tonybassplayer Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Hi, seen this advertised locally to me and wanting to try something a little different to get me inspired to play more and wondered what these are like and price I should be paying. Below is part of the description. Cort fretless with Bertolini active circuitry, swamp ash body with wenge neck. Any thoughts ? Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBus Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 What price is it selling for? What model is it? From the description it sounds like a B4 or 5. Cort basses are very good value for the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonybassplayer Posted April 13, 2014 Author Share Posted April 13, 2014 Not sure of the model but looks stunning. Reduced to £170. Think I should take a gamble. Does that sound a decent price ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 It sounds like a Cort B4FL - I've got one. It has two Bartolini design humbuckers and a Bartolini design 3 band EQ also featuring an EQ bypass switch. Hardware is Hipshot licenced. It has lots of mid growl and treble on tap even with flatwounds. The necks are very slim, similar to a Jazz thickness and mine is a 5-ply laminate of wenge and rosewood with a thick rosewood fingerboard. I got mine secondhand via eBay for the same as the one you've seen and mine arrived pretty much looking brand new - these go for about £390 new (look here's one for sale http://rguitars.co.uk/collections/cort-guitars/products/b4flopn for more info) and I can honestly say I got a bargain... but, and this might have been a one-off with the instrument I bought, but the bridge was mounted a few millimetres forward of where it needed to be for correct intonation according to the side dot markers (I had the saddle all the way back for the E string and it still wasn't intonating correctly, and the A saddle was probably at the end of its adjustment range too). The bridge on mine was also a bit skewiff (not mounted straight) so I wanted to remount it anyway and I had the confidence to drill new holes and repositioned it without any drama. The instrument now intonates perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonybassplayer Posted April 13, 2014 Author Share Posted April 13, 2014 Bought it and collect it on Thursday. Looking forward to trying it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonybassplayer Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 Plays like a dream. Never realised that playing a fretless could be so smooth. Definitely going to practise with it regularly and gig it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Impressed with the sound then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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