“Prized for its warm and rich character”: Cort brings unsung solid cedar to an accessible price point with 2 sleek $370 acoustics

Cort MR500F-CED and L100OCF-CED
(Image credit: Cort)

Cort has released two new well-spec'd, solid cedar-topped acoustic guitars which, at a tidy $370, look to offer plenty of bang for their buck.

Usually, cedar tops are a tonewood choice reserved for nylon guitars or steel-stringed models that are way out of this pair’s price range, but Cort has now bucked that trend.

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Phil Weller

A freelance writer with a penchant for music that gets weird, Phil is a regular contributor to Prog, Guitar World, and Total Guitar magazines and is especially keen on shining a light on unknown artists. Outside of the journalism realm, you can find him writing angular riffs in progressive metal band, Prognosis, in which he slings an 8-string Strandberg Boden Original, churning that low string through a variety of tunings. He's also a published author and is currently penning his debut novel which chucks fantasy, mythology and humanity into a great big melting pot.