Cort Guitars Serial Numbers

So I've been reading some good things about Cort. People seem to think they build quality basses with a good price/quality ratio. Since one of the local stores always have corts hanging on the wall, I begin to like them more every time I go there.I believe my first 120€ is holding me back now and I want a good one now. So, since I gave up looking for an SX, now I am thinking of a Cort to be my first real bass.What I need your help for is to understand the big differences between the different series they have. More precisely, where can I draw the line between their basses that won't add much new to what I could get from my cheapo first bass, and those that are not too expensive for my wallet but could qualify as a good first 'real' bass. Lets say.for example.450€ is a bit too much for me.The Action Series seems the more affordable but is it good enough? The Artisan Series looks like more serious basses and I thought they would be too much expensive but then, for instance, there's the C4H which looks good and is actually cheap.

What more?I guess I could ask to try them on the store but I wanted to hear your opinions first, before they think I want to buy the bass.Just tell me what you think of the brand and some of the models if you had the chance to try them!!Thanks!I play more rock, hard rock and blues. I'm a fingerstyle guy but beginning to enjoy slapping.Also, no Gene Simons for me.Cheers! Last time I contacted Kurt he told me the shippings (plus possible additional taxes) would cost more than the bass itself.But, about the corts, let me just tell you that my first bass is the only bass I've ever played.

The serial number is generally stamped on the front or back of the headstock,or in some cases on. The neck plate. If you want to know the production year of your Squier guitar,you can decipher it with the serial number decoder, or find it in explanation about the. All guitars and basses have serial numbers which start with a year prefix. The prefix is the last one or two digits of the production year, and it applies to all models below. 1985, 1995, 2005. 1986, 1996, 2006. 1987, 1997, 2007. Set-Neck Serial Numbers. The serial number of a set-neck model is located on the back of the guitar’s headstock.

Although I know it is good for me to try the basses on the store I really don't have anything in terms of comparison. I've only felt one neck, one set of strings, one set of pups before.So, I would like to hear not only your opinion about the basses but also some advice about things about them I might not notice because of my inexperience.Cheers. Cort is building basses for a lot of wellknown brands - that's how they've managed to get such a good price/value ratio. And that's also why they're not promoting their stuff that much and most ppl never heard of them.

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All this aside.The Action line is their entry level / beginner one; like Gio for Ibanez. These can sound good after some modding - I've owned an older Cort Action with aftermarket DiMarzio pickups and the tone was decent. However, the building quality was not that great - most hardware parts were cheap and flimsy.The Artisan line is their bread and butter; I have an Artisan C and the bass itself is well built, but the electronics (specifically the EQ) suck; I'm planning of changing the pickups and the EQ sometimes in the future, but so far I can't seem to find some brand pups that would fit right in without any additional routing.I'd recommend buying an Artisan B or A - these are something totally different: the B is their version of an Ibby 500 (or 600 for the ash version); the A model rocks!

So these would be my pesonal choices.If you prefer a more traditional look then go for a GB - a lot of folks love 'em - and for a good reason!If you have the cash, then go for either Artisan A Custom Z or one of their new line, the AronaAs for the rest.I've owned a C5H and after a while the headstock cracked while the bass was kept in a case.maybe it was in isolated incident, who knows. I've owned a Cort Action 4 for the last 3 years or so (it's currently on loan to a friend since I've got another bass to play with for myself); and they're not bad. I got mine locally (Indonesia), for around $120.Some things you want to do after you buy it:1) Change the strings. Don't remember what they came with from the factory but it wasn't too hot.2) Give it a complete setup (e.g.

Relief adjustment if needed, saddle height, intonation, the works).Pros:1) It's cheap2) It sounds pretty good even though it's cheapCons:1) It's cheap.2) The tuning mechanisms aren't accurate at all, it's a pain in the ass to tune since you're always either a bit flat or a bit sharp3) The pickups have a craving for that 60hz humBut. Pay about 100 euro for this bass; then spend 100 euro on a good set of pickups, probably another 50 or so for a good set of strings, and however much for 4 tuning mechanisms.

And then you're at the point where your Cort Action has more or less evolved into an Artisan, from an equipment point of view.Just my 2 cents. I own an Artisan B5. I think it is a good mid-level bass.For a couple of years I had been trying 5-stringers at a price point in music stores so I could buy one to experiment with. The Cort got me to open my wallet.I liked the look of it. The feel is similar in some ways to older Ibanez basses (I own a 1980's Musician) which is probably why it resonated with me.Soundwise it is a fairly clean bass, not a lot of colour in the sound. Mine had a weird defect in the pickups that I didn't pick up in the shop, and was elusive to diagnose under warranty, so rather than persist with warranty I replaced the pickups with Seymour Duncans, which slotted straight in, making this my first bass with active pickups as well.The preamp works, I really just use it to have a second EQ and volume setting (and don't use it all that much) so if others want to say it's an ordinary preamp I am not going to argue. It does everything I want, as a passive player.It stays in tune, the intonation is good, the neck is reasonably playable.

As an instrument it is not in the same league as my big three (Ibanez Musician, Rick 4003, MIA Fender P) but then it didn't cost as much either.I tend to use it at jazzier gigs where it's clean tone fits. I usually favour the neck pickup.but that's pretty normal for me.It would be a good tone for slap, but the strings are a bit close together for that imo.By the time I upgraded the pickups I could have bought a Highway 1 5-string jazz for the same price, or even a MIA jazz second hand, so if I were replacing it that's probably what I would do. But it does the job, and I'd lose more money on the trade than I want to. It does get used regularly and people usually comment favourably on the sound. I don't know if the stock pickups would have been as good as the Duncans without the fault for the fault, but I expect not. Click to expand.I'm a beginner I owned it for 3 years and noodled a lot, only got serious about things about 6 months ago.

That out of the way.I've tried the Squiers and other 'cheap' basses (Ibanez, etc.) and I keep coming back to the fact that my Cort Action (the cheapest of the Cort line, basically), while not equipped with stellar pickups, is very light, has a very nicely contoured body (almost ergonomic), and a very nice and slim neck. Also, for the price you pay for it, it's a pretty decent bass.Personally if I had a budget of about $400, I'd still get a Cort Action 4, and have enough left over for a decent practice amp/cab combo, and strings, straps, picks, cleaning stuff, and so on.Now the real answer to your question: Go to your local music shop. Strap it on, see how it feels.

Play it a little. Do the same with every other bass in your budget range. Listen to the sound, and see how it feels in your hands.Then buy the one that makes you go 'aw yeah thats it'. I'm a beginner I owned it for 3 years and noodled a lot, only got serious about things about 6 months ago. That out of the way.I've tried the Squiers and other 'cheap' basses (Ibanez, etc.) and I keep coming back to the fact that my Cort Action (the cheapest of the Cort line, basically), while not equipped with stellar pickups, is very light, has a very nicely contoured body (almost ergonomic), and a very nice and slim neck. Also, for the price you pay for it, it's a pretty decent bass.Personally if I had a budget of about $400, I'd still get a Cort Action 4, and have enough left over for a decent practice amp/cab combo, and strings, straps, picks, cleaning stuff, and so on.Now the real answer to your question: Go to your local music shop. Strap it on, see how it feels.

Play it a little. Do the same with every other bass in your budget range.

Listen to the sound, and see how it feels in your hands.Then buy the one that makes you go 'aw yeah thats it'. I own a Cort B5 that I picked up new on the Bay for around $230 The Bartolini electronics sound really good, the neck is comfortable even if the string spacing is a little close for my taste. The fit and finish is good, and th weight is reasonable. I've tried so hard to like it but it does one annoying thing that none of my other basses do.

It makes clicking noises after plucking a string when my finger comes to rest on the next lower string. I can raise the action and it lessens this 'feature', or I can try and EQ it out. However I like my action fairly low and sometimes I want a bright sound. If one can get past the annoying clicks this would be an outstanding bass. I would rate it a 7 on a scale of 1 to 10, probably an 8.5 if I could make the clicking noises go away. Maybe I just got a bad one, or that is why they were blowing them out so cheap. Click to expand.I just picked up a VM fretless (used but only once) for 200€, and I am looking at buying an ashdown combo for slightly more (ok its a combo, but PerlNinja said 'for a decent practice amp/cab combo'), you can also pick up a KXB200HR head for 137€ new (Behringer for less), and a GK 115MBE cab for 139€.I am not recommending any of these, just saying that for a little over 400€ (less than 400 GBP) you can be well on the way, just depends on the way to where!!

Maybe I'm lucky. I own an Ibanez GSR200EX, which is a beginners bass. After having done a complete set up, it plays like a much more expensive instrument. All frets have the same height and the neck is straight.

I bypassed the active electronics, which is a matter of taste. That's my bass. However, I tried a lot, and I mean A LOT, of other basses. Everything like Warwick, Fender, Gibson, Sandberg, Rickenbacker, Maruszczyk.

I wasn´t impressed by the quality of the woodwork. On the other hand, the controls felt solidly.

Cort Guitars (Cor-Tek Corporation^[2]) is a South Koreanguitar manufacturing company located in Seoul. The company is one of the largest guitar makers in the world, and produces instruments for many other companies. It also has factories in Indonesia and China.

Products manufactured by Cort include electric, acoustic and classical guitars, basses and ukuleles.

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History[edit]

Cort was founded in 1960 as an importer of pianos by current CEO Young Park's father. At that time, the company was called Soo Doh Piano. The business slowly evolved from a piano importer to a manufacturer and sales division then finally into a guitar manufacturer in 1973. At this early stage of the company's history, Soo Doh was strictly an OEM supplier to other foreign brand name companies. The company eventually changed its name to Cort Musical Instruments, focused on guitars as it became much more proficient at it than producing pianos and released the first Cort-branded guitars in 1982. Cort began production of headless guitars in 1984 with designs exclusively licensed from Ned Steinberger for Cort's own brand as well as for brands like Hohner and Kramer. This development helped bring the Cort name to the mainstream electric guitar market and attracted the attention of other well-known brand name companies seeking contract guitar manufacturers in Korea.^[3]

Models[edit]

Cort does not have a model of guitar that could be called its “signature,” like the Stratocaster for Fender or the Les Paul for Gibson. Instead, Cort produces an extensive line of guitars to fit different guitarists and genres of music. Cort produces a wide variety of electric guitars, acoustic guitars, acoustic bass guitars, and electric basses.

Electrics[edit]

• Aero
• Classic Rock
• EVL
• Performer
• G
• Gene Simmons
• Hollowbody
• Sterling
• Sunset
• Master8R
• KX series
• M series
• Signature ^[4]
• Viva
• VX
• X
• Zenox
• CR

Acoustics[edit]

• Limited Edition
• Earth
• SFX
• CJ
• MR
• Classical
• Standard
• Bass
• S (90's)
• Jade
• Luce
• NDX
• Bluegrass

Basses[edit]

• GB
• Artisan
• Curbow
• Action
• Arona
• Gene Simmons Axe
• Gene Simmons Punisher

In addition to the models currently being made, Cort has produced many others, including the 'S' series guitars (Stellar, Sterling, Starlite), the 'Viva' guitars, 'MGM' (Matt Guitar Murphy), 'Freedom' bass (Billy Cox), Neil Zaza, Larry Coryell, 'Elrick' bass, 'J Triggs' (Jim Triggs), 'Katana', and 'Effector'. Several of the earliest Corts were direct copies of popular models such as the Stratocaster.

Parkwood[edit]

Up until 2006, Cort manufactured a line of high quality guitars under the name 'Cort Parkwood'. In 2006, Cort turned Parkwood into a brand of its own and now does not feature the Cort name or logo. This is a brand sold exclusively through big box stores such as Guitar Center. Cort continues to manufacture the Parkwood Brand in South Korea although it is printed 'Handcrafted in China' inside the guitar body. The Hybrid series coming from Indonesia.

Masterpiece (MMP) Series electric guitars[edit]

The Cort M-Series is as close to a signature shape as Cort gets across its range. Cort has released a limited production run of MMP series electric guitars from its own custom shop. Somewhere between 25 and 50 of each MMP model were released. So far Cort has released an MMP1, with 'tree of life' inlay up the neck and finished in antique sunburst, an MMP2 and MMP3 available in 'transparent cannon blue' and 'brown burst' finishes. These guitars are generally highly regarded ^[5] and appear to be heavily influenced by higher-end PRS models, in both quality standards and style.

Contract production[edit]

Cort's main production focus is not on Cort-brand guitars, but rather on contract work for numerous other companies. Generally, large companies contract Cort to build lower-priced guitars that have that company's brand on them. Ibanez, Parkwood, Squier, G&L Tribute series line of guitars are among the most well-known brands that Cort produces. In recent years, small companies known for extremely high quality (and high-priced) guitars have begun contracting Cort to produce budget line models. Avalon, based out of Northern Ireland, sold 8,000 guitars and more than doubled their income from the previous year when they contracted Cort to build a lower-priced guitar for them.

Controversy[edit]

Since 1997 controversy has surrounded Korean factories of Cort and Cor-Tek due to its alleged mistreatment of factory workers. Grievances include the closing of its Daejon factory with no advance warning on April 9, 2007, mass redundancies of all staff from its Incheon plant on April 12, 2007, and the firing and mistreatment of union officials and members.^[6]

On July 12, 2007 a Cort worker set himself on fire in protest, and on October 15, 2008 workers conducted a 30-day hunger strike and sit-in occupation on a 40-meter electricity tower. Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello and System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian - both partners in the Axis Of Justice - joined representatives of the Cort workers in a protest concert against Cort and Cor-tek on January 13, 2010 at the Nanum Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Morello said 'I fully support the Korean workers' demands for justice in the workplace. All American guitar manufacturers and the people that play them should hold Cort accountable for the awful way they have treated their workers.'^[7][8]

This controversy went through various legal stages in Korea from 2007 through 2012.^[9] Ultimately, Cort received favorable decisions from the Supreme Court in Korea that ended any further liability on Cort's part to the terminated employees. The court recognized that the closure of the plant in 2008 and subsequent layoff were justified.^{[10][better source needed]}

Sources[edit]

1. ^ ^abAbout Cort on Cort website, 16 Oct 2019
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4. ^Cort MBC-1 Matthew Bellamy
5. ^'Cort: MMP-3 Masterpiece - Reviews @ Ultimate-Guitar.com'. www.ultimate-guitar.com.
6. ^'Guitar Workers Protest Sweatshop Conditions; Rage Against The Machine, Wayne Kramer Support..' The Daily Swarm. January 13, 2011. Archived from the original on June 1, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
7. ^'Rage's Tom Morello leads protest at NAMM Show'. MusicRadar. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
8. ^'Guitars should be a means to liberation, not exploitation, says Rage's Morello'. January 15, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
9. ^''Press This Guitar and Tears Will Pour Forth': A Ballad of Labour Rights in South Korea'. Global Ethics Network. October 28, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
10. ^':: Yulchon + Newsletter ::::'.

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