PinkMohawk Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 Some of you may have been following Lemmywinks's struggle to get a Cort GB Modern 5 that's been ongoing for the last few weeks. Well, I've decided that the first one he bought (With the binding issues) wasn't a big enough issue for me to say no to it. That, and it discounted the price a little more. So, I got it transferred over to the Birmingham GuitarGuitar store, took the train over, spent a good hour playing it, checking it over visually for anything else I could try and get a discount for (Didn't find anything) and then traded in a couple of old pedals before I paid my money and left with my new bass. Despite Lemmywink's issues with it (And they are issues, don't think I'm downplaying them, these are issues that really should have been caught at QC, or when GuitarGuitar got it in and should have inspected it) I'm loving it. The fit and finish, the feel, the tone, it's all very lovely, though, compared to my two other basses, it's probably not much of a surprise that I think it's very nice, given how badly I've treated the others over the years I've owned them. I even went and bought myself an expensive Pinegrove Leather strap for it too, which is very nice and definitely worth the money for some high quality leather. You might notice the biggest change I've made so far, which is removing the clear pickguard. It might have just been my own eyes, since Lemmy said he couldn't see it, but I noticed that to me, it seemed like the guard had this almost purple tint to it? I've taken it off either way, and filled the screw holes with caphead allen screws, just to hide the holes. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 Mmm, Nordstrands. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkMohawk Posted September 29 Author Share Posted September 29 They sound fantastic, nice to go back to single coils after I spent so long with humbuckers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 I had them on my old Ibanez, I thought they sounded great until I gigged with it. I heard this superb, slightly grindy tone and wondered who it was, I had no idea that digging in would drive them like that. I really must fit some in a bass again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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