Hello there, back again with another great guitar review for you! This time we will be looking at a Cort M600 electric guitar review which I like to call a low-budget PRS killer. Some of you might say you can not compare a PRS with a Cort, and I would agree.
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However, with its price, top-quality build and excellent tones, I think it’s unbeatable!
As many of you know, Cort is a Korean guitar manufacturer and they have one of the biggest factories in the world once I heard that it’s very possible to bump into a guitar made in their factories everywhere under different brand names. Thomann's 70th Anniversary Offers
Most of their stuff has been considered beginner/entry-level guitars. Cort M600 is also considered a beginner-level guitar but I highly doubt that. It’s a serious instrument out of the box!
My first encounter with this model was back in 2005 or something during a rehearsal in a local studio. It was a Korean-made version and I only remember how easy it was to play the guitar and how solid the tones it was producing were.
I suddenly fell in love with the Cort M600 series guitars. Since that day, I believe I have played several of them in different colours. Unfortunately, Cort M600 guitars are almost impossible to find brand new. They may have been discontinued a long time ago, but it’s always a good idea to keep an eye on Reverb.com.
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After I started working in the MI industry, it was the first guitar that we attempted to record a short video. A bit nostalgic, here you are with the short one first.
Cort M600 Test Room Video (no talking)
It comes in two colour options Blue Burst and Black Cherry. I remember they had a few more options, but at the moment I can only see two. It also comes with great quality parts such as Duncan Designed humbucker pickups, Tonepros Tune-O-Matic bridge and Graphtech NuBone nut. Check out the best guitar pickup company, Seymour Duncan here!
Normally, when you buy an entry-level guitar, you would like to upgrade the fundamental parts of the guitar as they all affect the overall tone and playability. However, with Cort M600 model electric guitars, you can see that it’s already upgraded 🙂
Let’s have a look at the full tech specs below;
Cort M600 Tech Specs
| Cort M600 | Tech Specs |
|---|---|
| Construction | Set-Neck |
| Cutaway | Double Cutaway |
| Body | Mahogany Body w/ Flamed Maple Top |
| Neck | Mahogany Neck |
| Binding | Ivory Binding |
| Fretboard | Rosewood Fingerboard |
| Frets | 22 Frets |
| Scale | 628.65mm |
| Inlay | Rectangular White Pearl |
| Tuners | Diecasting Tuners |
| Bridge | Tonepros. Bridge & Stop Tailpiece |
| Pickups | Duncan Designed Chrome Covered HB102 Pickups (H-H) |
| Hardware | CR(Chrome) Hardware |
| Nut | Graph-Tech Nubone Nut |
Let’s hear the guitar in full action below first, then we will talk about the results. Ads - Check out these ads to support this web page
Cort M-600 Review & Sound Demo (no talking)
This is obviously my personal choice but if I were looking for a budget, double cut, 22 frets, fixed bridge and humbucker pickup combination guitar, this would be my first choice to go for. For the price and already upgraded vibe, I think this is segmented as a mid-level guitar, at least! Even without changing the pickups, it can produce quite a bit of gain and great, warm-sounding clean tones.
With its master coil split, you’ll be able to get split sounds. The only downfall is that you can not split these humbuckers individually. But it’s a very easy problem to solve, you just need another push/pull pot for the master volume, and re-wire it.
Update: Recently, I started looking for an M600 in Europe, reached out to many dealers but couldn’t find one! However, there was a Cort M600 in Bright Blue (beyond rare!) listed on Reverb and just purchased it so I can revisit my review on this instrument! I’m currently working on extending this article, however, I already would like to share the demo video that I prepared with this guitar.
First of all, please check out this video below in which I did a maintenance and restringing session to check the guitar in a detailed approach.
Cort M600 Restringing & Instrument Care
I used my Marshall JVM410HJS, Two Notes Torpedo Captor X, Boss SD-1 and Ibanez TS Mini as well as my RME Babyface PRO FS audio interface and Genelece 8020DPM monitors. I only used PSP SpringBox as my reverb plugin.
Cort M600 Demo (Bright Blue)
My extremely detailed review is coming soon! So stay tuned!
I would definitely recommend the Cort M600 electric guitar for beginner, intermediate and even professional players as it’s built like a tank and you’ll know what I mean if you ever have a chance to play one! Ads - Check out these ads to support this web page
I hope it’s been a helpful review for you. If you are interested in other Cort reviews that I have created, please click here.
Thanks for visiting my blog and supporting me so far! I will hopefully see you in the next review here!
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