Cort is a South Korea based company that has grown to be one of the biggest guitar manufacturer in the world. They produce a wide variety of instruments, and as expected they have their own modern take on the parlor guitar, one of which is the Cort L1200P.

Interestingly, the company’s main production focus is building affordable guitars for big name brands like Ibanez, Squier, G&L and many more – so if you have a guitar that is made in South Korea, chances are it is made by Cort – regardless of whatever brand label it carries! As expected from a guitar company that is known for mass manufacturing guitars, the price range of their instruments are very competitive, which helps them get the contracts from various guitar builders.

Still, the company does maintain their own brand and has been producing affordable instruments. And the guitars in particular have the advantage of utilizing the best design and building practices that they absorb from the various guitar brand contractors that they deal with! The L1200P is a good example, featuring boutique-like aesthetics and impressive tonewood selection while remaining at an affordable price range.

For just under $750, this parlor guitar features an solid wood construction, with a solid red cedar top, solid rosewood for the back, and rosewood for the sides. The body follows the shape of vintage 00-28 parlor guitars and is wrapped in ivoroid binding, resulting in a convincing elegant appeal that you normally don’t get in this price range.

The neck is crafted from mahogany and is glued to the body via a dovetail neck joint. This particular parlor has a scale length of 25.3″, closer to regular sized guitars. The rosewood fretboard has 19 frets and has a 45mm wide nut. Cort added an Abalone Floral Special Inlay on the fretboard and a multiple abalone soundhole rosette, to give the guitar a premium appeal.

The slotted headstock is equally elegant, featuring the same ivoroid binding and special abalone inlay. Vintage style classical tuners round up the crowning piece for this impressive looking parlor guitar. Other features of the Cort L1200P include rosewood bridge, advanced scalloped X-bracing and genuine bone nut and saddle.

See the video below and hear for yourself how warm sounding the Cort L1200P is, sort of like an between of a steel-string parlor and a nylon string guitar.