Cort Essence GA4 Natural

Pros:

This guitar has torrified spruce top; because of this, it has its own characteristic sound: it is warm, with pronounced mid-range. It's a little bit closer to cedar tops compared to regular spruce. This is a pro if this is something you are looking for

Amazing build quality

The look is awesome

I personally love the satin finish this guitar has; it feels very nice to touch, and also looks great

The pickup - I'd say good

Cons:

Honestly, the only downside I have is subjective to my personal taste.
I found the middle range too pronounced. It gets to the point where I feel a serious need to add more bass and treble. Maybe it's not a big deal for a plugged-in scenario where you can add that, but for an unplugged experience, I wanted a different sound.

I was looking for a versatile guitar that will sound good both in a mix with other instruments and solo, in many music genres. This guitar rather pulls the blanket to its side instead; its characteristic sound feels less flexible to me.

But that's only my taste - overall, the sound is great, and it may be very well suited for you!

This guitar honestly sounds too good for the price.

Bright and responsive.

There was a bit of a bow on the neck, tightening the truss rod sorted it and it was ready to play!

Quite surprised I didn't need to lower the saddle height or file the nut slots.

The string action at the 12th fret on the low e is 2.25mm and on the high e is 1.75mm perfect as that is what i set my guitars to. I play a lot of percussive fingerstyle, no buzzing!

There was a good amount of saddle meaning you could still lower the string action without compromising too much of the break angle of the strings.

The pickup system is your typical under saddle piezo, nothing too fancy. As dar as features, this guitar is quite plain.

If you are looking for a solid guitar or in my case, a guitar where you don't have to be too precious about, this is a solid no brainer. 11/10

As a beginner guitarist, I couldn't be happier with this guitar. The build quality is great, with nice elixir strings and tuners that hold tune for days. The torrefied spruce gives the guitar a beautiful rustic colour along with the mahogany back/sides. The action was also perfect for me right out of the box at around 2.5mm on the low e string. The guitar's sound is articulate, balanced and warm with a lot of sustain, it really just draws me in to play more and more. Haven't had a chance to try the fishman pickup so cant speak on that. Highly reccomend to any other beginners looking for a quality acoustic that plays great out of the box and punches way above its entry level price.