If you’re looking for affordability in the contemporary electric guitar world, you’ll know that Cort is the house brand of the giant Indonesian-based Cor-Tek organisation that makes a huge number of instruments for other brands, not least PRS and Manson. Cort may not have the brand-appeal of many of the other guitars it makes but their G300 Pro really put them on the serious guitar map. No surprise, then, for 2023 that the platform is being expanded. Along with a very tasty-looking satin gold-top version of the Pro, we get the new Raw and the Glam, which we’re featuring here.
It’s just a different finish, then? No. Admittedly the glossy Polar Ice Metallic burst finish will get you noticed, and the hardware and pickups are the same as that flagship Pro, but the body here swaps from basswood to African mahogany which is also used for the graphite-reinforced bolt-on neck. Like the Pro we get a 6mm thick maple cap although it’s only the natural edge you can see. Contrasting the showy top finish, the body back and sides, and the neck back, are stained a deeper brown. You can see the body is a three-piece spread and it’s lightly chambered too which helps to keep the weight to a good 7.4lbs.
This story is from the July 2023 edition of Total Guitar.
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