FIRST PLAYCORT G300 GLAM & RAW
It’s becoming a bit of a cliché to say that the quality of guitars made in Asia just keeps getting better and better. But the proof is in the instruments themselves. When we looked at Cort’s G300 Pro back in issue 471, we concluded that it was “a difficult guitar to fault, the sort of instrument that spans pretty much every rock genre there is and quite a bit more… a real everyman instrument that could sit in a modern metal band just as easily as a function pop/soul ensemble.” Not bad since it’s currently priced at £749 – and comes in a rather fetching Metallic Gold for this year. And now it’s joined by an additional pair of G300s: the Glam and Raw. Slightly odd names, perhaps, but both rather accurately describe what’s on offer.
Although the new models replicate the original in the majority of features, it’s the wood choice that differs. Both our G300s feature a body that uses chambered African mahogany. The Glam’s 6mm top is maple, although the only wood you can see
