Cort M520

El Gull,
Congratulations on the new guitar, it's a good looker, if it sounds as good as it looks, should be a keeper.
Hope you get many years of happy guitar playing from the little beauty.
I have one electric guitar, find it great fun when in the mood for a change.
My first choice is Acoustic Guitar, they have there own voice.
The fun of the electric guitar is, they have many tones and voices.

El Gull,

Sounds like a barrel of fun, not really in to the electric guitar in a big way, but this
Line 6 pod, can you plug your guitar straight into it, then plug head phones in, so doing away with an amp altogether ? 😀

El Gull, Congrats on the new axe brother!!  (LOL!  Allowed to call it that cuz, you know, it's an electric!   )

I'm a bit confused on one thing though.  You say you like the P90 sound, but those look like humbuckers to me on that guitar.  I looked at the M series on Cort's site and those guitars typically come with humbuckers.  There are other series that come with P90s but not the M series.

So, am I missing something here?

Not that Humbuckers are bad, I've had electrics with humbuckers before and with effects and adjusting tone et al etc etc, you can still make them sound amazing just like any other electric.  So, not a big deal in "my" camp.  But just curious.

Either way, she looks sweet and I'll bet she's lots of fun to play! 
Congrats again! 
Look forward to the album!  Still working on mine as well.  lol.

Nope, those are definitely P90's, or "soap bars" as they are affectionately called. The other kind of P90 you get are called "dog ears" which is what the Epi Casino has. But essentially the same pickup - Esentially a hot wound thick single coil. This is an older model - You can see that the have changed the position of the pickup switch.

They also make the Cort M520 with humbuckers, but those are wider with silver covers, and are mounted in a white plastic casing.

TonyKgull, I don't think you will go wrong with a Godin electric. It would certainly be on my short-list for an electric guitar.

Here is SA, Godin and Seagull are frightfully expensive. You can order them online, but the prices are astronomical. I have only ever seen one Godin electric guitar in the stores, and it was the low end range. Can't recall what the name was. We genreally take what we can get here, and I have always had luck with Cort. Not so much luck with Ibanez, and they are made in the same factory, so thats interesting!

Honestly, if you are going to use the electric in a church/worship team setup,I would not go the P90 route. They tend to clash with the piano and can get a bit raucous if you put on too much drive. Stick with the Session that has the thinner single coils, or any other kind of Tele style electric. Fender/Squier, G&L, Tokai - Tele's just work in that setup. I have not sold my Tele, and will continue to use it in the worship team. The Cort is for my own enjoyment and being creative when recording stuff.

If you are thinking of recording etc., then the world is your oyster and you can go with whatever guitar/pickup you like, based on what you are trying to do. A strat is a very versatile option, although I am not partial to the 5-way switch. A Gibson style guitar is also an option with 2 volumes and 2 tones, but again it's more complex.

I prefer the simplicity of a 3 way switch, with one volume and 1 tone. The nice thing about Godin is that most of their guitars are built that way.

Ya I like simplicity with the 3-way switch as well.  One of the main guitars I've had my eye on is the Godin Session. 



OK, ....... so just decided to watch a bunch of comparison vids of single coil vs P90 vs Humbucker, clean and overdrivin.  I have to say, from the sound or "tone" alone, for what I like, my favorite seems to be the Humbuckers, followed by the single coil and the P90s last.  I get it now. You are right, the P90s would not be for me.  The P90s seem to have the "dirtiest" sound and that's not my jam for what I do with electrics.  Got a real edumacation there though!. 

I think the Session would be the best of both worlds for me.  A humbucker at the bridge and 2 single coils.  This would give me the versatility, tones and simplicity that would fit me perfectly.    It's got a 5-way switch instead of a 3-way, but I can live with that. 

El Gull,Derick,TonyKgull,modernsaint, better be careful we dont start "Electric Guitar Cabin"!!!