Another guitar to idenfiy.

[Flintc]

I can't figure out the new photobucket protocol, so here's everything they give me. Maybe one of these will work for someone?

 

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[Flintc]

And another possibility:

 

http://s124.photobucket.com/user/Tnilf/media/P1060291-1.jpg.html?sort=3&o=70#/user/Tnilf/media/P1060374.jpg.html?sort=3&o=69&_suid=136571814706608522417012637833

[Flintc]

And here's the back of the guitar. And if anyone knows how to use a photobucket link, let me know.

 

http://s124.photobucket.com/user/Tnilf/media/P1060374.jpg.html

[AlamoJoe]

IMHO......I think it's a  '80's model Vantage that has been refinished. For what that's worth.

[Flintc]

I can give all the details I have. It was purchased in the late 1970s. The truss rod cover says CORT in the old gothic script, not the newer Cort cursive script. The guitar makes serious use of brass - brass tuning machines, brass nut, brass bridge, brass pickup bezels, even brass fingerboard inlays! The construction is entirely flame maple, hippie sandwich 3-layer construction, neck-through, strings-through. Electronics are pickup select and phase switch, with volume and tone for both pickups. Pickup manufacturer unknown

Five-piece neck, with walnut (I think) separating neck and body sections.. No serial number anywhere. Bridge individual adjustable for string height and vibrating length.

My guess is that this was built as a one-off promotional example of what the Cort factory was capable of doing, so it's a "kitchen sink" guitar. In the 40 years since it was made, the neck has never moved, the pickups are as clear as ever, and the instrument reeks of quality. Playability is superb. I have never seen Cort (or anyone else) advertise a guitar that looks like this one, so maybe nobody picked up on this proposed design. But that's just a guess.