Cort B5 Plus AS RM

[Alberto Rigoni]

Hello!

Here comes My review of the Cort B5 Plus RM.

Super affordable price, gorgeous look, lightweight (3.4kg), low B to die for, punchy and versatile tones. Recommended!

 

More info at https://www.cortguitars.com/product/item.php?ca_id=103020&it_id=1553847831&page=1

cheers and stay safe!

 

Al

 

https://youtu.be/GEjLab2NZ9E

[acidbass]

Looks great!  What's the price of this?

[Alberto Rigoni]

21 minutes ago, acidbass said:

Looks great!  What's the price of this?

around 550 euro

[Tubster]

Great review - well done! Cort make great basses and with the new Markbass pre, the sound is 100% better than the old range with the Bart pre. Still not a fan of Bart MK1s though.

[james_027]

I have a Cort B4 plus ASRM. I am thinking of tuning it from EADG to BEAD without changing string? Is that ok? I read somewhere else that it will damage the trustrod which I can't understand because the tuning has less tension?

[therealting]

Without changing strings? They’re going to be really floppy. It won’t damage the truss rod, but you’re likely to have to loosen the truss rod to stop buzzing. 

[ead]

I have just acquired an A5 (through-neck) from @Skezza of this parish which is also very lovely.  Pre-loved makes it even more splendid in terms of value for money

[billybigbass]

I've just sold one of these, stuck with it for 4 months from new but in the end the narrow string spacing killed it for me, too tight for me. Bought it online blind so lesson learned re trying before buying. Got it on sale price so didn't lose much selling on.

Found it great for scalar stuff, arpeggios and chords but no good for slap. Ended up playing it more like a guitar than a bass. There is insufficieint room under the D and G strings for popping without fingertips catching body. Also I could not do a double pop on G and D strings together because of the closeness of strings.

Too much contact with neighbouring strings generally, guess my hands are too big for it or just not dextrous enough to play it.

Shame, looks gorgeous and is light to wear, balance is great, sounded good (if a little too bright for my liking).

Optons to modify to install a wider bridge and wider nut notches weren't good because of the narrow neck limitation. Measurement across the fretboard at 24th fret is about 9mm shorter on the cort than my yamaha plus on the cort the outer strings sit well inside the fretboard edge so the difference is even more. I need my 19mm spacing on a bass. Even with them adjusted to max spacing on the cort was still way too narrow.

 

Edited July 5, 2021 by billybigbass

[Fishfacefour]

I got one of theses a few months back and it's lovely.

It's the narrower string spacing on this that I like, i find it really comfortable for fast finger style and melodic lines. 

I don't really do slap properly, but can appreciate that its a bit tight for that.