i was just unlucky with this guitar as the fret wire ends were not finished off correctly and were very sharp....but rather than send it back to thomann i spent a couple of hours carefully filing them down.the guitar is now fine,it has a nice tone and volume and is easy to play,,,especially with the cutaway---it makes a lot of difference as opposed to a non cutaway....the guitar is well made/finished and i couldn't see why it was b-stock (apart from frets!).....all that said....i would recommend anyone to try cordoba guitars....they are generally very good.i also have a c9 model which is my favourite nylon guitar ever!