Cort G200SE

It might be built for beginners, but the G200SE's quality and playability show that budget guitars are getting seriously good

- BY MATT MCCRACKEN

COMBINING MODERN BUILD quality and design practices with classic colors, the Cort G200SE is a budget beginner electric guitar aiming to provide new guitarists with a versatile tonal palette. Made in the Cor-Tek factory in Indonesia, which has also crafted guitars for PRS, Ibanez, Fender, Jackson and many more, it's a potentially exciting entrant into a very busy beginner-guitar market.

The headline spec is that it features a roasted maple neck and fretboard combo, a feature that was once the reserve of boutique guitars but is rapidly becoming more accessible to the rest of us at lower and lower prices.