Slightly larger than the Requinto 580, the Cadete is a 3/4-size guitar (615 mm scale length). It has the traditional Spanish 7 fan bracing, a solid cedar top, and mahogany back and sides. Additional features include a hand-inlaid wooden rosette, gold tuning machines with pearl buttons and a rosewood fingerboard. An adjustable truss rod is built into the neck. This is a great guitar for anyone looking for a lightweight, comfortable and easy-playing instrument.

The Cordoba Cadete comes strung with high-tension Savarez guitar strings, which are meant to be used in standard E tuning only. For a guitar that is designed to withstand higher-pitched tunings, consider Cordoba's C1 1/4, C1 1/2 or Requinto 580.