Hi folks.
I'm tormented by my recent introduction to a Cort G300 Pro. I went to my local axe store to try out some Gibsons and generally narrow down my choices, with a view to buying one for the first time.
Then, out of the blue, I saw this brand new, beautifully crafted, space-age-engineered WOMD ... half the price of a pre-loved LP.
It's SO well put together, SO easy to play, tonally fantastic and SO versatile ... it hits out of the park! So, yes I'm hugely impressed.
So, the age old quandary has re-emerged ... should I scratch that lifelong itch and get a LP because I always wanted one and promised myself I'd get one one day OR should I extinguish that thought and buy a faultless (as far as I can see), jack of all trades, precision-engineered valueless brand name?
Anyone else having the same issues? Anyone else bought or decided against buying a Cort G300 Pro?
All comments much appreciated.
Ta.
Stu
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That said the current Cort models are superb. I own one Cort guitar - the KX500MS. It's a fabulous guitar. I probably own more guitars made in the same factory but they just don't say Cort on the headstock.
The thing that makes the current Cort lineup so appealing is that they are much higher spec and featured than rival guitars for the same price - often guitars Cort makes for other companies such as ESP or Ibane - because Cort is cutting out the middle man.
The Cort is not going to scratch that LP itch, if
anything it will just aggravate it. And the LP will never play in that smooth and perfect way that the Cort does.
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/206263/ngd-cort-g300/p1
Sounds like the Cort has grabbed you.
I also like the cort guitars though. Doesn't really help!
*salutes*
**In a slightly Rimmer style**
Also, I vote for both too.
Firstly BUY IT
lastly... BUY IT...
In all seriousness though I'll give a quick overview of my experience with it and cort as a brand in general.
I bought the g290fat2, partly because I'm stoopid and didn't see there was a higher spec'd model that they didn't have in that shop and I just loved the everything abiut that model when I played it because of how it is shaped and the fretboard feels like a 3/4 sized and is so easy to play due to the combination of low bridge and unique ish body shape. It felt at home in my hands.
I then went back a few weeks later for some strings etc and saw the g300 just sparkling with the glittered paint. I picked it up and it felt even better in my hands than the g290 fat 2 which I thought was flawless. Then I took a close look at the specs and build quality of the g300 and I not only was the build quality perfect, it was like that of a £1000 + guitar. It was a suhr with cort on the headstock lol. Then I saw it had the TB4 and Sh2n combo from seymour duncan and ran to the amp to play it as I've heard this combo many times and almost bought them for another guitar i have. It sounded like nothing else I'd played, had versatility for days and with all the dantastic specs, I just needed it. I originally was going for a gibson SG or fender strat/charvel... but they almost were on par with the far far cheaper g290fat2 and it also felt better. But the g300 was far and away better than these charvel dk24 models I'd tried and sg/strats, all of which were double to quadruple the price. And it had stainless steel frets. So it came home with me and now I'm trying to find a swap or new home for the g290fat2 lol.
My hearts was set on a named guitar like the ones I mentioned, until I picked up 2 corts for some strange reason or another lol. My wallet was happy, I payed for both combined for less money than the strats and SGs...
After months of daily playing, I can't find a single fault. Cosmetically, sonically, feeling wise, tuning stability, or any other metric or comparison to far more expensive models of guitars, some I've played, some I own... but this is my no.1 and I can't see any guitar i find changing that, no matter the price. It's a guitar you could play every day for the rest of your life and never have to re fret or do anything that you could with all other guitars within double the price range or more.
Also, these damn pickups have the most incredible sound, they do EVERYTHING, and they do it perfectly.
Save your wallet and feel the amazing power of a cort guitar. No need to go with the grain, who cares what it says on the headstock... that's punk lol.
The finest thing about the guitar for me is the neck profile. They call it the "Ergo-V Profile". It's not really a V, but feels more as though it is contoured differently and has a shallower slope up to the fretboard edge on the treble side than the bass side which is slightly chunkier and has a steeper angle up to the fretboard edge. So, it's a kind of @Offset profile. It fits very comfortably in my hand for any style of playing and the satin feel is outstanding as was the fretwork. The fretboard has a compound radius from 12" at the nut to 15.75" at the body, which makes it very easy to play and you can achieve a low action without choking out on bends higher up the neck.
The fact that they chose to sink the 2-point tremolo bridge down into a recess makes for a very low profile feel and provides plenty of up and down motion rather than having to ramp the back of the bridge plate up at an angle or raise the fulcrum posts as you usually have to do on a guitar without a recessed bridge. It is very accurate and stable.
I could play this guitar all night without hand, arm, or back fatigue.
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I associate this five-way Superswitch wiring with Musicman Axis Super Sport guitars. The diagram used to appear in the Support section of the DiMarzio website.
Both pickups as supplied are standard wind and polarity.