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Cort Masterpiece Modern Burst Acoustic-Electric Guitar premium woods and bevel armrest Cort Masterpiece Modern Burst Acoustic-Electric Guitar premium woods and bevel armrest

Timeless Tonewoods for Traditional Tone

Amazing acoustic tone begins with superior tonewoods from Cort. The Modern Burst combines a European spruce top with mahogany back and sides, a timeless recipe for warm lows, rich and complex mids, and detailed highs. Complete with a reinforced walnut neck, and ebony fretboard, bridge, and pins, the Modern Burgundy is a superb representation of the luthier’s art with non-traditional character.

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Modern Concert Body Shape Redefines How Big a Small Guitar Can Sound

Inspired by the player-favorite Grand Concert body shape, the Modern Concert body shape gives the Modern Burst a comfortably compact feel without sacrificing sonic complexity. With richer, more robust tone than you’d expect from a smaller body, Modern Concert re-defines how a small-bodied guitar can sound.

Cort Masterpiece Modern Burst Acoustic-Electric Guitar side sound ports Cort Masterpiece Modern Burst Acoustic-Electric Guitar side sound ports

Hear Every Nuance with Dual Side Sound Ports

Instead of a soundhole in the top, the innovative design of the Modern Burst incorporates dual side-positioned sound ports. With the sound directed towards your ears, you’ll be able to hear every nuance of your technique, even when playing softly. Not only do these non-traditional soundholes make a bold visual statement, they allow the European spruce top to vibrate more naturally for richer acoustic tone. And your audience with be rewarded with balanced, room-filling acoustic tone, whether they’re sitting in front of you or off to the side.

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Softened Edges for Supreme Playability

The Modern Burst features hand-rolled fret edges and a beveled armrest for of the most comfortable playing experiences you’ll find. Rolling the fret edges is a painstaking process that gives Modern Burgundy a fluid feel in your fretting hand. And the beveled arm rest gives your strumming arm just the right amount of support without digging in, whether you’re sitting or standing.

Cort Modern Burst guitar Ergo-A Asymmetric neck profile

Ergo-A Asymmetric Neck Profile Reduces Hand Fatigue

Players of all styles will appreciate the Modern Bursts Ergo-A Asymmetric neck profile. This ergonomic profile shifts as you play higher on the fretboard, enhancing fret access while reducing hand fatigue. And with the Modern Burgundy’s generous string spacing, chords will ring out clean and true whether you’re strumming or fingerpicking.

Cort Modern Burst acoustic guitar with Fishman electronics on sound port

Plug-in with Superior Acoustic-electric Tone

To accurately represent your acoustic tone when it’s time to plug in, the Modern Burst is equipped with Fishman Matrix Infinity VT electronics. Soundhole-mounted Volume and Tone controls allow you to shape your sound quickly and easily. Chosen for dynamic string response and notably transparent amplification, you can be confident that Fishman Matrix Infinity VT electronics with maintain your tonal integrity.

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Elegant Tuning Machines with High-precision Performance

For maximum tuning stability and precision, Modern Burst is equipped with Gotoh® SGL510Z gold tuning machines. With their ultra-precise 21:1 ratio these tuners feel solid and ultra-smooth at the same time. Elegant and streamlined, the Modern Burgundy will have you smiling from the moment you tune up.

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Ebony Accents Focus Acoustic Sound

The Modern Bursts ebony bridge and pins are made of high density ebony that 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 the neck.

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Hand-Rolled Fret Edge Treatment

The shaping and treatment of a guitar’s frets have a big impact on comfort and performance. Most guitar makers simply bevel the frets at each end to eliminate the sharp edges. Boutique acoustic builders use a method to dress their frets to make them round, smooth, and ultra-comfortable to touch and play. This process is highly complex and time-consuming and requires the skilled workmanship of experienced craftsmen.

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Optimal Neck Scale & Nut Width

Modern Burst features a 25.5″ (648mm) neck scale with 1 3/4″ (44.5mm) nut width widely regarded as the ‘golden standard' among fingerstyle players for its optimal string spacing and string tension.

Cort Modern Burst guitar walnut and truss Rod

Walnut Reinforced Neck

Using two special inserts made of more rigid walnut, the neck on the Modern Burst has been reinforced for added rigidity and stability to withstand various types of fingerstyle playing.

Cort Modern Burst guitar graph tech black TUSQ nut on headstock

Graph Tech® Black TUSQ Nut

Preferred by many guitar makers and players for rich tone and sustain, the TUSQ® is an advanced polymer that's formed under high heat and pressure for uniform density. It's designed to transfer string energy more efficiently, and to make guitars come alive with enhanced harmonics, volume and sustain.

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Modern Burst

Specifications

Overview

Top Material

 Master Grade Solid European Spruce

Back & Sides Material

 Solid Mahogany

Body Shape

 Modern Concert

Body Finish

 Gloss

Construction

 Dovetail Neck Joint at 14Fret

Bracing Pattern

 Hand Scalloped X-Bracing

Scale Length

 25.5″ (648mm)

Electronics

 Fishman® Matrix Infinity VT

Body Binding Material

 Walnut

Rosette

 None

Bridge Material

 Ebony

Bridge Pin Material

 Ebony

Saddle

 Graph Tech® Black TUSQ

Neck Material

 Walnut Reinforced Mahogany

Neck Shape

 Ergo-A Shape

Neck Finish

 Satin

Nut Material

 Graph Tech® Black TUSQ

Nut Width

 1 3/4″ (44.5mm)

Fingerboard Material

 Ebony

Fingerboard Radius

 15.75″ (R400)

Number of Frets

 20 Frets

Inlay

 Exotic Wood Block Inlay

Tuning Machines

 Gotoh® SGL510Z Gold

Strings

 Elixir® Phosphor Bronze
Nanoweb Light 12-53

Colors

 Tobacco Sunburst (TSB)

Special

 Dual Side Sound Ports
Sonically Enhanced UV Finish
Headstock

Headstock Shape

 Gold Head Shape

Headplate Material

 Ebony

Head Back Plate Material

 Ebony

Headplate Logo Style

 Gold Logo Style

Headplate Logo Material

 Walnut

Headplate Inlay Material

 None

Head Binding Material

 Walnut

Head Purfling Material

 Maple

Headplate Finish

 Gloss

Head Volute

 Round Volute
Neck

Neck Thickness

 1st Fret: 21.5mm / 8th Fret: 23.0mm

Neck Heel Shape

 Round Heel Shape

Neck Heel Cap

 Walnut

Fingerboard Inlay Material

 Maple, Walnut

Fingerboard Binding Material

 Walnut

Fingerboard Purfling Material

 None

Truss Rod

 Dual Acting / 4mm Wrench

Fret type

 2.4mm Width with Edge Treatment

Side Position Mark

 Dot
Body

Sound Port (Hole)

 Dual Sound Port (Upper Side)

Bracing Material

 Spruce

Bridge String Spacing

 57mm

Body Purfling Material

 Maple, Black ABS

Back Strip Material

 Maple with Walnut and Black ABS

Bevel Cut

 Armrest

Endpiece Material

 Maple with Walnut and Black ABS

Cutaway Style

 Venetian
Accessories

Case

 Hardshell Case

Label

 Paper Label

Pickguard

 None