Cort Guitars - Business

history jack westheimer set up business connections with japanese guitar makers in the 1960s with the intention of importing japanese made guitars into america some of the many ands that jack westheimer is associated with were teisco cortez pearl silvertone kingston cort and many others in 1973 jack westheimer founded the yoo ah company ou and i in south korea with yung h park as a business partner the yoo ah company would eventually be called cor tek which was named after jack westheimer s cortez and name yung h park eventually acquired the operations of the cor tek company cor tek manufactures cort anded guitars as well as engaging in oem manufacturing for numerous ands models cort does not have a model of guitar that could be called their ignature like fender and the stratocaster or gibson and the les paul instead cort produces a very large line of guitars to fit different guitarists and genres of music cort produces a wide variety of electric guitars acoustic guitars a coustic bass guitars and electric basses with the main emphasis being on producing a good product at a competitive price electrics evl series g series kx series m series x series viva series zenox series jazz box series masterpiece series signature series vx series 1988 panther potty series acoustics limited edition series earth series sfx series ntl series cj series mr series classical series standard series bass series evl series alternative series solid wood s series 90 s m series basses masterpiece series signature series gb series artisan series curbow series pb1l series action series evl series t series br gene simmons axe br in addition to the models currently being made cort has produced many others such as the s series guitars the viva mgm matt guitar murphy freedom bass billy cox neil zaza larry coryell elrick bass triggs katana and numerous others several of the earliest corts were direct copies of popular models such as the stratocaster br parkwood br up until 20 06 cort manufactured a line of high quality guitars under the name cort parkwood in 2006 cort turned parkwood into a brand of its own and now does not feature the cort name or logo this is a brand sold exclusivly through big box stores such as guitar center cort continues to manufacture the parkwood brand in south korea the hybrid series coming from indonesia br contract production br cort main production focus is not on cort brand guitars but rather on contract work for numerous other companies generally large companies contract cort to build lower priced guitars that have that company brand on them ibanez parkwood esp schecter g amp l tribute series line of guitars are among the most well known brands that cort produces in recent years small companies known for extremely high quality and high priced guitars have begun contracting cort to produce budget line models avalon based out of northern ireland sold 8 000 guitars and more than doubled their income from the previous y ear when they contracted cort to build a lower priced guitar for them br controversy br since 1997 controversy has surrounded cort and cor tek due to its alleged mistreatment of factory workers grievances include the closing of its daejon factory with no advanced warning on the april 9 2007 mass redundancies of all staff from its incheon plant on the april 12 2007 and the firing and mistreatment of union officials and members br on july 12 2007 a cort worker set himself on fire in protest and on october 15 2008 workers conducted a 30 day hunger strike and sit in occupation on a 40 meter electricity tower rage against the machine guitarist tom morello and system of a down frontman serj tankian both partners in the axis of justice joined representatives of the cort workers in a protest concert against cort and cor tek on january 13 2010 at the nanum cultural center in los angeles morello said i fully support the korean workers demands for justice in the workplace all american guitar manufacturers and the people that play them should hold cort accountable for the awful way they have treated their workers br notable players br larry coryell br matt murphy br neil zaza br billy cox br t m stevens br ettore rigotti br ricky garcia br francis dunnery br hiram bullock br brendon urie br yamur sargl br juraj jankech br joe beck br sources br cort history br external links br cort s official website br cort uk distributor website br westheimer corp website br jack westheimer s history at vintage guitar com br cnn article about avalon cort contract br www wopeclub kotef or kr br cort s japan official website br article on tom morello s protest concert br cort guitar workers action website br documentary on cort workers br categories guitar manufacturing companies electric bass guitars by manufacturer

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