Cort G300 Guitar Review.
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2024
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00:00 Unboxing
02:10 Inspection of the guitar
06:35 Play demo
11:45 My thoughts on the guitars
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One of a thousand things I've learned from Phil's channel over the years, don't be afraid of a Cort product! I'd never heard of them before, now I know how much stuff they make and how well. I wouldn't hesitate to buy something from them.
Cort makes most brands guitars in Indonesia for other labels so many people are playing Cort manufactured guitars and don’t know it!
@@ChasVS391 Most made in indonesia guitars came from Cort, such as Ibanez, PRS etc
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Back in the 80's, Cort was a cheap import brand you bought for your first guitar or bass when you couldn't afford a Fender or a Gibson. Not any more. I own a Cort Rithimic bass and it's the best bass I've ever owned. Top quality components and construction.
"thanks for hanging out to the end" - thanks for the video, now I have another roasted maple neck guitar to look at!
Thanks for the Cort review! Thoroughly informative and enjoyable.
Thanks for the great description of the neck shape and feel, I find that missing in many specs and overviews, yet it's one of the most important aspects of whether a guitar will work for each player or not.
Hey dude, that inspection was super helpful. Thanks!
I always enjoy your videos. You have such good commentary and this channel is just pure enjoyment for me. Never disappointed!
Cool setup analysis and discussion. Thanks!
I love your content so much Phil, I’m looking forward to getting one of these or the GFAT series.
Thanks for a great review!!
Thanks Phil for the review. Those Cort guitars are really stepping up. Great review!
Of course we're going to hang out with you, man. You always make it so interesting. And that Cort guitar is pretty cool too.
Wow, thanks Phillip, great review. That is the 1st review Ive ever seen for a Cort. Very cool guitar. Thanks again man!🤘🤘🤘🤘
That is a good looking and great sounding guitar. Love how they wired it.
Man, Cort has been putting out some pretty rad looking guitars lately.
“Rad” means “Radical”, which this is not....
It’s just a good guitar, not a rad guitar....
Well in South East Asia these kick any squire and a mid range fender guitars anyday
@@jimjimx5418 it's sick, bro
This is so true. I went on a guitar shop here in philippines and they sell a lot of Cort guitars and damn they are so good even for the price, you won’t believe on how cheap they are with so good quality, good hardwares and quality material used on every guitar
@@waneboklyngdoh7950 funny that squires were made by cort
Love the sound of this guitar... and it looks great too with great specs for the price. Nicely done Cort.
That's such a beautiful guitar! I have had a Cort for about 8 years and and I've to say I'm pretty happy with she! 🤘🏻
Your wife can be happy! 😂
love the little riff twordz the end, sounds really funky the tone. pretty epic guitar.
nice review, we need longer jams when it sounds this good :)
Just bought a Cort Sunset 2 and I'm absolutely in love!
Love the sound of the outer coil split! I'm going to have to modify one of my blade switch guitars to a 5 way now.
Always great videos! Some close ups and fly bys of the guitar would be very cool.
I have a Cort singlecut, multi-scale five-string bass and it's really good. Great build quality, gorgeous looking instrument. Cort is definitely doing good work these days.
Pretty cool, looking forward to the sharpen video
Best guitar reviewer out there, really knows his stuff. I learn a lot from this channel. Thanks Phillip.
The '2 inner coil' setting is the guitar sound on every 80's pop song. 😉
Yep, GM's Faith. lol
Nice guitar, good sound, and with a properly functioning tremolo bar as well. Good job Cort. Thanks
Phil's videos are some of the best in RUclips !
I love your wall setup. Nice and clean, well organized too.
Side note, I put graphite in my nut slot of my Squier Jagmaster and can bend now without going out of tune almost at all! That trick really works.
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Fun demo and review. Your improvent suggestions should be noted by Cort. Those pup combos are super.
very helpful video, i could take away lots of info from it.
have been using a cort "g 290 fat" for some years now and never regretted have spent money on it.
will acquire the gold coloured g300 in the next weeks.
excellent guitars with outstanding price vs. performance ratio.
Nice guitar, great job Phil. Thanks
Had to sub to this channel! Love the things Phil does to upgrade and mod in the videos. The content is amazing in all of them! 🎸 🤘
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SWEET REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!
Interesting split on the pups and to my ear you didn't lose any volume. Great review once again Mr. McKnight
Yep. I also noticed that.
The Cort was very interesting. Great review Phil.
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Like those two inner coils setting, has that VH best of both worlds spank.
Great video!
Phil...thanks for showing these “under-the-radar” guitars...FGN is a brand I wish you could review...rock on my brother!!!!!
He brings those up on occasion.
I’ve got to give Cort credit, I own a 1993 Ibanez EX guitar made by them that is still going strong. Quality instrument that has come through over the years, especially by my buddies that borrowed it.
Phil, I love the graphics showing the pick up modes. Thanks. Not a fan of Black guitars but aside from the color choice this is a nice one. I like the natural wood "non binding" as it really makes this look expensive and custom. Great sounds
Nice Phil. That's a very nice fiddle. I bought a Trembucker for a guitar that didn't need it. Oh well. It still sounds beautiful.
that neck is stunning
Been waiting this since they announce they announced it
Cort makes awesome instruments, had a Jeff Berlin bass of theirs and it was really nice.
Their PRS' arent bad either
@@sheffieldlane5769 for sure, I do feel like you get more value/$ buying direct from them [Cort] where there's not an additional mark-up as with the PRS SE.
@@etronneutron9235 im not gonna argue with that
Very interesting. Thanks
Thats a nice one phil!
Mine arrived yesterday and so far, it's an excellent rock machine!!! Definitely a great choice for anyone who's looking for a feature packed super strat.
how's the neck, is it thin or thick or middle?
The tone of those 2 inner coils activated was super wicked
Hey Phil, looking forward to seeing a review on that Floyd Rose Del Mar in the background. Bit of an odd character, haven't ever seen one in person. Excited to see you review it!
I have a Cort sunset Jr, basically a Les Paul Jr clone,and it's a solid and reliable guitar 👍
I bought a Cort G250 FR white recently and it's a killer Guitar!
Cost me only 200 Euros (had minor optical flaws, normally goes for around 300 Euros).
It has a bridge humbucker, middle and neck hot rails and a VH like flush to the body mounted Floyd Rose.
I play so many styles on it and I absolutely fell in love with this guitar.
Cort were already great 15 years ago but nowadays they're really going the extra mile.
No wonder PRS has their SE's manufactured by Cort.
Would love to see a comparison between this and the Charvel Pro Mod DK 24 HH 2pt!
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I’m getting one. Recent Cort Convert. Took a trade for an old Samick Semi, the Cort GTD16 which has blown me away with the quality, playability and tone. HSS, Alnico pickups and a blow out switch.
This guitar sounds awesome I want it
Cort guitars are quite popular down my neck of the woods. I only own one of their basses though; I like it a lot! Their electric guitar usually don't interest me, but the roasted maple neck has caught my attention!
Good looking guitar !
Great video man! Please review the cort g290 fat ii if possible, cheers 🤘
I have a G290. It's insane. And a Cort Katana. Amazing company.
That neck is insanely beautiful
Oooooh I like it!
You rock kind sir.
What a fun guitar!
Love cort guitars
My first guitar was a Cort Strat copy, natural body, maple neck.....back in 1984! I think I all in with a small Peavey amp for under $300!
SS frets are great...unless the ends are protruding. Much more effort to grind them down, smooth and polish.
Didn't see clearly if the trem is floating?
Looks great in black imho.
Basswood is a great tone wood.
That neck is awesome looking.
Thanks for an interesting video 👍😎
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Cort has always made good guitars. I had a Samic SG back in the day that was a great guitar. The problem with Cort is they don’t have any big box and very few independent store distribution. Other issue is for $750 you can get a Charvel, Fender, Jackson, PRS or other “name brand” guitars. Cort needs to partner with Zzounds or American Music for distribution or even becoming the house brand like Michael Kelley or Harley Benton. Harley Benton has circumvented distribution issues by being incredibly priced, which in the buy to play retail environment we’re in now has helped their branch become a household name for guitar players.
I have a 2011 mim strat, and it's a solid guitar. My friend has a Cort strat from around the same time, and it puts my guitar to shame in every way
Which model?
Pro tip, if you use a pencil to lube your nut, get a soft lead pencil from an art supply store. Usually labeled 2B, 3B or 4B.
That looks awesome for SUHR 😉
I have a PRS SE Custom 24 made I bought in 2019. It's made by Cor-Tek. Awesome guitar -- It the PRS SE Custom 24 Whale Blue Poplar Burl top. There are some of these still on Reverb for anyone interested
Pretty amazing tone selections! What amp did you use for the gain setting towards the end of the video?
I have the g290 fat and I certainly prefer the woods and look to it over the g300 but I would love to see some of the specs such as 24 frets, stainless steel frets and SD pick-ups added to my g290. And the g290 LE had this extra Suhr like lower horn cut away that I'd be keen to have also. Its like they took all of my preferred specs and spread them out across 3 guitars
Hey Phil super cool guitar and a super cool review there but you didn't talked much about the bridge and trem system how is it? Is it able to stay in tune after flutters and all that kind of stuff?
I like electric guitars and have a few of them but one thing I don't like about electric guitars is how you have to go through an inspection and setup process with every guitar you get. With something like a keyboard you just plug it in and play, which is nice.
Thanks for your great work, Philip! The G300 is about the same price as the X700. Why would you choose one over the other?
Nice guitar!
This thing sounds nice.
second! i am really interested in this model! a cort g-series with 24 frets!
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Another good and quick way to check if your nut isn’t cut properly is to capo 1st fret. If the guitar suddenly plays much nicer, it needs some attention.
That versatile pickup wiring is used on more and more guitars. I believe the inner / outer coil setting works best with 24 fret guitars because the pickups are closer together than on 22 fret guitars. I don't understand why PRS doesn't implement it on their SE guitars.
Roasty, toasty. Like the wiring. Thanks, Phil.
Ive always liked corts, not bad for the price.
They are not meant for those with egos attached to brands
And of course the irony is that those who want the ‘name brands’, are actually, more often than not, buying guitars made by factories such as Cort etc
Those of us with money and egos don't give af
I had a Cortez les paul copy when I was much younger in the late 70's thru early 80's and that guitar was killer. I unfortunately had to sell it during a bit of a financial struggle. That guitar played and sounded great. it was sort of light for a les paul style. The cap was carved, it was crowned and bound nicely and I'm thinking it was a bit chambered under the top. The guitar had incredible sustain. I read somewhere that Cortez was in fact the first incarnation of Cort guitars. I'm not sure that's true but that was a nice guitar. I have tried to buy another but when ever i stumble onto one it's either over priced or not in very good shape. I could buy a used CR series used in great shape with a case for 300 or less.
I like that 5-way switch better than push/pull coil splitters.
I'm not that sold on the sounds, at least through youtube. But that neck and the overall spects seem fine to me. I'm glad Cort jumped into the fusion superstrat boat.
I've been thinking of buying a new guitar, and Cort certainly came to mind as they seem good value, so I think this video has tipped the scales! I have two Epiphone Les Paul (a Standard and an Ultra-II), so I'm in the market for a single coil guitar with a tremolo and Cort's look pretty good. Any feedback on how that whammy bar performed or if it would be a good idea to replace it eventually?
The lower e string tends to slip out of the fretboard. Many have got this manufacturing defect. Worth noticing it when you buy
Hey, glad to find your vídeo. I played one of these but the neck seems very thick for me. However, I've heard about changing the neck profile on a guitar. Could it work on this one if I want a thinner neck?
From Leo: I took two CORT guitars in on trade. An X2 Vyper and an M600. Both are pretty good guitars.
It's a very nice sounding guitar no question.
Hey Phil, I just picked up a cort 300x body which I’m modding out. The body was completely stripped of parts so no control cavity plates. I’ve searched every where for them with no luck. Planning on crafting my own out of wood. Would there be a way you could email me trace template I could print out to use as a guide? I know your super busy just a shot in the dark. Thanks love the content, always learning new things.
For a few notes there, I thought you were headed into the opening guitar for Faith (George Michael). lol I was so surprised...then I realized I was mistaken. lol
Gorgeous guitar...sounds like an $800 guitar. Very useful review. Thanks!
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I remember seeing those Cort ads with Matt “Guitar” Murphy of Blues Brothers fame in the 80’s and 90’s. They were so cheesy at the time, being mostly traditional style guitars that everyone loves now.
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I used to own a Cort S-3000. I should have never parted with that lovely guitar
Yep I had a Cort Jazz bass once that I stupidly sold lol we have all been there bro!
Hope it's good I was looking at these
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Hey Phil, great vid. Not related, but what is that Ibanez 7 behind you? Older MIJ RG7420 or RG7620?
Well I guess this is the guitar I saw in the other video. Impressive specs from a budget guitar
The out singles and the full humbuckers are my sound :-D
Great video
Do you have any comparison between this and the g290 fat please
Phillip McKnight, what are your thoughts on the balaguer guitars?
I've seen your review on the Halo semi-custom guitars but can't find any honest, unbiased reviews about balaguer but really like their models and available options.
Would be awesome if i could see you do one! :)
What do you mean by “small neck”? Narrow nut width? I neeeed nut width measurement, as well as and 1st/12th fret thickness measurements to compare and get a better idea. Thanks!