Cort Essence GA4 Black Semi-Gloss Electro-Acoustic

The Essence Series offers a pure acoustic guitar experience. By focusing on core elements, we’ve crafted a guitar that delivers exceptional sound and playability at an affordable price. The solid torrefied Sitka spruce top produces a rich, warm tone, perfectly balanced by mahogany back and sides. The intricate herringbone rosette and purfling add visual appeal, while the Fishman preamp system ensures your sound remains clear and vibrant, even on stage. Available in both OM Cutaway and Grand Auditorium body shapes, with Natural Semi-Gloss and Black Top Semi-Gloss finishes, the Essence Series offers the perfect blend of value and performance to suit your style.

– Aged to Vintage Top and Bracing Using a special process called ATV (Aged To Vintage), we treat the solid Sitka spruce top and bracing to achieve the big, open tone of a decades-old, highly sought-after acoustic guitar. This torrefaction process delivers that amazing tone right out of the box, making the guitar more stable and resonant over time.

– “Just-Right” Grand Auditorium Body With a body depth of 4 5/8″ (117mm), an upper bout width of 11 1/2″ (292mm), and a lower bout width of 16″ (405mm), the Grand Auditorium body size sits perfectly between the larger Dreadnought and the smaller Grand Concert. This makes the Auditorium body type ideal for both strumming/flatpicking and fingerstyle playing, suiting the versatile acoustic player who prefers one guitar to cover a variety of sounds and playing styles.

– The Perfect Wood Combination Spruce offers an ideal balance of strength and flexibility, making it the most popular choice for acoustic guitar tops. Bright yet natural, with a strong and warm midrange, the beloved mahogany wood has been a standard for the back and sides of premium acoustics for many decades.

– Rosewood Fretboard and Bridge A rosewood fretboard and bridge create a harmonious blend, delivering rich character. The dense, oily properties of rosewood contribute to a warm, balanced sound with exceptional sustain. The fretboard enhances playability with its smooth surface, while the bridge efficiently transfers string vibrations to the guitar's body. amplifying the instrument's overall resonance.

– Genuine Bone Nut & Saddle Crafted out of water buffalo bone for the most natural and transparent transfer of string vibrational energy into the body and neck.

– Fishman® Presys Preamp Installed internally without removing any wood, the Presys VT EQ system preserves the guitar's natural resonance and pure acoustic sound, unlike other systems. The controls are also simple to use, featuring only Volume and Tone.

– Herringbone Rosette and Purfling Herringbone rosette and purfling are exquisite decorative elements that enhance a guitar's aesthetic appeal. Often associated with vintage instruments, these intricate details add to the overall charm and character of the guitar.

Specifications

Top Material: Torrified Solid Sitka Spuce

Back & Sides Material: Mahogany

Body Shape: Grand Auditorium Cutaway

Cutaway Style: Venetian

Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint

Bracing Pattern: Advanced Scalloped X-Bracing

Scale Length: 25.5″ (648mm)

Electronics: Fishman® Presys VT

Pickups: Fishman® S-core

Binding: Aged White ABS

Sound Hole: 95mm

Rosette: Herringbone

Bridge Material: Rosewood

Bridge Pin Material: Aged White with Black Dot

Nut & Saddle: Genuine Bone

Nut Width: 1 11/16″ (43mm)

Neck Material: Mahogany

Neck Shape: C Shape

Neck Thickness: 1st Fret: 21.5mm / 8th Fret: 22.0mm

Neck Heel Shape: Triangle Heel Shape

Truss Rod: Dual Acting / 4mm Wrench

Fingerboard Material: Rosewood

Fingerboard Radius: 15.75” (R400)

Number of Frets: 20

Frets Inlay: Dot

Head Shape: Gold Head Shape

Tuning Machines: Vintage Open Gear

Strings: Elixir® Phosphor Bronze Nanoweb Light 12-53

Colours: Natural Semi Gloss (NSG), Black Top Semi Gloss (BTSG)

Special: Torrefied Spruce Bracing