Paolo85

If I was at all interested in another P bass at the moment, I would buy this beauty 100%. It is beautiful, the headstock design makes more sense than a Fender P's, it is light, and sounds like a good P.

I appreciate the good advice but please do not worry about me Maybe I should clarify that it's not like I have been playing this for 20 years non-stop. I bought it when I was 18 to replace an Ibby I was not fully getting along with. A year later I had to stop playing because tendinitis. The bass sat in my parents' flat in Italy for the best part of 20 years. Then I started playing again a couple of years ago and I brought this bass in the UK after Christmas 2022. I have loved playing it. Learnt some funky Jamiroquay lines on it, it sounds great and it's lots of fun. But at the end of the day, I hsve discovered I am a P bass guy and my P bass bitsa gets 90% of the playing time. Now if I were to move to short scale (I have bought one with split coil at the neck as that's the sound I go for), this Cort which is a hell of a bass for the price, risks spending another 20 years without being played much. Which IMO is wasteful and even a bit sad. If it does not sell at a decent price I'll consider donating it.

You are probably right but I see this as a good exercise in letting go

Right, I have had this bass since I was 18 so selling it is big deal for me. Still, as I have started playing guitar as well I have decided to try shortscale and cut my bass "collection" to the bone. This is a lovely Stingray-inspired active Cort bass. I tried it in a shop and fell in love with it. It has 40mm nut width. The neck is not slim but to me it feels supernice and fast. Preamp is low and treble. There is a push-pull knob to go passive. It is slightly battered (I have tried to capture all the issues with picture, have a look in the post below). Also, I am sure it will be a dealbreaker for many, there is an issue with the preamp. If you boost the treble to 100%, it resets (that is, it sounds as if it was centered). In practice this is irrelevant to me as one can boost to 90% and I bet you would never need 100%. But still, be aware of that. I am not sure how to price it. I paid I believe 275 euros 20 years ago which I believe woud be £340 in today's money but I may be wrong. I am open to sensible offers but I have history with it, I won't go down too much. Puckup from Bromley or I can meet in central London

Right, so I really wanted to give an honest attempt to play upright but it did not work out. I have decided I do not want to work that hard. Still, I wanted to make sure I had an EUB with a great fingerboard. Why? Because I wanted to make sure that if I failed, the problem was me and not the instrument. If I hear the string buzzing when I play, is it me lacking the strenght and technique, or is it the EUB having a lumpy fingerboard, as it is usually the case with a cheap EUB? Should I try to press harder, or am I wasting time and I'll just injure myself because the EUB is to blame? This is why I bought an old Stagg EUB on eBay, and then I spent £300 in a professional fingerbord dressing at London luthier Bridgewood & Neitzert. They have removed that odd resin that Stagg puts on their EUBs, gone back to the wood and then stained. You can see a photo of the wood underneath - sent me by the luthier - below. Their work also included reshaping bridge and nut. I can provide proof that they did the work. If you buy a Stagg new, you are very very unlikely to get a fingerboard as good as this (I have tried two, they certainly were not great). With the Stagg I give you the stand, the gigbag (not in amazing conditions), and a Behringer Acoustic ADI pedal that helps a lot in getting a bit closer to an acoustic bass sound (no power supply though). Even with the fingerhoard shooting, this is still a Stagg, so you'll have to contend with some endpin rattle. If you play around with it you'll find an angle that keeps it quiet though. Pickup only from Bromley See post below for photos Thanks