and a look at the back side
Isn't she gorgeous? You won't believe how much she cost me. ...$269!!! It's a Corth Earth 100 all maple with a spruce top. I walked into the local guitar shop today prepared to try out some acoustics and perhaps even take one home if I fell in love with one within my budget. I tried out a flurry of Seagulls, Normans, Art & Lutheries, Simon & Patricks, Yamahas and even some Larivees. While all of them were nice guitars, none of them really called out to me. The Larivees were great, but out of my price range. Then I saw this Cort hidden behind some random guitars. And I gave it a go and immediately fell in love with its looks, sound and playability. I immediately thought "damn...this guitar is nice, but it's probably one of the higher end Corts, it's without a doubt out of my price range". There was no price tag on it so I assumed it was around $600+, but I decided to ask a salesman how much it was anyways with the hopes of haggling and getting the price down. I ask him and he tells me that's it's $269!!! I nearly fell over and bought the guitar on the spot. I came home and started playing it and dropped my pick in the soundhole and that's when I noticed the "handcrafted in China" in the soundhole. I was assuming it was made in Korea the whole time, but anyways I was quite astounded, I couldn't believe that a chinese factory was able to put out such a fine guitar. I can't for the life of me find any flaws in the worksmanship of the guitar, every aspect of the guitar is pretty much top notch. The binding is perfect the thin satin finish is perfect and the guitar was set up perfectly (low action, spot-on intonation). Anyways I just couldn't help but spread the word on this guitar. Out of the hundreds of acoustics that I've tried out over the years, this is without a doubt the finest guitar in the "under $600" price range. Ahhh she's calling out to me again, I'm off to go play some more...
(j/k)
