Cort AP550 Mahogany Natural Open Pores

A Reference in the Cort Standard Series: Accessible and Serious Acoustic

The Standard series is Cort's oldest acoustic range. It was designed to offer excellent value for money without neglecting the essentials: reliable craftsmanship, consistent playing comfort, and convincing tone. In this spirit, the Cort AP550 takes up the fundamentals of the series with a Parlor format and a sober aesthetic, for a simple, effective guitar made to play for a long time.

For Which Guitarist and Styles?

The Cort AP550 is especially aimed at beginners who want an easy-to-handle acoustic, but also at intermediate guitarists looking for a compact guitar for everyday use. The Parlor format highlights styles such as fingerstyle, blues, soft folk, singer-songwriter, and pick accompaniment with controlled attack. Its smaller body favors comfort and precision rather than raw power.

The Sound

With a mahogany top combined with a mahogany back and sides, the AP550 offers a typically warm tone: present midrange, rather rounded highs, and contained lows, which help the guitar remain clear and balanced. The Parlor format promotes a quick and articulate response, highly appreciated in arpeggios, picking, and parts where each note must stand out clearly. The merbau fingerboard and bridge add a crisp attack and good definition, while the open-pore finish contributes to a more organic feel and natural vibration under the fingers.

Technical specifications

Format	Parlor	Nbrs of frets	20
Left handed	No	Neck Type	Glued
Cutaway	No	Electroacoustic	No
Strings	Steel	Color	Natural
Nbr of strings	6	Finishing	Matt
Top	Mahogany	Hardware	Chromed
Back&Sides	Mahogany

Model	AP550	Fingerboard	merbau
Back and sides	mahogany	Number of frets	20
Binding	white	Nut width	43 mm / 1.69"
Finish	natural open-pore	Bridge	merbau
Neck	mahogany	Headstock	open