danbowskill Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) I never really looked at Cort basses before, assumed most were cheap budget types..... but these look awesome for the price. I'd have one over a sire Any day I think. Hipshot ultralights, barts , markbass pre Plus.....a roasted maple neck( lush ) all just over £500 Think I'll be trying one after rebate Edited March 25, 2019 by danbowskill 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassApprentice Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 That's a pretty glowing review considering the calibre of basses they have reviewed..... Wonder when they be on the streets to have a shot of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbowskill Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) Hopefully soon. I get the feeling basstheworld are fairly honest in their reviews from the many I have watched Edited March 25, 2019 by danbowskill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 The main house bass in my son's school band is a Cort. I took it home to give it a set up and a service a few weeks ago and was blown away by how good it was. These look great. I think Bass The World have reviewed a Cort fan fret too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 That bloke is funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBunny Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Cort make Lakland Skylines, G&L Tributes, Some Squiers, Some Fenders, Some Ibanez models. In fact if it says Made in Indonesea, it's likely to come out of the Cort factory so chances are you HAVE played a Cort. Because of this they have the skinny on all the clever "tweaks" employed by the marques they build for and some of these creep into their models. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 They also made Hohners, I understand, and many of those were damn good instruments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubster Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 What had been missing until fairly recently was a decent sound. That is until the introduction of the Markbass pre which came in, I believe, with the 2018 C series and were fitted to more recent B’s too. This change to lighter weight and baked maple plus the Markbass pre and licensed Hipshots make for a very compelling package at this price point. Well done Cort! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Do Cort make the new Markbass basses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacopo San Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 The Corts I have tried all had an amazing feel and they seemed built really well. The problem is that I always find the sound very sterile and uninteresting, often quite empty and canny. I think I just don't get along with Bartolini pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicman Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 i have one of the new cort gb 74 jj basses also a gb 74 jh and till last week an A4 i dont know why they are refered to in some circles as budget as with hipshot tunners and solid bridge not a million miles away from some named bridges the finish is a lot better than i have seen on more respected basses, yep as mentioned before cort have been clever and used some of the good bits from lots of the other named basses they make and produced a cracking bass. cant fault it any more than i could some of the other expensive basses i have had. i still believe that to some the name on the headstock is what matters , having said that we all have our opinions and we dont all agree what is better than something else, if we did it would be very boring lol what suits one does not suit another . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moos3h Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Mine's on order! I'm told that these have hit the UK Distributors and mine should be with the shop in the next few working days. Can't wait to try it - NBD thread will follow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbowskill Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 15 minutes ago, Moos3h said: Mine's on order! I'm told that these have hit the UK Distributors and mine should be with the shop in the next few working days. Can't wait to try it - NBD thread will follow! Cool. Where did you buy it from?? And what colour? ....... think I'll be getting the black. Please let us know your thoughts when it lands 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moos3h Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 rguitars.co.uk - I've known Rich for years so wasn't going anywhere else when it came to Cort. I've gone blue...I'm hoping it looks better than in the pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 On 26/03/2019 at 09:33, Iacopo San said: The Corts I have tried all had an amazing feel and they seemed built really well. The problem is that I always find the sound very sterile and uninteresting, often quite empty and canny. I think I just don't get along with Bartolini pickups. They look good, but this, on both counts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raslee Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 I've got the Cort GB5 Custom and love it to bits - just wish i had an opportunity to use it a bit more. Seymour QP pickups and I put a John East in mine and it really sings, brilliant B string on a 34"scale and a truly lovely neck...so much so i sold the Lakland 5 which has always been my goto 5. Most Corts are top notch IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealting Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Quite fancy trying their fanned feet singlecut... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drax Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 On 26/03/2019 at 09:33, Iacopo San said: The Corts I have tried all had an amazing feel and they seemed built really well. The problem is that I always find the sound very sterile and uninteresting, often quite empty and canny. I think I just don't get along with Bartolini pickups. Same. Had the Jeff Berlin 4 String. Very well made (albeit £800), great hardware - babibcz bridge, hipshot ultras, and a really fabulous neck. But - totally anemic Bart pups.. I play a lot of jazz so I didn’t feel I was asking something they weren’t designed for, but found them so bland and lacking in character.. Did eventually sell it on but do remember the neck as one of the best I’ve ever played - part of me has regretted not just swapping the Barts out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 I saw this video on my YT suggestions and loved the look of it. Ive had a few basses made by Cort, but never a Cort bass. Alas i have to agree about the tone and those pups. These pups were in my Lakland and even after a pre amp upgrade I found the bass to sound very bland and generic. Not un usable by any means, but just not something i found appealing when compared to a P or Jazz bass. Wont be bothering with the Cort now, which is a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 I'm not surprised to hear these getting good reviews, Basstheworld.de have made no secret of the fact that they like Cort basses and I think it's great that Cort are not only on the up, but these 'budget' level instruments are now very serious and worthwhile propositions. Between Cort and Sire, players shopping for £500 basses have some really great options. As mentioned earlier, Cort have long been a massive ghostbuilder for big brand names and over the past few years they've really started building their own reputation. I can remember playing an early second generation Artisan 6 string and being really impressed at what it offered for the price, and had kept my eye on Cort basses since then. The brand is also now getting the attention of some great players. Frank Gambale has a signature acoustic guitar with them that looks and sounds outrageous and Jeff Berlin is the leading light on the bass division. On the subject of the Cort Rithimic Jeff Berlin model, I have had one coming up two years now and I believe it's the best instrument I've ever owned or played. I regularly flip-flop between thinking which bass in my collection I like the most and that seems to change from day to day but the Rithimic is the one that I consistently come back to and it feels like home. The fittings are all top-spec, with the Babicz bridge being an absolute work of art and the matched topwoods being gorgeous to look at. Interestingly, it has a true, accurate recreation of the original pickups that Bill Bartolini wound for Jeff that ended up in the parts bass he was usually seen playing in the 80's. The original specification for those pickups had been thought lost and though Jeff had subsequently continued to use Bartolini pickups, they were not to that original specification. Fortuitously, the original diagram was recovered (IIRC from the back of a drawer, as it happens) and so the Cort Rithimic is fitted with 'Jeff Berlin signature' Barts. I absolute love the sound of these pickups though I rarely need to use anything other than just the bridge with the tone rolled off ever so slightly from open. There is something special in the midrange on these pickups that just makes them sing and punch through. Jeff used his Rithimic to record 'Joe Frazier Round 3' and I think it sounds tremendous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 I suspect most of us have a cort-made bass or three, perhaps even without realising it. The serial number on the pickup in my Squier Jag comes up as being Cort, and I understand both my Hohners were made by them, and possibly my Ibanez '335' as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Very good mass produced instruments at a fantastic price point ... but I personally still find it hard to get over Corts highly questionable treatment of their employees a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 1 minute ago, White Cloud said: Very good mass produced instruments at a fantastic price point ... but I personally still find it hard to get over Corts highly questionable treatment of their employees a few years ago. What did they do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 13 minutes ago, Pea Turgh said: What did they do? Since 1997 controversy has surrounded Korean factories of Cort and Cor-Tek due to its alleged mistreatment of factory workers. Grievances include the closing of its Daejon factory with no advance warning on April 9, 2007, mass redundancies of all staff from its Incheon plant on April 12, 2007, and the firing and mistreatment of union officials and members.On July 12, 2007 a Cort worker set himself on fire in protest, and on October 15, 2008 workers conducted a 30-day hunger strike and sit-in occupation on a 40-meter electricity tower. Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello and System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian - both partners in the Axis Of Justice - joined representatives of the Cort workers in a protest concert against Cort and Cor-tek on January 13, 2010 at the Nanum Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Morello said "I fully support the Korean workers' demands for justice in the workplace. All American guitar manufacturers and the people that play them should hold Cort accountable for the awful way they have treated their workers."This controversy went through various legal stages in Korea from 2007 through 2012. Ultimately, Cort received favorable decisions from the Supreme Court in Korea that ended any further liability on Cort's part to the terminated employees. The court recognized that the closure of the plant in 2008 and subsequent layoff were justified. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbowskill Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 On 27/03/2019 at 20:18, Moos3h said: Mine's on order! I'm told that these have hit the UK Distributors and mine should be with the shop in the next few working days. Can't wait to try it - NBD thread will follow! Have you got your hands on it yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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