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Posted 19 November 2021
Cort KX300 Electric Guitar - Etched Black Gold or Etched Black Red - £249 Each Delivered @ GuitarGuitar
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This looks excellent for just shy of £250! There are a couple of colours here, but personally I really like that black and red. Looking at the below video... the stock image does it no justice. The headstock here is like a mix of Ibanez and PRS
Good specs for the cash!
Delivery is free
Colours / Links:
Video Source - James Grealish / YouTube
At A Glance:
The Cort KX300 Etched Black Gold is a true beauty. The matte black finish with mesmerizing accents of gold paint on the wood grain make for a truly unique, natural looking guitar. With killer aesthetics, and a sound that punches well above it's price point, we have an extremely strong guitar with some excellent features.
Features We Love:
Quality ConstructionAesthetics aside, the KX300 features a Mahogany Body with Ash Top, providing a great sound profile ideal for modern high-gain heavy metal. The super smooth neck is made of Canadian Maple and with a 24 Fret Pau Ferro fingerboard, you can be sure that this guitar has plenty of power and punch.
EMG RetroActive Super77 Set:
Fitted with an impressive set of EMG RetroActive Super77 Humbuckers, the KX300 has an incredible sound that is ideal for Metal, drop tuning and so much more. The Super77 Humbuckers feel right at home in this guitar and the 9V battery is easily accessed through a hatch of the the rear of the guitar body.
Value for Money
Cort have pulled out all the stops with the KX300, not only is it a guitar that feels and sounds great, but at a very affordable price point to boot. The KX300 is priced like an intermediate level guitar, but performs like a professional.
Highlights:
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Good specs for the cash!
Delivery is free
Colours / Links:
Video Source - James Grealish / YouTube
At A Glance:
The Cort KX300 Etched Black Gold is a true beauty. The matte black finish with mesmerizing accents of gold paint on the wood grain make for a truly unique, natural looking guitar. With killer aesthetics, and a sound that punches well above it's price point, we have an extremely strong guitar with some excellent features.
Features We Love:
Quality ConstructionAesthetics aside, the KX300 features a Mahogany Body with Ash Top, providing a great sound profile ideal for modern high-gain heavy metal. The super smooth neck is made of Canadian Maple and with a 24 Fret Pau Ferro fingerboard, you can be sure that this guitar has plenty of power and punch.
EMG RetroActive Super77 Set:
Fitted with an impressive set of EMG RetroActive Super77 Humbuckers, the KX300 has an incredible sound that is ideal for Metal, drop tuning and so much more. The Super77 Humbuckers feel right at home in this guitar and the 9V battery is easily accessed through a hatch of the the rear of the guitar body.
Value for Money
Cort have pulled out all the stops with the KX300, not only is it a guitar that feels and sounds great, but at a very affordable price point to boot. The KX300 is priced like an intermediate level guitar, but performs like a professional.
Highlights:
- Stunning Looks
- High Quality Sound
- Incredible Value for Money
- Specifications
- Body - Mahogany with an Ash top
- Neck - Canadian Hard Maple
- Fingerboard - Pau Ferro
- Scale - 25.5"
- Radius - 15.75"
- Frets - 24
- Pickups - EMG® RetroActive Super77 Set
- Controls - 1 Volume, 1 Tone, 3-Way Selector
- Bridge - Hardtail Bridge with String Thru Body
- Tuners - Die-cast
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43 Comments
sorted bygenerally, the wider fretboard radius will be flatter and cort necks are generally on the slimmer, faster side (especially on their superstrat style guitars). the scale length being longer might make it a touch harder for smaller hands to play wider note spans. compared to your epiphone 'paul, you probably won't notice much difference with the slightly flatter fretboard but you'll be going to a slimmer neck overall which will likely feel faster and easier to play. cort necks are normally satin-finish, too, which again helps them to feel faster and easier to play. if you're after classic rock tones, though, this guitar probably isn't the right one - the EMG active pickups in this are better suited to a more modern, metal sound IMO. cort do have a range of 'classic rock' singlecut models (the CR series) which are basically better les pauls that'd likely be worth a look. jhs vintage do some great, relatively cheap guitars - again, they have les paul style singlecuts that are worth a look. i've got one of their telecaster v52 reissues, and it's a great-sounding classic rock guitar albeit it has a longer scale length.
if you want to talk to someone about a decent upgrade on the epiphone, i really recommend speaking to Richard at rguitars - I've bought my last few guitars from him, and he's always been very helpful. if you're a beginner, though, i'd probably say the best thing you can do is to try as many guitars as you possibly can before you buy your next one - friends, family, guitar shops, anywhere you can. get an idea of what you like about each guitar, and try to relate that to the spec so you can understand what you like. that said, either find somewhere that you trust to set the guitar up properly if you're buying online, or go out and play it for yourself if it's possible. i've had times where i've played multiple guitars of the same model in the same shop, and one will feel nice and the others won't. sometimes a guitar just feels right in the hand, and that's the one to go for - you can change the strings, the pickups, and the amp and fx will totally change the sound, but if it doesn't feel nice to play then you're screwed right from the start.
if you can, i'd also suggest picking up a spark amp from positive grid - i've been playing for a couple of decades now, and i wish something like that had been around when i started to play. it's a great bit of kit to muck about with, and a great way to get a feel for what kinds of amps you like before you go spending big bucks on the valve stack
For shallow dents, as it's not a lacquered neck, I'll use a wet sponge and my soldering iron to heat lift them out, bit hit and miss but should improve it. It'll raise the fibres and make it rougher, so then I'll go up through the grits 320-2000, I'll seal the whole neck after work some finishing oil. Make sure you don't sand where the neck meets the pocket of the body, and mess up the fit. The chip you might need to live with, tidy it up maybe, smooth it going through the grits again as described, but you'll end up doing a larger area to make it look right and have to seal it.
I personally think its awesome , it has a few niggles but for £250 I'd recommend it
Mine arrived today, no issues at all, think your friend has just been unlucky. I didn't even pay extra for a sat delivery!
Good to hear, hoping mine is a good one!
Thanks man. The sanding may even be something I could do. I may give the soldering iron bit a miss as it’s above my technical capacity!
Think you are right. They are both great looking guitars. Thanks for the link.
I've got really small hands and have been learning guitar on Epiphone Les Paul special for the past year or so. I mostly like to play classic rock. I've narrowed down my selection to Fender Duo Sonic HS because of the 24'' shorter scale length and 9.5 inch neck radius.
However, this guitar is very tempting in terms of value for money and looks great. But the neck radius is 16'' so am not sure if I'd be able to cope with it. Should I rather stick to waiting for a deal on Duo Sonic?
You will find it a bit uncomfortable, because you will have to stretch your fingers a little when playing chords and stuff, if there is a guitar shop next to you, try any 25.5 scale length guitar and see if it feels comfortable for you.
Small hands are not an issue, plenty of kids playing full size electric guitars and also classical which have wider necks, technique is key, Cort make fantastic instruments
I would really recommend the yamaha electric guitars. Too small for my hands but cracking value guitars.
Yeah, too many people fall into the I'll play better if I spend more trap. It's a bit like cycling - just train better don't expect a new bike to make you faster.
The retaining nut for the pickup selector is missing, so the switch just flops about.
The volume knob will not stay on the post, it drops off if you turn the guitar upside down and is very loose when operating.
Finally, the frets have quite sharp edges on the high E edge, the fret wire is also extremely rough feeling, making bends sound and feel awful.
The entire guitar is covered with a very fine white dust and it has settled in the pores of the wood on the body and fingerboard.
He got onto the live chat, explained and they are sending a free-of-charge courier to collect it from his home monday.
I hope my 7 string is a little better than that when it arrives, a bit worried now.
So true! Also a great instrument with a terrible set up will make you want to bin it off!
I hope that a one off, every Cort guitar and bass I've encountered has been fantastic! (edited)
Really fast delivery . 24 hours on a weekend can't moan at that . Definitely worth the money
Sounds like exactly what I had mate , the guitar had cone out of the inside box . And my neck feels it needs a light sanding
A Alan key that's all I got m8