Cort G300 Guitar Review.

[@jackpot848]

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.

[@ChasVS391]

Cort makes most brands guitars in Indonesia for other labels so many people are playing Cort manufactured guitars and don’t know it!

[@instenalable]

@@ChasVS391 Most made in indonesia guitars came from Cort, such as Ibanez, PRS etc

[@tetiarianti8928]

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[@ryanchrisxp]

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.

[@shauncarter924]

Man, Cort has been putting out some pretty rad looking guitars lately.

[@jimjimx5418]

“Rad” means “Radical”, which this is not.... It’s just a good guitar, not a rad guitar....

[@waneboklyngdoh7950]

Well in South East Asia these kick any squire and a mid range fender guitars anyday

[@sheffieldlane5769]

@@jimjimx5418 it's sick, bro

[@adrianrafolsapacible9171]

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

[@CigLivery]

@@waneboklyngdoh7950 funny that squires were made by cort

[@666dreamboat]

"thanks for hanging out to the end" - thanks for the video, now I have another roasted maple neck guitar to look at!

[@jasonwright7513]

The '2 inner coil' setting is the guitar sound on every 80's pop song. 😉

[@le_th_]

Yep, GM's Faith. lol

[@theflyhunters207]

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! 🤘🏻

[@tymanngruter1808]

Your wife can be happy! 😂

[@marck7270]

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.

[@cullenjames7542]

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.

[@etronneutron9235]

Cort makes awesome instruments, had a Jeff Berlin bass of theirs and it was really nice.

[@sheffieldlane5769]

Their PRS' arent bad either

[@etronneutron9235]

@@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.

[@sheffieldlane5769]

@@etronneutron9235 im not gonna argue with that

[@alexwood8555]

I love your content so much Phil, I’m looking forward to getting one of these or the GFAT series.

[@Madchris8828]

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.

[@tetiarianti8928]

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[@Ogrelord5150]

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.

[@titmusspaultpaul5]

Love the sound of this guitar... and it looks great too with great specs for the price. Nicely done Cort.

[@wonderwomanguy]

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.

[@gigmandrew8975]

Thanks for the Cort review! Thoroughly informative and enjoyable.

[@danielfrabotta5501]

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.

[@willygonzales1034]

how's the neck, is it thin or thick or middle?

[@mikepj1025]

That neck is insanely beautiful

[@KapnKregg]

The tone of those 2 inner coils activated was super wicked

[@peinmilan]

Hey dude, that inspection was super helpful. Thanks!

[@jimfromoh8944]

Like those two inner coils setting, has that VH best of both worlds spank.

[@udaybhardwaj4589]

Would love to see a comparison between this and the Charvel Pro Mod DK 24 HH 2pt!

[@petaralargic]

yes

[@maxaragon6642]

Yes

[@heavybrett-al4082]

I have a Cort sunset Jr, basically a Les Paul Jr clone,and it's a solid and reliable guitar 👍

[@calbrockocat8728]

Fun demo and review. Your improvent suggestions should be noted by Cort. Those pup combos are super.

[@marvinbush7304]

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.

[@ginaalwaysavip1177]

Thanks Phil for the review. Those Cort guitars are really stepping up. Great review!

[@anthony9162]

I always enjoy your videos. You have such good commentary and this channel is just pure enjoyment for me. Never disappointed!

[@matthewf1979]

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.

[@tetiarianti8928]

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[@WizardOfArc]

I used to own a Cort S-3000. I should have never parted with that lovely guitar

[@shreddyneddyteddy3190]

Yep I had a Cort Jazz bass once that I stupidly sold lol we have all been there bro!

[@picksalot1]

Nice guitar, good sound, and with a properly functioning tremolo bar as well. Good job Cort. Thanks

[@FlorianGuitar85]

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.

[@daveakabluewater]

Cool setup analysis and discussion. Thanks!

[@keltbrat]

Best guitar reviewer out there, really knows his stuff. I learn a lot from this channel. Thanks Phillip.

[@timtaylorguitarnut]

Love cort guitars

[@ericlewis9638]

Thanks for a great review!!

[@z.z.onichi5365]

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 :)

[@Justin-eu3yd]

that neck is stunning

[@mxaxe5591]

Wow, thanks Phillip, great review. That is the 1st review Ive ever seen for a Cort. Very cool guitar. Thanks again man!🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@jamesshaw476]

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

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

I like that 5-way switch better than push/pull coil splitters.

[@marcuscastelli6776]

Just bought a Cort Sunset 2 and I'm absolutely in love!

[@pupu6oi74]

second! i am really interested in this model! a cort g-series with 24 frets!

[@tetiarianti8928]

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[@WesternWearEnthusiast]

The Cort was very interesting. Great review Phil.

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[@richardlynch5632]

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 👍😎 👍😎❤🖖

[@resington]

Cort, best guitars under 1000. Always have been.

[@tetiarianti8928]

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[@gavinwild2647]

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!

[@holdenwill]

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.

[@RickRomanelli]

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.

[@akwamarsunzal]

I have had my Cort LP for many years now.... I would not swap it for a Gibson! And, yes, I have played a few Gibsons!

[@earthquakemagoon2505]

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! 🎸 🤘

[@tetiarianti8928]

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[@hawkhead418]

Always great videos! Some close ups and fly bys of the guitar would be very cool.

[@JoshuaC923]

Pretty cool, looking forward to the sharpen video

[@diazzsama]

Been waiting this since they announce they announced it

[@zaz4667]

SWEET REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@judih.8754]

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

[@simongummer4515]

Hope it's good I was looking at these

[@tetiarianti8928]

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[@edt9666]

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!

[@GeeDeeBird]

Thanks for your great work, Philip! The G300 is about the same price as the X700. Why would you choose one over the other?

[@coreyrramsay8858]

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

[@Adamfromky]

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!

[@sonnyblu6299]

Thank you Phillip! Cool to see your workbench. I guess if Cort is good enough for the Worlds Greatest Bassist Jeff Berlin... It's worth looking into. I am searching... I NEED a new guitar and I know exactly what I want, I just can't find it. Basically an early style Charvel San Dimas HSS 22 JUMBO Frets, Flatback neck, 2 Point Non Locking Tremolo. The original Heavy Rolled Fingerboard... S or T body either one. Is anybody making anything like this now? HELP! Thanks!

[@iberiksoderblom]

The out singles and the full humbuckers are my sound :-D

[@donciseau]

Great video!

[@guitarzzzz1]

This guitar sounds awesome I want it

[@barbmelle3136]

From Leo: I took two CORT guitars in on trade. An X2 Vyper and an M600. Both are pretty good guitars.

[@Twirlyhead]

I wonder if it is available with nothing written on the headstock .

[@paranbaruah9355]

The lower e string tends to slip out of the fretboard. Many have got this manufacturing defect. Worth noticing it when you buy

[@mohitrahaman]

[@tetiarianti8928]

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[@mattbrillhart2922]

I keep waiting for Cort to explode finally as a brand...their items are very good quality IMO. I feel they could really kill in the $400-800 US range. Maybe their ghost building is too much of a mental hurdle?

[@simmonphoenix3206]

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.

[@yobanyhernandez125]

honest question, how do you feel this compares to the charvel dk 24 HH? im stuck picking between the 2

[@yobanyhernandez125]

I hope we can get an answer for this 🥺

[@diegomahoudeau934]

Same

[@Baggmanau]

The Charvel DK24 will have more options for strat and tele-like tones since it has the additional switch to go between series and parallel for the pickups. From reviews of other guitars (check Daryl Braun's review of the Charvel So Cal Tele) and other info I'd expect the Charvel to have neck/fret treatment that is exceptional (as opposed to just very good on the Cort) and the Charvel's tremolo would also be very highly rated. If you mainly use humbucker sounds and aren't good enough / fussy enough to appreciate an exceptional neck then save some money and buy the Cort. If like plenty of single coil-type sound options and/or would appreciate outstanding neck and fretwork, save for the Charvel and you'll probably never want to upgrade. I don't think either would be a "wrong" choice for most people. But watch some more reviews to help you decide.

[@iangray9791]

@@Baggmanau bought a brand new charvel dk24, the neck was phenomenal, the gotoh 510 was one of the most solid bridges ive ever played on. Had to return that guitar due to defect electronics, bought a second one that was also brand new and the guitar seems to have been misrouted as the bridge pickup was so high it pushed on the strings, tried to lower the pickup and it would not budge. I’ve previously played the DK and loved it, I’ve been sold on Charvel for so long but as of recent with the QC issues I’ve personally experienced I would pass. As far as frets go, I’ve played guitars that retail for 500$-600$ that have had considerably better fret jobs than the Charvel I received

[@Baggmanau]

@@iangray9791 Good info Ian - thanks for sharing. Many reviewers have said very good things - maybe they get guitars that have been thoroughly checked or maybe you were unlucky. But either way it sounds as though Charvels (like many brands) are best bought through a local retailer rather than from some distant online store.

[@saarbrandvin9616]

Cort are great guitars, I had cr 280 and it's was really great sadly I had to sell it

[@tetiarianti8928]

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[@abcrx32j]

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.

[@msh6865]

Yup, my birthday is later this month. Dad needs a new guitar. 😌

[@JohnnyGuitaristOfficial]

Thats a nice one phil!

[@ishwarpreetsingh293]

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?

[@rockdaddy2168]

Roasty, toasty. Like the wiring. Thanks, Phil.

[@mercho_music]

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?

[@arturdobrzynski6531]

Got 3 Cort guitars. My g290 fat model is my go to. I also have a cr100 that I got back circa 1999 as a kid. The cr100 is not playable at all. The humbuckers are bad, the switch is playing up, the buzzing is hard to control and needs a proper set up (if I ever get to changing the humbuckers and have a look at the wiring). My 290 fat model plays so well though and my sfx acoustic is also nice to play and beatiful to look at. So to summarize. I got a shit cort guitar as a kid, but maybe it was a one off bad product or they were not as good guitar manufacturers back then. I kept it only for its sentimental value. Now I am eyeing x700 to get :)

[@oddwavezz]

6:45 better call saul

[@Eventual420]

The pots that came in my Gibson guitars don’t need to be sprayed out because they never get static. All the other guitars, some of which are quite expensive, need to be sprayed. I wish I knew more about this Phil, I would upgrade all the electronics as needed. I don’t like to spray out pots, it can get everywhere. The Rickenbacker pots never need to be sprayed, and so far the MIM Fender is A-ok. The 3 way switches are a different story, the only one that held up is the Les Paul. 335 and Explorer need help. I don’t want to work on the Ibanez UV77, collectors item etc. But the pot is staticky. Suhr, static. ESP, static. I would like to know how to tighten the 1/4 male jacks. All my plugs get loose, and I’m tightening them all the time. I just don’t want to put pliers on the metal and scuff it, cause issues with contact. There are some old pots on my preamps too, they’re basically shot. I would like to refurbish those because apparently they’re not for sale anymore. Just thinking out loud here.

[@geruto17760]

Jack nut loose all the time? Put a drop of Loctite on the thread.

[@Eventual420]

@@geruto17760 The cables themselves, actually. Thread tape or loctite might actually do it since I cannot apply pliers to it without roughing it up. Thank you!

[@mikeroadblock]

You rock kind sir.

[@dontdoit6986]

Not my style guitar, but Phillip, I absolutely love the knowledge you throw in. Height of the frets, electronics, etc. I always learn something new, even if I am not interested in the item you're reviewing. You keep it interesting and further knowledge of guitars, man, thanks!

[@robertsomerville320]

Very nice, love the level of roast on the neck. For a Canuck like me $997.00 cad shipped is a bit pricey. How ever Cor-tek does have some winners and until played can't judge value. The styling is blah (except for the neck). I would put some sub $700.00 cad instruments (Yamaha comes to mind) as see what the differences are.

[@TheDarkmore]

For me Cort is the top, I had an Ibanez RG350 tons of problems..., I played my cort g100 way more.

[@caleshtcincredibles]

It's a very nice sounding guitar no question.

[@jonathan.connell]

I have had a Cort KX5 for years and absolutely loved it. I recently bought a KX508MS and was REALLY disappointed. The fret slots were cut neither deep not wide enough making the high G, B, E strings nearly impossible to tune. Even the string spacing is off. Apart from that the guitar is fine, but at that kind of price a botched nut job is not something you expect.

[@СергейМогутов-ъ4д]

This thing sounds nice.

[@onehotrocker99]

Pretty amazing tone selections! What amp did you use for the gain setting towards the end of the video?

[@kevrod8979]

After receiving my Glarry tele, my crappy back has become a fan of basswood.

[@calbrockocat8728]

My sycamore Sawtooth Tele I just bought is light,too. Twang for a great price.

[@briannelms158]

Good looking guitar !

[@autistichead8137]

What a fun guitar!

[@manymul]

Seymour Duncan pickups+ stainless steel frets for a Mexican made fender price so what is the issue?

[@brandonmitchell1056]

Hey Phil, great vid. Not related, but what is that Ibanez 7 behind you? Older MIJ RG7420 or RG7620?

[@bradyoung1052]

Super cool budget supa strat.

[@joshuavdw7480]

Cort is doing it right

[@tns4421]

I have the g250dx and it is really good instrument. I cannot dig it, Cort makes almost 20 different brands guitars and cort guitars are amazing yet still quite under the radar....

[@romanticegotist1]

Phil, can you link to your guitar strap that includes the releasable clip on the guitars?

[@beridus]

Oy that's a noice fiddle

[@wonderwomanguy]

Phil, you are really selling me on Corts. I'm eyeballing those Mosaics these days....

[@tetiarianti8928]

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[@joshuavdw7480]

I haven’t seen a single comment from someone who doesn’t like cort

[@KingPepeLePew]

i'm old enough to remember cort from 30 years ago...and they were utter junk back then, much like Sammick. These days they make great looking guitars, amazing play ability and they stay intune. There has never been a better time to be a beginner with such quality units to learn on.

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[@stefanchernev4996]

@@KingPepeLePew Beginner?! Intermediate also!

[@deseeb1]

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! :)