Cort Guitars ( Cortek ) now owns the Digitech brand

[downburst82]

I figured an official thread about the new owners was in order.

What do you think? Good news?

I for one am excited as it seems likely they will do more with the brand than Samsung was ever going to do.

Discuss!

 

[John Quinn]

What difference would it make? Seriously - does it mean that Cortek will actually put out out the pedals on a regular schedule?

 

[downburst82]

What difference would it make? Seriously - does it mean that Cortek will actually put out out the pedals on a regular schedule?

Cort likely wouldn't buy the brand unless they intended to do something with it.
I imagine we will see continued production of steady selling classics but also a good possibility of some new product development... ( come on Space Station reissue! Haha)

 

[monty]

Cort likely wouldn't buy the brand unless they intended to do something with it.
I imagine we will see continued production of steady selling classics but also a good possibility of some new product development... ( come on Space Station reissue! Haha)

Fingers crossed! Glad is is a guitar-centric company that got them. Looking forward to some re-releases like the 250 now.

 

[Big in Japan]

I would love to see a steady stream of reissued Digitech classics. But I fear that we’ll be getting a new slew of inexpensive import clones with a Digitech logo on them.

 

[Hawkmoon269]

 

[Hawkmoon269]

@Tom Von Kramm tell us that the gang is getting back together again!

 

[Tom Von Kramm]

@Tom Von Kramm tell us that the gang is getting back together again!

LOL! Are you being serious?

 

[PhuzzphayzZ]

LOL! Are you being serious?

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[Hawkmoon269]

LOL! Are you being serious?

Hell yeah. I changed my flair for this.

 

[Moderato]

its good news, better than dead.. is Lexicon included?

 

[fuzz guy]

I'd guess they'll keep producing the best sellers, hopefully with a decent build quality. Perhaps some new stuff, but who knows.

 

[jjaaam]

Maybe they’ll reissue the RP-1…

I did a lot of gigs with that thing back in the day.

 

[Thorsday]

My FreqOut just died.

In talks with Sweetwater about it still being within the TCC Warranty Period... I pray they can repair or replace it.

 

[phil_m]

I’d be somewhat surprised if Harman/Samsung sold the brand and alone with all the associated patents to Cor-Tek. It could just be some sort of licensing agreement where they continue to produce and service Digitech pedals. It could just be they bought the name, more or less. I guess we’ll see, but I don’t really see anything new coming from this.

 

[laurabaileysirishcre]

That brand is so neglected at this point I don’t see how this could be a worse than its current Status.

But considering a lot of the talent is gone, I am not sure what they will really do. Possibly just end up selling Re-badge mooer/Nux/hotone products like other eastern companies do? Sell reissue’s? Hopefully something more than that.

They were doing cool stuff before everyone was let go. Hopefully some more cool stuff starts to show up in the following years.

 

[JCW308]

This is a good thing. Cort is gigantic!

 

[phil_m]

This is a good thing. Cort is gigantic!

They’re gigantic because they do OEM work for a ton of brands. They have a relatively small line of actual guitars and amp with the Cort name. I think it‘s kind of a weird move, personally. I don’t see Cort hiring a bunch of engineers and sound designers to revive the line.

 

[SinglecutGuy]

That's awesome. Cort is really upping their game lately.

 

[olgluefoot]

I figured an official thread about the new owners was in order.

What do you think? Good news?

I for one am excited as it seems likely they will do more with the brand than Harman was ever going to do.

Discuss!

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