NTPBD!!!

[Bassassin]

New Tiny Pink Bass Day!!!

 

 

It's me birfday, innit! And my lovely partner & lifelong co-conspirator in crimes against music knows well enough what will delight and enchant me. And she has nailed it.

 

As most of you will know (there already being an exhaustive thread about these) it's a Cort GB Shortscale - a 30" shorty with a J width neck and single 'bucker, 3 band eq and series/parallel/single coil switching.

 

First impressions - it's incredibly playable - lately I've been playing way more guitar than bass and picking this up feels like no transition at all. The setup's OK - the action will go lower & E string intonation's slightly off - but the fretwork's impeccable, not the slightest buzz & no sharp ends. My previous experience with (admittedly very low-end) short & medium scales had me half-expecting floppy-feeling, dead sounding E & A strings but string tension's spot on, and everything feels right.

 

Plugged in, it's a beast. I've barely scratched the surface with what the EQ & switching will do, but first impressions are that it's stupidly versatile.

 

I love it. And it's so... so... PINK!  

[Reggaebass]

Firstly, very happy birthday 🎂, and I do like a pink bass, looks really cool 

[HeadlessBassist]

Yes, Happy Birthday - you certainly have a diamond of a partner there  

 

And congrats on the arrival of some serious pinkification!

[BassApprentice]

Nice! Many happy returns!

 

I tried one in a shop which was a bit of a lemon (either battery or bad wiring) so I can't give much input. How's the balance? On the knee it felt a bit headstock heavy due to tiny body and larger headstock.

[uncle psychosis]

Shortscale? 

J neck? 

Gloriously pink? 

 

Thank the big man that it's active or else I might have been struck down with serious GAS!

 

Great score, enjoy

[kodiakblair]

Fantastic.

 

What a great way to spend your birthday 😎

[shoulderpet]

On 19/01/2026 at 13:42, Bassassin said:

New Tiny Pink Bass Day!!!

 

 

It's me birfday, innit! And my lovely partner & lifelong co-conspirator in crimes against music knows well enough what will delight and enchant me. And she has nailed it.

 

As most of you will know (there already being an exhaustive thread about these) it's a Cort GB Shortscale - a 30" shorty with a J width neck and single 'bucker, 3 band eq and series/parallel/single coil switching.

 

First impressions - it's incredibly playable - lately I've been playing way more guitar than bass and picking this up feels like no transition at all. The setup's OK - the action will go lower & E string intonation's slightly off - but the fretwork's impeccable, not the slightest buzz & no sharp ends. My previous experience with (admittedly very low-end) short & medium scales had me half-expecting floppy-feeling, dead sounding E & A strings but string tension's spot on, and everything feels right.

 

Plugged in, it's a beast. I've barely scratched the surface with what the EQ & switching will do, but first impressions are that it's stupidly versatile.

 

I love it. And it's so... so... PINK!  

Wow that's gorgeous, I've had gas for this bass in pink ever since these were released.

[loudspeaker]

Still loving mine, it's a very versatile and easy playing bass, one thing I have to to watch is the jack socket on mine is quite tight and has a sort of two stage action so I have to be sure the jack plug is fully home or I get the same thing as BassApprentice had distorsion and intermittant signal, not a fault but it's quite easy to do if you are not used to it.

 

 This one is a bit of a gateway for shortscale gas for me,  I have just bought a Sandberg Florence which is superb, the cort was less than 1/5 of the cost of the Sandberg and really holds it's own in fit & finish

[snorkie635]

Belated happy birthday. A fine present.