NBD: Cort GB5 Modern - A black Friday bargain!!

[carlsim]

So I have umming and arring for a while between one of these and a Sadowsky MetroExpress Modern 5 for some time now, watching prices and seeing if any offers popped up. The GB5 Modern was listed at around £1200... pricey but I was tempted. GuitarGuitar then had them for £999 - oooh, that seems a good deal but a Sadowsky is only a little bit more... Hang fast Carl... you never know what will pop up on the Black Friday deals... 

 

So, I keep looking, thinking something might pop up. I think I prefer the Sadowsky but the spec and hardware is better on the Cort. Then on Thomann, Cort GB5 Modern at £666 - pull that trigger Carl! 

 

Arrived Friday but have only just had the chance to unpack and play as I was away over the weekend. What a great bass and for the money - hipshot ultralites, Nordstrand big singles, Babicz bridge and Mark Bass preamp, it's amazing spec for that money. Add in a lovely loooking thing and a good quality gig bag to boot and it was an amazing deal - A very happy punter!

I had read about some QC issues with these but this one is all good, no blemishes or marks and compared to some other basses I have had, it's light as a feather. I can see this as a mainstay for future gigs! Anyway... enough gloating... here's some pics...

 

Edited 22 hours ago by carlsim

[Acebassmusic]

Congratulations on your purchase. That's a very nice bass you have there at a very nice price 👍 I've not tried that particular recipe of Cort but just from the specs I would expect it to be good for me. Also I like the choice of using a clear pick guard so you can see the wood instead of slapping a cheap peice of plastic tort on to obscure it. 😮 (You probably gather I'm not a fan of tort 😒😁)

 

I have one of the Cort NJS-5's and really like it. Straight out of the box it played and sounded great but in my tin of bits I had some Nordy's, Babicz and a Mike Pope pre and now it sounds betterer! 

[carlsim]

46 minutes ago, Acebassmusic said:

Congratulations on your purchase. That's a very nice bass you have there at a very nice price 👍 I've not tried that particular recipe of Cort but just from the specs I would expect it to be good for me. Also I like the choice of using a clear pick guard so you can see the wood instead of slapping a cheap peice of plastic tort on to obscure it. 😮 (You probably gather I'm not a fan of tort 😒😁)

 

I have one of the Cort NJS-5's and really like it. Straight out of the box it played and sounded great but in my tin of bits I had some Nordy's, Babicz and a Mike Pope pre and now it sounds betterer! 

 

The scratchplate is coming off and I want to get some caphead screws to go in the holes... I may try some dark wood and glue to see what it looks like but I reckon some capheads will be the way to go. Someone else on here did it and it looked much better! It's gotta go - a crime to cover that wood!

[HeadlessBassist]

"And lo, when the price equals the number of the beast, the bass he shall have..."

 

Congrats Carl, that's a great looking bass  

[tauzero]

11 hours ago, carlsim said:

 

The scratchplate is coming off and I want to get some caphead screws to go in the holes... I may try some dark wood and glue to see what it looks like but I reckon some capheads will be the way to go. Someone else on here did it and it looked much better! It's gotta go - a crime to cover that wood!

 

You can get colour matching wax filler that you melt into the holes, like https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325271292000. I used it when I was drilling new pickup screw holes on a bass and carelessly went right through, and the repair is completely invisible.

[Paddy777]

I saw them on Thomann at that price and had to do a double take - what a bargain, I’d love to have one of these in the rack for that money! It said 1-2 weeks for stock tho when I saw it, so I couldn’t buy, Cort basses are so wildly underrated it’s not even funny! Between this and the NJS you probably have the two best sub £1000 basses available at the moment 

[crazycloud]

17 hours ago, carlsim said:

Cort GB5 Modern at £666

Wicked deal.

[velvetkevorkian]

Very nice, these look much better than the NJS line to my eye

[AlexDelores]

Congrats looks very nice indeed! 
 

I absolutely love my GB fusion 5 but absolutely love the wood on these! 
 

The Pickguard is off mine but I’m yet to fit any capheads and it looks great without!
 

Enjoy!