Cort KX700 Evertune Open Pore Black

Let's begin with lots of positive things about this guitar.

-It looks amazing if you are into the open pore finish, different pieces of woods blend all together and it's also a pleasure to the touch.

-The feeling from construction is very solid and not too much weighty, around 3.25Kg.

-The neck is very smooth and your hand never gets stuck, even better than satin finishes in my opinion. Neck size is in between a Jackson and Fender Stratocaster. Does not feel slim but not fat either.

-Pickups: can't say much because I'm no expert, but the sound feels 'dark' to me.

-Evertune bridge works as expected once you give a look at the video tutorials on the Evertune website and get an understanding of the inner workings.

-Frets: frets leveling is superb. They are well leveled and smooth (in both the guitars I owned). I was able to lower the action to 1mm and 0.75mm (12th fret) with some regular buzz but no strange noises. Never been able to go so down even on 1500$ guitars because one of the frets would always stick and mute the high E at some point.

-Locking tuners: always welcome.

Now some cons:

-I had to return the first one because the headstock's edge had a big bump.. no big problem, but your eye would often go there.
Both guitars were built very well but at the same time share some imperfections in the finish such as imperfectly painted lines and a bit of tool marks here and there. I think it's in the nature of the open wood and putting together different pieces to be less clean than a painted work.
But probably at 1100$ I would have expected a bit more attention to detail.

-Already experienced fret sprouts; probably the fretboard shrank under my climate and I had to smooth the edges myself.

-There is no arm carve so I get always some little red 'marks' after finishing playing. The top is not sharp at all, but your arm will rest on a steep angle nonetheless.

-It comes with a very, very cheap bag.

Conclusion: I kept the second one and I'm satisfied with my first Cort guitar; I really hope they get better with the small details.

After setup and intonation this guitar plays like a dream. The pickups sound good and the output is adequate. It of course stays in tune and intonated once properly setup. Recently at practice I snapped a string and everything else stayed in tune, which was pretty cool to hear. I really like the look overall and "blank" neck looks great too. The locking tuners are a great touch as well.

I've got a few frets sticking out beyond the fretboard edges which I'll have to have rectified, hence the 4 star review and not a 5.

im wahrsten Sinn des Wortes...
Ich bin über den Testbericht im G+B auf dieses Instrument aufmerksam geworden und habe gedacht...hmmm...Evertune-System...hast Du noch nicht...Versuch macht klug...

War ein guter Gedanke. Die Gitarre ist im Lieferzustand absolut edel verarbeitet, es sitzt Alles, die Optik ist, wie immer Geschmackssache, aber ich bin hell begeistert. Sehr schön gemasertes Holz, die Decke ist grandios und der Hals mit dem extradicken Ebenholzgriffbrett ein Handschmeichler.
Das Instrument beweist schon ohne Amp was in Ihm steckt, Brillianz, saubere Bässe und feine Mitten mit endlos Sustain... am Amp... holla die Waldfee, wird es hell wie arg...
Der Nazgul am Steg macht genau das wofür er konstruiert wurde...fette Lines, knochentrocken und doch saftig, genau meine Welt.
Der Sentinent ist für warme Sololinien der passende Partner, auch Clean überzeugen er und die Kombi der beiden Pickups voll, bissle Volume zurücknehmen und man hat einfach nen tollen Cleansound...herrlich.
Dass Cort qualitativ höchstwertige Gitarren baut war klar, aber diese Gitarre ist für mich in der 2500€ Liga angesiedelt, und kostet nicht mal die Hälfte.
Das Evertunesystem ist ohne Eingewöhnung direkt perfekt bespielbar und vor Allem ratzfatz auf die persönlichen Vorlieben eingestellt...und wenn das gemacht ist, ist fertig...hält was es verspricht.
Ich hab die 3 Bassaiten auf "ohne Bend" gestellt, die 3 Diskantsaiten auf "Bend" womit ich sauber im Drop-D rummetaln kann und im Solobereich alle Ausdrucksmöglichkeiten wie gewohnt habe. Extraklasse.
Beim Homerecorden hat sich das System bereits voll bewährt...die Intonation passt, Spuren doppeln ist so ein Leichtes.

Eine hervorragende Gitarre mit super Verarbeitung und Sound...was will man mehr?