Cort has unveiled the Earth50 acoustic guitar for beginners, a new addition to the company’s EasyPlay Collection, which features a smaller body size, shortened scale and light-gauge coated strings.
In creating the EasyPlay models, Cort quizzed players on the most substantial barriers to learning, which were named as “complex hand mechanics”, painful fingertips, as well as instrument size, weight and cost.
The resultant guitar addresses these concerns, delivering a 7/8 dreadnought body and smaller depth, which offers a “more even tone” to help new players.
In addition, a 24.75” scale lessens string tension, while light-gauge strings and closer frets make for a more comfortable learning experience.
Other specs are in check, too, with a solid spruce top, plus mahogany back, sides and neck, as well as an ovangkol fingerboard, open pore finish, scooped bridge, brown-etched rosette and diecast tuners.
The Cort Earth50 is available now in the US for $299 (approx £220/€250) - head over to Cort EasyPlay for more info.
“Gloriously adorned with a gold edge burst finish over a gold paisley and sparkle top”: Gretsch unveils the Paisley Penguin – a rare bird that growls – and the Honey Dipper Special, a resonator for all your roots rock manoeuvres
“For those on the hunt for a great quality 12-string electro-acoustic that won’t break the bank, it's a no-brainer”: Martin X Series Remastered D-X2E Brazilian 12-String review
