ask us and we’ll post your answers in upcoming posts.

Live. Play. Play.


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Behind the Scenes

Cordoba’s new look didn’t happen overnight! We’d like to thank Rent Control, photographer Christa Renee and her awesome team of stylists, artists and assistants who helped us pull together these beautiful scenes that showcase our guitars and the easygoing, music filled lifestyle that we’re all about.


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Sneak Preview: Cordoba 2012

Here it is! We hope you enjoy this sneak preview of Cordoba’s new look featuring some of our favorite (and new!) guitars for 2012.


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We Have a Winner!

David is our lucky winner of the August Sweepstakes for a Cordoba C5-CET signed by the Gipsy Kings. Congratulations David!

Thanks to everyone who entered our Facebook sweepstakes! Continue to keep an eye out for more exciting give-aways and prizes.


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2 more Days!

Only 2 more days left to enter to win a Cordoba Guitar. Enter the sweepstakes by visiting our Facebook page and click “Like” ! If you’re already a fan of Cordoba Guitars on Facebook, visit the CrowdSpark tab on the left to enter the sweepstakes. We’ll be choosing lucky winner #2 at the end of August.

Check out the rest of August’s Cordoba Newsletter for more interesting tips and news. Not receiving these automatically? Click here to join our email list.


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Five Minutes with Tim Miklaucic

In case you missed it on Musician’s Friend’s latest e-mail newsletter, here’s a link to an interview with Tim Miklaucic, Cordoba Guitars’ President and founder (click the photo).


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Cordoba and Musician’s Institute

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Our friends at Musician’s Institute sent over this photo of their Rumba class. We loaned our neighbors a few guitars for their classes and we’re happy to see that they are being enjoyed and played!

The Cordoba team believes in and supports music education and we like to do whatever we can to support budding talent. We offer a wide range of sizes and wood options so that students may find a guitar that’s a great fit for both their wallets and their skill levels. For more information on our student guitars, click here!

**Update: Musician’s Institute recently posted an article to their news section about Cordoba Guitars. Read it here!


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