The Cort Earth 100F is actually a great guitar and sounds absolutely amazing, It is great value for money. I have no clue why people generally have a bad opinion of Cort but in my experience they have been fantastic. I would put the experience down to bad quality strings or ones that have not been changed for years and poor setup on the neck and bridge. This particular Cort of mine is over 10years old and has a better sound than most guitars double or even triple its price range. It even sounds better than some gipsons and taylors i have played on. Take care.