CORT CORE-OC BLACKWOOD
Cort of appeal
£499
There was once a time when an electro-acoustic with solid back and sides for £500 would seem the stuff of guitar dreams, an ambition never to be spoken out loud. But here we are.Nevertheless, the price range this China-made Cort finds itself in is hotly contested with strong showings from a number of key brands, and solid woods don’t guarantee a winning formula for an acoustic. Ok, spoiler ahead: Cort has gone and delivered it here.
Our test model is the closest thing to a wildcard in this new three-model series; all solid blackwood isn’t a tonewood we see a lot of. Cort’s selling it as a best of all-world’s scenario; a combination combining the “rich low-end of mahogany, the brightness of maple and the ideal overtone of rosewood”. That’s ambitious.