How true is this?

[ebe9]

Was browsing around and found the following:

http://cort.axegrinder.com/cgi-bin/cutecast/cutecast.pl?session=gEy5CHWuNJVDMuKu5vllQV7JVn&forum=1&thread=541

How true is it or is it a crock of rubbish?

[BassVirtuoso]

I guess I can't see it without a membership?

[muthafunkabass]

wait what?

[basgitarist]

This link works:
http://cort.axegrinder.com/cgi-bin/cutecast/cutecast.pl?forum=1&thread=541

[ebe9]

Damn, sorry forgot all about having to register...............here are some bits and pieces from it:


Posted Monday, January 19, 2004 @ 10:20 PM

Hi there, this may seem a dumb post
but after hearing so many "Cort made this, Cort made that too"...
do ya think its possible to list out what are the brands of Guitars that Cort Makes OEM>???

so far i only know that Fenders and Ibanez's are made by them, what else?
does it include both Acoustic and Electric models?

--Duhzzz--


Posted Monday, January 19, 2004 @ 10:35 PM

I've heard from this site and from a couple cort vendors-
Conkin
Epiphone
Schecter
Fender (probably just squire)
Ibanez

I don't know if all of those are verifyable or not, it wouldn't surprise me either way. Also, they might make guitars for Jackson, since Jackson is owned by fender, but that's just a crazy idea I had.

Acoustic, I don't know.


[Edit by Hammurabi on Monday, January 19, 2004 @ 10:35 PM]

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Posted Tuesday, January 20, 2004 @ 02:38 AM

Because there are not so many Korean factories (Samick and Cort ?), this question should not be impossible to resolve.
If we can list all the brands that have MIK guitars, we could try to find out who makes them.
So far, the list is:
Cort:
Cort (of course or would they subcontract it to Samick ?)
Conkin
Epiphone
Schecter
Fender (probably just squire)
Ibanez
Tanglewood
Washburn
BC Rich
Brian Moore
Lakland

Unknown Korean:
Jackson
Agile (Rondo music)
ESP/LTD
Hamer ?
G&L Tribute
Spector

Samick:
Samick
Silvertone
Greg Bennett

I bet that the list will become long and that within a couple of years, we will be able to make a similar chinese list (including the Cort Chinese factory).
Maybe we could check with Samick dealers to hear their version of the story.

The Samick site does is not rich on information either. A typical problem with low cost operations ?

Edit: I'll try to keep the list updated as information flows in.


[Edit by fernand on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 @ 05:42 AM]


Posted Tuesday, January 20, 2004 @ 01:47 PM

BC Rich, Brian Moore, and Lakland are made by cort too.
I don't have a definitive list. I don't know who would, or would want to give out such info. It doesn't really matter to me, unless someone compares a cort unfavorably against one of the other brands it makes.
I'm not a "yes man" for cort either. I have seen the best and worst they can make. Just like any other maker, some lemons get out. overall I genuinely think they make some fine fine guitars. and are a really good value. My collection has a bit of everything in it, and the Corts stand up against most of them.

--------------------
Scott
Cort repair manager
sbond@cort.com


Posted Tuesday, March 2, 2004 @ 04:02 AM

This thread of harmony central might document the issue further.
http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=508459
Happy reading.




hope that gives a better idea

So what do you make of it?

[muthafunkabass]

i dont understand, so cort makes epiphones, yet epiphone is owned by gibson?

[ebe9]

This link works:
http://cort.axegrinder.com/cgi-bin/cutecast/cutecast.pl?forum=1&thread=541


Thanks

[Wintermute]

Gibson owns Epiphone, but they subcontract the building of the basses to a factory owned by Cort. I have heard before that Cort are actually the most prolific guitar builders around - it's just that only a fraction of the stuff they make they actually design themselves and release with their own brand on it.

[Panda Licker]

I know not a lot of people skateboard here but

I remember when I used to, I read lots of things about how up to 5 or 6 big name brands were all put out from the same factory.


So it really doesn't suprise me that it would happen with basses too.


and if cort makes G&L Tributes? I take my hat off to them, because they're fantastic

[EADG]

Obviously Cort can't make Fenders, seeing how they're named "MIA" and "MIM", made in American and Mexico.

Schecters are made in Korea though, I know that. They give them a setup in America, but that's about it.

The Conklin really suprised me, I never would have thought.

[the101er]

I've heaqrd this before, and it doesn't suprise me. Cort stuff is beautiful (even the low end basses)

[the101er]

Obviously Cort can't make Fenders, seeing how they're named "MIA" and "MIM", made in American and Mexico.

There's always the possibility Cort makes the parts/bodies/pickups etc. and then they're assembled in Mexico

I don't believe that'd be the case for MIA though

[Panda Licker]

Obviously Cort can't make Fenders, seeing how they're named "MIA" and "MIM", made in American and Mexico.

Schecters are made in Korea though, I know that. They give them a setup in America, but that's about it.

The Conklin really suprised me, I never would have thought.
Ok


what about the new Korean fenders?

[EADG]

There's always the possibility Cort makes the parts/bodies/pickups etc. and then they're assembled in Mexico

I don't believe that'd be the case for MIA though


Well then they would be called CIM, as in crafted in Mexico. That's why basses assembled in Japan are called CIJ.

[EADG]

Ok


what about the new Korean fenders?


They're made in Korea. MIA and MIM aren't.


I didn't know there were Korean fenders.

[Panda Licker]

They're made in Korea. MIA and MIM aren't.


I didn't know there were Korean fenders.
I'm pretty sure the new 24fret Jazzbass is made in Korea, as well as a few other models

[jaco jr]

most if not all deans are korea made - mine is - and hats off to cort if they oversee that because that is one damned fine bass

[jaco jr]

it would seem the only major brand not produced my cort are warwicks, and i know for a fact their factory is in china as their was an advert on their site for a quality control manager at their factory near shanghai:thumb:

[thelowsoundofbass]

only a few ibanez's are made in korea now, most are made in indonesia and japan

lowsound

[Wintermute]

most if not all deans are korea made - mine is - and hats off to cort if they oversee that because that is one damned fine bass

And they have been made for a while - my Dean was made in Korea, and that model was discontinued a decade ago. The electronics are a little shabby, but after taking it apart and taking a look at the circuitboard I blame that on the/a previous owner(s). They've changed the pots, and obviously used cheap ones. But the neck on it is superb - if I ever get a custom six, I'm having the neck based on this one. :)