smileynumber13 Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 I currently own a Cort acoustic, and it's a really nice guitar (excepting the fact that there aren't really electronics to control output tone etc). Anyway, I was wondering everyone's opinion on their electric models, because I have had no experiene with them. If anyone has, please let me know what you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokeros Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 (edited) Cort is an excellent Korean guitar company. Though not very much mentioned, there is one guitar from them I would love to own...the NZS-1!!! http://www.cort.co.kr/DataBank/support/video/Funktour.wmv http://www.cort.co.kr//DataBank/support/video/NZS_2.wmv Edited May 26, 2006 by rokeros Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsilver Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 One of my sons has a Cort Viva 7 string guitar. He has had it for 3-4 years and really likes it. It's held up well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doeringer Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 They used to be a big pile of 'stuff', company almost went under & came back strong. I played a stratish not to long ago and was mildly impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambo Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 The old 'you get what you pay for' comes in here. They ain't no PRS, but for the money you could do a hell of a lot worse (*coughs* fender... ahem). I still think the best value for money series is the prs SE series. Great lil axes for reasonable prices. S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 I still think the best value for money series is the prs SE series Aren't those made in Korea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batfink Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 I still think the best value for money series is the prs SE series Aren't those made in Korea? Yes they are and probably in the Cort factory Jem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Yes they are and probably in the Cort factory I knew someone would jump on that. One of the regulars--Frank Falbo?--knew loads about Cort. If he were around he could probably tell us for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz tradie Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 (edited) I heard that too. I've heard the factory in Korea build bodies and necks for a heap of companies, ship 'em to the states, then finish them off there. That's just good business I guess Edited June 1, 2006 by oz tradie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
possum1284 Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 The old 'you get what you pay for' comes in here. They ain't no PRS, but for the money you could do a hell of a lot worse (*coughs* fender... ahem). I still think the best value for money series is the prs SE series. Great lil axes for reasonable prices. S which se do u own? Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitey Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 i love my cort,its a flat silver finish,floyde rose copy, yes it was cheap,but it played a helluva lot better than some £300 ibanez's i tryed that day,i was happy to buy it and its a great guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGman Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 I own a cort EVL-K6... Best guitar i have ever played apart from a few gibsons and PRS' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 (edited) The PRS SE aren't made by Cort. But most/all Korean Fenders and Ibanez are. As I understand it, there are three or four main factories over there that are still accounting for 90% of all Korean product. I can usually pick out everything that came from the Cort factory on sight. The other two are more homogenous. For example the PRS SE's look like they could have come from Samick, but they don't. Also the Schecters aren't from Cort either, but I don't know where they come from. Probably the Schecters, Deans, and ESP LTD's are the same factory from what I've seen, and all are non-Corts. You can't go wrong with a Cort because they ARE the manufacturer. So that means there's no middle man, and no super high advertising budgets to jack up the price of the guitar. So with Cort you're getting a more fair price for all comparable kinds of guitars. I'm not saying they're all awesome guitars or anything, just that they're at least as good and cost less than anything in their comparable price/feature ranges. Anyone with a Cort, especially one after 1992 should be proud to own it. Edited August 14, 2006 by frank falbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 the SE's are made by World Musical Instruments in Korea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushy the shroom Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 I must have had one of their guitars from before the company got good, a G210. It generally played better than most Squiers and what have you, but one of the bridge posts started tearing out of the wood because it was placed too close to the edge of a route and it just splintered all the wood around it. And I didn't even use the trem often. Maybe I had it set up wrong, but some wood glue fixed that right up. Some of their guitars look pretty unique, which is interesting from a Korean company, and I've heard good things about their hollowbody line (or maybe that was Ibanez). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wylde1919 Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 The old 'you get what you pay for' comes in here. They ain't no PRS, but for the money you could do a hell of a lot worse (*coughs* fender... ahem). I still think the best value for money series is the prs SE series. Great lil axes for reasonable prices. S The worst guitar I have played in recent memory was a PRS SE. Guess it is all preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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