CORT ESSENCE GA4 BLACK TOP SEMI GLOSS ELECTRO ACOUSTIC GUITAR
The Essence Series offers a pure acoustic guitar experience. By focusing on core elements, we’ve crafted a guitar that delivers exceptional sound and playability at an affordable price. The solid torrefied Sitka spruce top produces a rich, warm tone, perfectly balanced by mahogany back and sides. The intricate herringbone rosette and purfling add visual appeal, while the Fishman preamp system ensures your sound remains clear and vibrant, even on stage. The Essence Series offers the perfect blend of value and performance to suit your style.
Aged to Vintage Top and Bracing
Using a special process called ATV (Aged To Vintage), we treat the solid Sitka spruce top and bracing to achieve the big, open tone of a decades-old, highly sought-after acoustic guitar. This torrefaction process delivers that amazing tone right out of the box, making the guitar more stable and resonant over time.


“Just-Right” Grand Auditorium Body
With a body depth of 4 5/8″ (117mm), an upper bout width of 11 1/2″ (292mm), and a lower bout width of 16″ (405mm), the Grand Auditorium body size sits perfectly between the larger Dreadnought and the smaller Grand Concert. This makes the Auditorium body type ideal for both strumming/flatpicking and fingerstyle playing, suiting the versatile acoustic player who prefers one guitar to cover a variety of sounds and playing styles.
The Perfect Wood Combination
Spruce offers an ideal balance of strength and flexibility, making it the most popular choice for acoustic guitar tops. Bright yet natural, with a strong and warm midrange, the beloved mahogany wood has been a standard for the back and sides of premium acoustics for many decades.


Rosewood Fretboard and Bridge
A rosewood fretboard and bridge create a harmonious blend, delivering rich character. The dense, oily properties of rosewood contribute to a warm, balanced sound with exceptional sustain. The fretboard enhances playability with its smooth surface, while the bridge efficiently transfers string vibrations to the guitar’s body, amplifying the instrument’s overall resonance.

Genuine Bone Nut & Saddle
Crafted out of water buffalo bone for the most natural and transparent transfer of string vibrational energy into the body and neck.

Fishman® Presys VT
Installed internally without removing any wood, the Presys VT EQ system preserves the guitar’s natural resonance and pure acoustic sound, unlike other systems. The controls are also simple to use, featuring only Volume and Tone.


Essence-GA4
Specifications
Top Material | Torrefied Solid Sitka Spruce |
Back & Sides Material | Mahogany |
Body Shape | Grand Auditorium |
Cutaway Style | Venetian |
Construction | Dovetail Neck Joint |
Bracing Pattern | Advanced Scalloped X-Bracing |
Scale Length | 25.5″ (648mm) |
Electronics | Fishman® Presys VT |
Pickups | Fishman® S-core |
Binding | Herringbone |
Sound Hole | 95mm |
Rosette | Herringbone |
Bridge Material | Rosewood |
Bridge Pin Material | Ivory with Black Dot |
Nut & Saddle | Genuine Bone |
Nut Width | 1 3/4″ (45mm) |
Neck Material | Mahogany |
Neck Shape | C Shape |
Neck Thickness | 1st Fret: 21.5mm / 8th Fret: 22.0mm |
Neck Heel Shape | Triangle Heel Shape |
Truss Rod | Dual Acting / 4mm Wrench |
Fingerboard Material | Rosewood |
Fingerboard Radius | 15.75” (R400) |
Number of Frets | 20 Frets |
Inlay | Dot |
Head Shape | Cort Basic |
Tuning Machines | Vintage Open Gear |
Strings | Elixir® Phosphor Bronze Nanoweb Light 12-53 |
Colour | Natural Semi Gloss (NSG) |
Special | Torrefied Spruce Bracing |