The story of Cort began when, in 1973, the father of founder Young Park changed the direction of the entire piano specialist company (Soo Dooh Piano) to guitar and bass makers, as this area was even more powerful than producing pianos. Since then Cort become big important name in mainstream guitar market, opened factories in Indonesia, Korea and China and produce instruments for other famous names like Ibanez, Squire, G&L and Parkwood. Cort is used by famous musicians like Frank Gambale, Neil Zaza, Gene Simmons from Kiss, T. M. Stevens and many more.