Through neck bass (Korean, Cort) for sale price dropped to £125 posted £145

[Muzz]

Sooo, Xmas still wants paying for, so the clearout continues, and this time it's a nice thru-neck Korean bass from the late 70s which I'd had as a project bass, but domestic shenanigans (like a new kitchen and ceiling) mean I'm never gonna get to finish it.

It's a solid bass, with plenty of cosmetic dings, and tho it hasn't got any markings, I'm confident from researching other examples it's Korean-built, from the Cort factory. It's got a brass nut, brass truss rod cover, brass fret markers, and the original neck pickup. The bridge pickup's been replaced at some point, and it's been rewired and had the jack socket and switch replaced. It sounds really solid, some good strong P/J sounds.

Even though there are plenty of the aforementioned dings, the frets are pretty much pristine: I doubt it's had a hard gigging life, it looks like it's been moved around a lot but not played much. The woods are nice, I was going to refinish it, but it's not gonna happen round here any time soon. If a bit of yer actual 35-year mojo doesn't faze you, it's good to go. The action's a little high, I believe some of these have had the bridge routed in bit to cope with this, but it's far from unplayable as it is.

I'd say £125 posted is a fair price for a slice of neck-thru bassness. I can ship, in the UK, well packed and insured.


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Edited January 12, 2014 by Muzz

[JohnFitzgerald]

These were also sold under the Kay brand in the early 80s.
I had one brand new out of Golumbs music in Glasgow.
It was the first bass I ever bought myself.

I bought it because I loved the neck through look and secretly wanted an Alembic.

Yep, still want one, still can't have one ;-)

[Bassassin]

Had one of these a few years back, they're probably the first generation of Korean instruments to have comparable build quality to late 70s/early 80s Japanese stuff. Some of the attention to detail's quite lovely on these, particularly the triple dot brass inlays.

A lower profile bridge should get the action down without resorting to routing - if I remember the original's quite chunky for a BBoT.

Jon.

[silverfoxnik]

I had 1 of these basses about 10 years back and it was surprisingly good..

It had a great sound due to the P/J pick up configuration (which admittedly I am a fan of) and it was very nice to play.

Perhaps that was in part down to the through-neck design?

Whatever it was, it certainly punched above it's weight for a budget bass.

So GLWTS and have a BUMP on me!

[Muzz]

Cheers Jon, that's a good point - the base of the bridge is pretty chunky. I've got a similar but lower BBOT bridge, I'll sling it on, and that should do it...

Thanks Silverfoxnik!

[Muzz]

Ok, replaced the big-foot bridge with a more generic BBOT, and that's helped the action. Still got too many basses here, so how about £125 posted to shift it?

[Muzz]

Bump

[Muzz]

Bump....

[hoiho]

Any idea of the provenance of the replacement Jazz pup?
And what's the action height like, with the new BBOT?