Cort GOLDA8LB Gold Series Auditorium Solid 6-String Acoustic-Electric Guitar w/Deluxe Soft Side Case

The hallmark of Cort’s Gold series is the Aged to Vintage (ATV) treatment that allows the Grade A+ solid Sitka spruce top to cure and open up more over time. ATV acts as a torrefaction process, giving the Gold-A8 a big, open tone that’s bright, yet natural with a strong and warm midrange that’s reinforced by the solid Pau Ferro back and sides. A sonically enhanced UV finish protects both the instrument and tonal quality. Fishman’s sophisticated modern design and innovative technical engineering, the Fishman Flex Blend System offers a wide range of sonic control along with a built-in tuner. 

Features:

AGED TO VINTAGE TOP 

A vintage instrument is the holy grail of acoustic guitar tone. The wood on the top cures and opens up more over time. This unleashes a tonal quality that is missing in new instruments — until now. Using a special process that we call ATV (Aged To Vintage) we treat the solid Sitka spruce top to give it that big and open tone of a decades-old, highly sought-after acoustic. This torrefaction process delivers that amazing tone to you right out of the box. 

SOLID SITKA SPRUCE TOP

(MASTER GRADE) 

Featuring superior strength and dense grains along with the flexibility to resonate freely, the premium grade solid Sitka spruce top on the Gold Series is ideal for virtually any musical genre with a brilliant and clear high-end, warm and rich midrange and a deep but tight low-end for a beautifully balanced sound. 

SOLID PAU FERRO BACK AND SIDES 

Pau Ferro, also known as Morado, Santos Rosewood, or Bolivian Rosewood boasts many of the qualities that are highly regarded in tonewood that is close to Indian Rosewood. It's stable, abrasion-resistant, hard, attractive, exotic, and has good impression strength parallel to the grain. 

FISHMAN® FLEX BLEND SYSTEM 

With a sophisticated modern design and innovative technical engineering, the Fishman Flex Blend System offers a wide range of sonic control along with a built-in tuner. Volume, Tone, Phase, Blend, and Tuner functions are all available from three knobs and the tuner display. You can also adjust the Tone knob to best suit fingerpicking or strumming techniques without feedback issues and other sonic anomalies while delivering the most natural acoustic sound to your amplification system. 

DOUBLE LOCK NECK JOINT 

The connection between a guitar’s neck and body is another key factor for great sound. On the Gold, we started with a tight-fitting traditional dovetail neck joint. We then reinforced it by adding a bolt. This DoubleLock neck joint maximizes the transfer of tone and enhances resonance on the Gold.

WALNUT REINFORCED NECK 

The neck on the Gold has been reinforced for added rigidity and stability using two special inserts. This is constructed with two pieces of walnut installed to add stability while still retaining the natural properties of wood to further upgrade the Gold. 

EBONY FINGERBOARD 

There are many types of woods that are used for fingerboard but no other compares to the jet-black beauty and slick smoothness of Ebony. 

EBONY BRIDGE PINS 

The high density of Ebony wood keeps the fundamental acoustic sound focused and tight with greater sonic projection than plastic, enhancing the transfer of the string vibrations throughout the soundboard top, body, and neck. 

GENUINE BONE NUT & SADDLE 

For the most natural and organic sound and feel, there is nothing quite like a genuine bone for the saddle and the nut, two critical contact points for the strings to vibrate freely and transfer that energy into the woods of the guitar.

 SONICALLY ENHANCED UV FINISH

The high-tech finish is strong and resistant to scratches while being lightweight to improve the natural acoustic resonance of the body for a full-bodied and rich tone.

EXCLUSIVE DELUXE SOFT-SIDE CASE

The new Cort Deluxe Soft-Side Case is not only stylish and sleek but combines the best attributes of a hard case with the flexibility of a padded gig bag for superb protection for an instrument as well as excellent portability.

Specifications:

• CONSTRUCTION:   DoubleLock Neck Joint.
• CUTAWAY:                   Venetian.
• BODY:                             Grand Auditorium Cutaway.
• NUT WIDTH:              45mm.
• TOP:                                 Torrefied Solid Sitka Spruce (Master Grade).
• BACK & SIDES:          Solid Pau Ferro.
• NECK:                             Mahogany (Reinforced Neck).
• BINDING:                     White w/ Triple-ply Purfling.
• FRETBOARD:            Ebony.
• FRETS:                           20.
• SCALE:                          25.3" (643mm).
• INLAY:                           Gold Custom MOP.
• TUNERS:                     Deluxe Vintage Gold.
• ROSETTE:                   Abalone.
• BRIDGE:                      Ebony w/Ebony Pins.
• ELECTRONICS:      Fishman Flex Blend System.
• STRINGS:                   D'Addario EXP16 Light.
• BRACING:                 Hand Scalloped X-Bracing.
• ADDITIONAL:        Torrefied Top. Sonically Enhanced UV Finish. 

Accessories Included:

• Exclusive Deluxe Soft-Side Case.