![]() ![]() I currently own a used, Cort MR710F which I bought for $150. Robert, if Cortez guitars are anything like Cort, they're probably well made and under priced. This guitar can be heard on the Jimmy Bruno-Joe Beck album "Polarity". ![]() At one time, they manufactured a great signature jazz guitar, the 7-string "Joe Beck" model. Cort also manufactures it's own line of "signature" electric guitars such as the "Hiram Bullock", the "Neil Zaza", and the "Pagelli". Because of this volume of production, Cort can manufacture high quality guitars under it's own name, for a fraction of the cost of the more sought after brands. ![]() In recent years Cort guitars are credited with making economy priced guitars for many big name companies such as Fender and Gibson and turn out an estimated 1,000,000 guitars annually. Cort guitars are manufactured in South Korea and Indonesia. Cortez guitars later became Cort guitars. Incidentally, the Everly Brothers thought highly of, and played Emperador guitars before the J-200 and Everly "signature" Gibson guitars. Along with Cortez, his name is associated with Kingston, Teisco (later known as Teisco Del Rey), Silvertone, and Emperador brand guitars. Westheimer is credited with being one of the first people involved with global guitar manufacturing/importing. Robert, in a nutshell, Cortez guitars were made in Japan and exported by a company started by a man named Jack Westheimer. ![]()
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