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Cort X-6

Summary
Manufacturer URL http://www.cortguitar.com/
Features 9.5 (22 responses)
Sound 9.0 (22 responses)
Action, Fit, & Finish 9.0 (20 responses)
Reliability/Durability 8.7 (21 responses)
Customer Support 5.0 (5 responses)
Overall Rating 9.4 (23 responses)
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Product: Cort X-6
Price Paid: US $300
Submitted 10/18/2004 at 09:13am by Anonymous

Features : 10
It was made in2004 and it's american made guitar,24frets,rosewood,1volume 1tone selector, there are two humbucker and a single middle of them.Floyd rose bridge,double locking tremolo, jumbo frets, also it comed with cable...

Sound : 10
We play trash metal,progressive and doom metal, and it fits all of it.It's sound is really good for a guitar that is in this price class.With effect pedals you can make wonderful sound also.I liked it's hard sound...

Action, Fit, & Finish : 10
Prepare for a real action with it.

Reliability/Durability : 10
It's also very good at live playing.And it is very strong, it fell off from my bad very fast and nothing happened.

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 10
I've been playing 2years.If you haven't got much money to buy a fantastic guitar, it can satisfy you enough.It deserves more than $300.I choose this guitar after a very big investigation, it's the best guitar to buy if you haven't got much money.


Product: Cort X-6
Price Paid: US $175
Submitted 09/30/2004 at 05:21am by Arief
Email: arief_lim<at>yahoo dot com

Features : 10
Features:
- 2004, made in indonesia
- 24frets, volume, tone with tap, 5way sw
- Mightymite pickup H/S/H
- Double locking trem, floyd rose license (i think)

Sound : 7
Not quite suit my music style, that's why i'm thinking to change the pickup with DiMarzio or Seymour Duncan.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 6
Sound cames from the guitar is very noisy, after i put extra shielding on pickup holes & elec chamber..90% of the noise is gone.
Still some low noise on middle pickup..

Reliability/Durability : 7
You can count on the body finish..it's very sturdy from scratch..
Handle on the bridge trem is not very good, even if you screw the handle tight, it'll loose in, and give you some trouble to play with the handle

Customer Support : No Opinion
Never dealt with..

Overall Rating : 9
Quite a good guitar for a good price..


Product: Cort X-6
Price Paid: #140 ((second hand, around 250 new))
Submitted 09/08/2004 at 10:08am by Mr No Name

Features : 9
Made Indonesia. H/S/H Mightey Might pickups, Basswood body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard, jumbo frets, floyd-rose licenced double locking tremelo, 25.5 scale, 1 tone(w/coil tap), 1 volume.
And its worth noting that the body is contoured at the front(this is a bit like the contouring on a JS but im not sure if it will make a huge differance to the sound)
Oh yeah, the preveious owner put flame stickers on it but thats there work(cort should follow thier example) it very cool. If you are reading this thank you for those stickers.

Sound : 8
Have explored how versatile this guitar is as i managed to break a string(this is my fault i tried to turn the machine head to tune it when the nut was locked, i turned it too far!) but it does sound nice.
The pickups are kind of weak for me as i like like quite high out put ones. Ill probably trie and raise them but if that doesn't work ill put a dimarzio evolution(then i can be vai without the skill! yaaay!). but the body tone is very good and i like the coil tap as you can use it as a boost on/off as single coil mode has far les gain. I am putting it through a Zoom 707II and a Line 6 Spider 2. Ill need to try it through my Zoom Ultra Fuzz and someone elses proper wah.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 9
I cant really contribute to this as its second hand but it was setup great when i got it. dunno if it was the factory or the previous owner. my rating only coressponds to mine. never played a new one.

Reliability/Durability : 7
the guitar seems very sturdy it has a tiny chip and a fe scratches out of the back but i think the previous owner must of dropped it.
Im not rough at all with my guitars so yes i would use it a gig but i probably would take another guitar as i use two to get differant tones.

Customer Support : No Opinion
havent dealt with them. thier website looks good

Overall Rating : 10
i am glad i found this guitar. i think ill get another pickup just to be like steve vai. its a good guitar and it looks ammmmmaaaaaaazzzziiinnnggggg. im not joking its great.


Product: Cort X-6
Price Paid: N/A
Submitted 08/21/2004 at 04:58am by Adrian Baxter
Email: Forral at raidersfan<dot>net

Features : No Opinion
Just an update for my previous review.

Sound : 10
I have changed the bridge pickup with a Bare Knuckle emerald pickup, hand made in the uk, and now this guitar sounds very very sweet.
I'm also playing through a Marshall MG30 DFX, a good amp, and the range of tones i can get with this combination is staggering. Great quality of sound and tone range for a total of #450 including guitar pickup and amp, not bad.

Action, Fit, & Finish : No Opinion

Reliability/Durability : No Opinion

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 10
One problem i have found after a year of owning this guitar is that it is a ****ing b*@$# to change tunings or restring due to the floating tremolo bridge. If you have patience this guitar is an excellent buy and easily upgraded. If you don't have patience this guitar will teach you some. But once tuned it does stayed tuned very well and then you only need to adjust the finetuners on the bridge.

Still in spite of this it is an amazing guitar for the price and it will probably stay with me for life.


Product: Cort X-6
Price Paid: US $350
Submitted 06/20/2004 at 07:22pm by Kennth Urdiales
Email: kennethurdiales<at>yahoo dot com

Features : 9
made in 2002 in indonisia,24 fret.onetone one volume,and coil tap.h/s/h pickups mighty might pickups.passive pickups.maple neck and all in a gray.looks like a rip off from a ibanez

Sound : 10
good decent sound ver good for meatal all i play is leads.the out put of the pickups suit it the guitar and the way i play.when clean to play any clean it is decent and good for a cheap gutar.the feed back i use to a advatage to play hendrix or any other acid rock.the guitar is suprisigly versitial.the coil tap is alright becase if you whant somethig close to a strat copy.but it is a wasted feature.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 10
this guitar needed ajust ment for 10-46 string oter than that it was get out of the box tune and play.

Reliability/Durability : 10
durable like rock but very light i use this for band practices and it is ver good for standing up and playing. my main gutar and i have had a few and been playing for years.noting seems to break or bust.

Customer Support : No Opinion
none dont need it it is like a rock

Overall Rating : 10
this is a good cheap guitar.youl like it even if you change the parts


Product: Cort X-6
Price Paid: 265 (GBP)
Submitted 05/23/2004 at 02:25pm by Anonymous

Features : 9
2004, Indonesia, Basswood body, H-S-H, 1 volume, 1 tone (with coil tap), 24 jumbo frets, rosewood fingerboard, double locking floyd rose licensed trem, side input jack, bolt on neck, average strap pins.

Sound : 7
Tis a lovely sounding guitar indeed. I'd heard mixed reviews on the pickups before buying one, and I must say I was not disappointed by them. Decent output, good clarity, wide range. Not at all muddy, not too shrill. Only gripe is the coil tap - halves the output of the pickups, sounds a bit weak.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 10
Excellent, first class service here. Good paintwork, low action, stable trem.

Reliability/Durability : 10
Seems durable. Well constructed, dropped it a few times. Floyd refuses to go out of tune - even with all manner of Vai-isms. Brilliant.

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 10
A very good guitar for the money - upgrade the pickups to something with a bit more power when the coil tap is used and you'll have a smashing guitar. It feels much better than my Ibanez JS100 and my American Fender Strat. I love it, it's become my number one guitar.


Product: Cort X-6
Price Paid: 230 (pounds sterling)
Submitted 07/21/2003 at 11:44am by Adrian Baxter
Email: Forral at raidersfan<dot>net

Features : 10
24 Frets
H/S/H mightymite pickups (passive)
5-way selector switch, 1 Vol, 1 Tone which can be pulled out to turn the humbuckers into single coils.
Nicely contoured basswood body and a fast feeling bolt on maple neck.
Floating Floyd rose tremolo bridge.

Sound : 9
I play mainly rock music and this suits that perfectly due to the great humbucker pickups. I run it through a Squire Champ 15w and sometimes through a marshall jackhammer effects pedal and it can do anything from the clean finger picking of One last breath by Creed to the dirty tones of the heaviest rock bands.
The excellent coil tap feature turns the humbuckers into single coils which gives a wide variety of sounds. However, unfortunatly, it also halves the output of the pickups.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 10
Out of the box the guitar just needed a bit of fine tuning and intonation adjustment but apart from that it was ready to play straight from the box. Nicely contoured body with a Blue/purple matt paint finish
The action is so low my old guitar (which had good action) feels heavy to play. The pickups sounds great and the construction of the body is flawless as far as i have seen, and i have inspected it quite thoroughly :)
No problems that i have found so far.

Reliability/Durability : 9
I've only had this for a short time but it feels solid and reliable in every aspect. Everything looks like it will last but even so i would like to keep my old guitar as a backup, partly due to sentimental value, but i'm selling it to pay for my new guitar. So i will be playing gigs without a backup for a while and i am confidant it will be fine.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Never dealt with company

Overall Rating : 10
Been playing a year now and this is my second guitar. Run through a good amp this is a great guitar. A joy to play it improved my playing within a week. This is a good intermediate to advance level guitar that is easily good enough to play live with and not break a sweat.
If it was stolen i would get a PRS Tremonti SE i i had a spare #500+ but i would buy the X-6 again anyway, even if it is just for a backup guitar.


Product: Cort X-6
Price Paid: US $280
Submitted 04/21/2003 at 04:00pm by Passoka

Features : 10
This guitar has 24 frets with maple neck and ebony scale. The body is made of basswood. The body style is awesome and the finishing too.

It has 2 pots (volume and tone). The tone pot can split the humbs into single coils pickups to get a strat style sound.

Sound : 9
The sound is very nice for rock. For metal rithm it neck pickup could sound a little sharper for my taste.

The guitar is very versatile.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 10
The action was a bit high but it returned from my luthier perfect.

the feeling is very impressive for the price you pay

Reliability/Durability : No Opinion

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 10
It is a very nice option for this price. A versatile guitar.


Product: Cort X-6
Price Paid: 299 (#)
Submitted 09/21/2002 at 10:31am by Stobo

Features : 10
It was made in 2002 in the USA. Its a left handed model, in gloss black finish. Its has 24 frets on a rosewood fretboard on a hard rock maple neck which is bolted on to a basswood body. the body it nicely contoured.......i just love the shape of this damn guitar. The pickups are h/s/h......there well designed duncan pickups......gives you real METAL sound. the controls are 1 volume and 1 tone/coil tap.....for strat sounds. it has a licenced floyd rose...which can stay in tune FOREVER. non-locking tuners......and a 25.5 scale neck.......whick is ultra thin:)

Sound : 10
The sound it this guitar is AMAZING....for heavy and speed metal.....like metallica .......pantera....and slayer:). i use this dream machine through a boss metal zone pedal and a marshall mg30. the pickups aren't noisy...but very high output. this thing also plays ...blues.....jass.....and strat sounds like eric clapton. i am going to replace the lickups with ......emg 81 (bridge).........eng-sa(middle.....and a emg 60 in the neck...for more METAL crunching sounds!!!!

Action, Fit, & Finish : 9
the setup was perfect...low....the way i like it. the pickups were to low but it only took 1 min to fix it. there were no flaws or dents in the finish..neck was nice and extra tight in the neck socket. the locking nut was loose but fixed it within seconds.

Reliability/Durability : 10
i haven't play live yet....but im sure this thing will withstand it. the hardware will last along time....but the bridge is getting replaced with the original floyd rose. the finish is really thick...and will take a hell alot of rubbing to waer it down. straps are solid..and i might use this without a backup......when i gig...first!!.....this guitar is built like a tank!!

Customer Support : 9
haven't dealt with them yet....don't have to:p

Overall Rating : 10
iv bin playing for a year now....but i am quiet good. if it were stolen i would run back to the music shop crying.....and buy another one!!.....i just really like the looks and sound of this guitar.....and it behaves and sounds like a esp kh-2.....at #299!!!


Product: Cort X-6
Price Paid: US $350
Submitted 09/18/2002 at 07:35am by Adam Kahn
Email: midianbayne<at>hotmail dot com

Features : 10
Well, I dont think it matters where this thing was made, but it does have 24 very accesible frets. Its got one master volume, and one master tone which pops up to give you a single coil style of sound. It's pickup setup is Hum-Sin-Hum by a company i never heard of. They did for a while do the job, but i eventually replaced them with a EMG-HZ humbucker at the bridge, and a Seymour Duncan Distorion at the neck. My finish is sort Of a black gloss that shines very bright. Your bridge style is a recessed cut for the Floyd Rose Tremolo, and your tuners are non-locking. I believe the neck scale is 25 1/2", and you get all the tools that you need with the guitar.

Sound : 10
I play heavy metal, and this guitar is all that, just needs more crunch, which problem is solved now. I usea Crate 400W head, running to four 100W cabs. It does have a little too much feedback for my tastes, but it is copeable. It deos have a very rich tone, with a mix of ear piercing highs, and gut rattling lows. I just wish the strings were a little closer to the fretboard.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 10
The action is a little too high for my tastes, but other than that, this guitar is perfect.

Reliability/Durability : 10
This guitar has stayed with me through a lot of hard times, and i guarentee it will last a long time.

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 10

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