Cort Sunset Nylectric BK E-A classical guitar black

General

If you're switching from an electric solid-body guitar to a traditional classical model, you may need a moment or two to adjust, as a classical guitar usually has a much wider and shorter neck. That's not such a big problem when you're at home or in the studio, but when you're playing live on stage, it can lead to uncomfortable delays. Luckily, with the Cort Sunset Nylectric BK, that is now a thing of the past. It offers the playing comfort and feel of an electric solid-body guitar, while its sound is 100% classical nylon-string guitar.

Construction

To keep the guitar's size to a minimum, its body is made of mahogany and features sound chambers to improve resonance. Furthermore, it has a spruce top that adds some sparkling trebles to the mahogany's rich warm sound. The Nylectric's neck has a 25.6" scale length, and where a regular classical guitar is usually around 52 mm wide at the string nut, the Nylectric is only 45 mm wide. In other words, it feels much more like the neck on your average electric guitar.

Fishman Sonicore VTB EQ

From their choice of hardware, it becomes readily apparent that Cort does not see the Nylectric as a one-off novelty. They chose to use a Fishman Sonicore piezo pickup that's linked to a Sonicore VTB EQ premp – a combination that's especially designed to work with the unique tonal properties of nylon strings. This results in a sound that is both powerful and organic, and that's great for both studio work and live performances. If you wish, you can use the 2-band equaliser to adjust the bass and treble, and there's a volume control as well, of course.