Paul S Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 (edited) Now surplus to requirements, I bought this in May last year. To save me taking any extra pics I've included those sent to me by the guy I bought it from. He said it was based on an early 90's Korean (Cort factory) model s/n CN 432959. This one is the original neck and body, in similarly good overall condition (the neck is not new but there was almost no fret wear and that has been polished out. The Gilmour mods include plain black scratch plate, stubby whammy bar, 'Gilmour switch' that activates both neck and bridge pups, higher output pots, rewire and extra shielding as per picture. [attachment=46551:strat1.JPG] [attachment=46552:strat2.JPG] [attachment=46553:strat3.JPG] [attachment=46554:strat4.JPG] [attachment=46555:strat5.JPG] [attachment=46556:strat6.JPG] The pictures say it all, really. Sexy beast, isn't it! There was a slight issue with one of the higher frets catching, I had them dressed and now it plays beautifully and sounds, well, like a strat. I have a soft Fender gig bag, the not very padded ones, that it lives in. I took it to one rehearsal, played it at home for a while and then it went back in the bag. [s]Could be yours for £200 including the bag and postage, £185 collected from SE Essex.[/s] Am I mad? now £185 inc. bag and postage or £170 collected. Some more pics from today: [attachment=47336:STRAT1.jpg][attachment=47337:STRAT2.jpg][attachment=47338:STRAT3.jpg][attachment=4 7339:STRAT4.jpg][attachment=47340:STRAT5.jpg] Edited June 25, 2010 by Paul S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrunci Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 [quote name='Paul S' post='796853' date='Apr 5 2010, 07:16 PM']Now surplus to requirements, I bought this in May last year. To save me taking any extra pics I've included those sent to me by the guy I bought it from. He said it was based on an early 90's Korean (Cort factory) model s/n CN 432959. This one is the original neck and body, in similarly good overall condition (the neck is not new but there was almost no fret wear and that has been polished out. The Gilmour mods include plain black scratch plate, stubby whammy bar, 'Gilmour switch' that activates both neck and bridge pups, higher output pots, rewire and extra shielding as per picture. [attachment=46551:strat1.JPG][attachment=46552:strat2.JPG][attachment=46553:strat3.JPG] [attachment=46554:strat4.JPG][attachment=46555:strat5.JPG][attachment=46556:strat6.JPG] The pictures say it all, really. Sexy beast, isn't it! There was a slight issue with one of the higher frets catching, I had them dressed and now it plays beautifully and sounds, well, like a strat. I have a soft Fender gig bag, the not very padded ones, that it lives in. I took it to one rehearsal, played it at home for a while and then it went back in the bag. Could be yours for £200 including the bag and postage, £185 collected from SE Essex.[/quote] Definetly cort, its a 1994 model the N being for nineties and the first number the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted April 6, 2010 Author Share Posted April 6, 2010 [quote name='ianrunci' post='797459' date='Apr 6 2010, 12:52 PM']Definetly cort, its a 1994 model the N being for nineties and the first number the year[/quote] Thanks for that. Nice to have it confirmed. How do Cort guitars rate compared to other factories? I've noodled around on a couple of Squier strats and this is the best one, but I imagine there are a lot of frogs out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnozzalee Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 Happy Gilmour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrunci Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 [quote name='Paul S' post='797680' date='Apr 6 2010, 03:52 PM']Thanks for that. Nice to have it confirmed. How do Cort guitars rate compared to other factories? I've noodled around on a couple of Squier strats and this is the best one, but I imagine there are a lot of frogs out there.[/quote] I've owned a couple of corts and a currently have a 1989 samick silver series & to be honest their isn't really much diffference. The Samick has a ply body but apart from it being heavier and a bit denser it doesn't really affect the sound much at all compared to present day squires they are great (apart from the classic vibes which I am extremely impressed with) they are much better built and have better hardware to the present standard squires though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 Again, thanks for that. Maybe I should keep it?.... And a very Happy Gilmour to you to Mr Schnozz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrunci Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 [quote name='Paul S' post='799458' date='Apr 8 2010, 07:51 AM']Again, thanks for that. Maybe I should keep it?.... And a very Happy Gilmour to you to Mr Schnozz.[/quote] You will struggle to find anything of the same quality for that price, a neck of the same quality will cost you a oner at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgie Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 That's really nice. I wish I could afford it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 [quote name='Higgie' post='800466' date='Apr 9 2010, 02:04 AM']That's really nice. I wish I could afford it![/quote] Maybe you can now? Bump for a price drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted April 14, 2010 Author Share Posted April 14, 2010 Bump for some new pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted April 17, 2010 Author Share Posted April 17, 2010 And a weekend bump for this beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted April 19, 2010 Author Share Posted April 19, 2010 Comfortably bumped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gilmour Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 [quote name='Schnozzalee' post='799304' date='Apr 7 2010, 10:29 PM']Happy Gilmour?[/quote] Yes very, thanks for asking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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