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Have you read the opening posts and understand how much experience I have in this domain...?

Murder By Numbers - The Police

Thanks everyone! The opening week was wild. We're limited to 70 capacity but the first night was probably slightly over that. We had Static Dress play as their drummer is our best mate. There was only one unforeseen problem. The condensation and spilled beer made a mockery of our consumer grade garage floor paint. People were slip-sliding all over the place. The first job the next day was to mix balsam in with a new tin of paint, and get that down in time for the gig the following night. It did the trick! We had 5 gigs on the opening week, staffed by mates, played by mates, and attended by all and sundry. Loads of people travelled in to Stoke for these gigs and it really felt like the centre of a scene for a moment. And we made money! Then we realised we'd not booked any more gigs, and we have overheads to pay, and big bills to pay, and loads of debt... So now we start the long slog of learning how to make money out of a venue. At 70 capacity it's difficult to appeal to bigger touring bands. The other side of that is an other-worldly PA system that out-classes any venue of this size (that I've seen). Proper lighting, green room, potential for live recording etc. so we hope to tempt some names in for "secret" or "super intimate" shows. Otherwise we're perfectly suited to local multi-band line-ups, and the "toilet circuit" in general. Any advice on promoting gigs would be gratefully received, and if any of you are promoters that would like to put on a gig at Riff Factory, please get in touch

My current faves are… The Greedies - A Merry Jingle (3/5 of Lizzy + 50% Pistols) Mannheim Steamroller Thea Gilmore - That’ll Be Christmas The Barenaked Ladies - Santa Sabbath (basically a festive version of War Pigs!!!!!!) Marillion - Carol of the Bells

Sad news indeed.

Ultimate kudos for suggesting the ‘Slips! Love this song! So I’ll add a winter (if not Xmas) one too…

Agree, It’s not the lack of symmetry in the burl that bothers me so much it’s the abrupt change in shade of the wood along the join.

Assassing - marillion

Most of the online ones I’ve seen do have some degree of symmetry between the two halves, they may not be perfect but they look a lot better than the ones I’ve been sent.

Oddly enough, having owned three Cort Space Basses, my four string also had a very vague wood pattern around the front pickup too, whereas my Space 5's have had lovely grain patterning across the whole front. Maybe they use offcuts of lesser quality wood for some of the smaller four string fronts? Personally though, on such a good value instrument, I'd say that how it plays/sounds is more important, but as others have mentioned, that's down to your personal preference. My previous Space 4 front... My current Space 5 front...

Those weird lighter bands bother me more than the mis-matched top. Although that bothers me too.

The retailer implied the basses are drop shipped direct from the Cort distributor, so I guess in need to get one from Peach or a retailer that hold physical stock. They did say they’d get the distributor to check the 2nd one before sending but that obviously didn’t happen.

The PRS factory at the Cortek site is controlled by PRS and uses dedicated Cort employees. Here's a Philip McKnight (Know Your Gear) video on it that's very revealing. As far as your bass goes, I'd return it. It looks wrong.

Yassasin - David Bowie (probably my favourite Bowie album!)

Same thoughts!

I've been looking at a few of these online and none is bookmatched per se, as a bookmatched top is a surface made from two (or more) slabs of wood that are mirrored to match their grain or vein patterns, giving the impression of an opened book. This technique is used in high-end furniture, cabinetry, and instruments to create a striking, symmetrical visual effect, which is absolutely not the case for these poplar burl tops. Furthermore there is no mention of bookmatching from Cort for the Space series, but Poplar Burl 6T (6T certainly meaning 6 mm Thickness). So you better buy the one you like visually online or go to a shop and select the one suiting your specifications...