Cort Serial Number Checker -upd-

Compare the Specs: Once you have the year, check the Cort archives. If the serial says "2015" but the guitar model was discontinued in 2012, you may have a fake or a modified "partscaster."

Older Cort guitars can be trickier. In the 1990s, Cort often used a 7-digit system where the first digit represented the year within that decade. 7XXXXXX: Likely 1997. 9XXXXXX: Likely 1999. Cort Serial Number Checker -UPD-

Locate the Serial: Look at the back of the headstock. If it isn't there, check the neck plate or the label inside the F-hole on acoustic models. Compare the Specs: Once you have the year,

MM: The next two digits represent the month (e.g., 05 = May). 7XXXXXX: Likely 1997

If your serial number does not fit these patterns, it may be a "FSR" (Factory Special Run) or a limited edition made for a specific regional distributor.

Many Cort guitars feature a letter at the beginning of the serial number. This letter identifies the specific factory where the instrument was built. C: Cort Plant (Incheon, Korea) IC: Indonesia Cort (Surabaya, Indonesia) N: Namdo Plant (Korea) W: World Plant (Korea) E: Everyone Plant (China)

YY: The first two digits represent the year of manufacture (e.g., 21 = 2021).

Compare the Specs: Once you have the year, check the Cort archives. If the serial says "2015" but the guitar model was discontinued in 2012, you may have a fake or a modified "partscaster."

Older Cort guitars can be trickier. In the 1990s, Cort often used a 7-digit system where the first digit represented the year within that decade. 7XXXXXX: Likely 1997. 9XXXXXX: Likely 1999.

Locate the Serial: Look at the back of the headstock. If it isn't there, check the neck plate or the label inside the F-hole on acoustic models.

MM: The next two digits represent the month (e.g., 05 = May).

If your serial number does not fit these patterns, it may be a "FSR" (Factory Special Run) or a limited edition made for a specific regional distributor.

Many Cort guitars feature a letter at the beginning of the serial number. This letter identifies the specific factory where the instrument was built. C: Cort Plant (Incheon, Korea) IC: Indonesia Cort (Surabaya, Indonesia) N: Namdo Plant (Korea) W: World Plant (Korea) E: Everyone Plant (China)

YY: The first two digits represent the year of manufacture (e.g., 21 = 2021).