Cort Space G6TR

Cort's well-spec'd and affordable Strandberg rival capitalizes on the headless guitar renaissance

- PHIL WELLER

HAVING BEEN BUILDING guitars for Strandberg since 2017, South Korea's Cort-Tek is well positioned to bolster the malnourished, more affordable end of the headless guitar market. The popularity of sans-headstock guitars has changed dramatically since Cort produced its maiden headstock model in 1984. Today, headless guitars are more popular than ever, enticing Ibanez to resurrect its Q series and for Schecter to decapitate its electrics for the first time. But apart from Strandberg's $1,000 Boden Essential, comparatively affordable models have been exclusively pedaled by smaller manufacturers. Cort is looking to turn that tide.

Alongside the hardtail G6M6, Cort's Space series sees the G6TR separating itself from the competition with a Floyd Rose-style tremolo system and a more atypical HSS pickup configuration, while the series-wide Ergo V neck promises uncompromised comfort.