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The Cort G290, 2005 Model


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http://www.cort.com/guitars/g_models/index.html

 

-series ------------------------------------------- G-290

Scale: 25 1/2"

Joint: Bolt-on

Neck : Bird's eye maple

Body: Light swamp ashwood w/quilted maple top(Arch top)

Nut: Roller type (Black)

Fretboard : Rosewood

Pickup: neck-Seymour Duncan vintage staggered single-coil

middle-Seymour Duncan vintage staggered single-coil

bridge-Seymour Duncan TB4

Headmachine: Sperzel trimlok

Bridge: Wilkinson VS50 II(Platinum)

Endpin: Traditional

Knob: PB type (Platinum)

Fret : Medium style (2.4mm x 1mm)

No.Fret: 22

Fretboard width: 1F:22F=43mm:56mm

Fretboard radius : 9 1/2"

Neck depth : 1F:12F=21mm:23mm

Position mark: Abalone dot

Electronics : 1vol-1ton-5way t/g (coil-tap)

Available color

List Price

 

Specs still show the Duncans.

But, the pics with info show the EMG SA/SA/89.

And the CFA trem instead of Wilky.

 

Kent

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Originally posted by kherman



-series ------------------------------------------- G-290

Scale: 25 1/2"

Joint: Bolt-on

Neck : Bird's eye maple

Body: Light swamp ashwood w/quilted maple top(Arch top)

Nut: Roller type (Black)

Fretboard : Rosewood

Pickup: neck-Seymour Duncan vintage staggered single-coil

middle-Seymour Duncan vintage staggered single-coil

bridge-Seymour Duncan TB4

Headmachine: Sperzel trimlok

Bridge: Wilkinson VS50 II(Platinum)

Endpin: Traditional

Knob: PB type (Platinum)

Fret : Medium style (2.4mm x 1mm)

No.Fret: 22

Fretboard width: 1F:22F=43mm:56mm

Fretboard radius : 9 1/2"

Neck depth : 1F:12F=21mm:23mm

Position mark: Abalone dot

Electronics : 1vol-1ton-5way t/g (coil-tap)

Available color

List Price


Specs still show the Duncans.

But, the pics with info show the EMG SA/SA/89.

And the CFA trem instead of Wilky.


Kent

 

 

I know, but the pictures do not show the mini toggle for the EMG89. It

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Originally posted by HypnoToad

I was so close to finding the specs. On the international Cort website, there is a description of the 2005 model, but the link to the specsheet is broken!
:o

 

What more specs do you want? It has a swamp ash body with a quilted maple veneer, 25.5" scale, U-shape maple neck with a rosewood fretboard, EMG SA/SA/89, mini toggle and a new two-point trem. The tuners are locking Sperzels iirc, and it has a roller- or graphtech nut.

 

I'm sure the database on the Korean/International cort site (www.cort.co.kr) will be up and running by tomorrow, so you'll be able to check there soon enough.

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Originally posted by ArthurS



What more specs do you want? It has a swamp ash body with a quilted maple veneer, 25.5" scale, U-shape maple neck with a rosewood fretboard, EMG SA/SA/89, mini toggle and a new two-point trem. The tuners are locking Sperzels iirc, and it has a roller- or graphtech nut.


I'm sure the database on the Korean/International cort site (
www.cort.co.kr
) will be up and running by tomorrow, so you'll be able to check there soon enough.

 

Ok, thanks alot.

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What was the mini toggle for?

Coil Tap?

 

Pics show it being the tone control. Push/pull design.

Push down for full humbucking. Pull up for single coil mode.

 

My Fernandes Ravelle Deluxe has the same thing.

 

Push/pull tone knob instead of a switch.

 

Kent

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Sorry I didn't catch the post sooner.

 

*For 2005 Cort stopped using the rosewood skunk stripe to leave a clean, one-piece birdseye maple neck.

*They also softened the highly asymmetrical waist that the g-series is known for.

*Again, the mini-toggle takes the place of the push-pull pot for the dual mode bridge pickup.

*The truss rod is now adjusted on the bridge-end of the neck via a recessed spoke-wheel nut.

*The fretboard radius has been 12" since 2003, so that spec list is definitely out-dated.

*They started using glossy chrome hardware in '04 and continue to use it in '05

*The strap button has been moved to the traditional place--on the tip of the bass-end horn.

 

That's all I can think of off-hand. Most every change they've made seems to be for the better. I will miss the satin chrome hardware and Wilkinson trem though...

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Originally posted by Distantkool

Sorry I didn't catch the post sooner.


*For 2005 Cort stopped using the rosewood skunk stripe to leave a clean, one-piece birdseye maple neck.

*They also softened the highly asymmetrical waist that the g-series is known for.

*Again, the mini-toggle takes the place of the push-pull pot for the dual mode bridge pickup.

*The truss rod is now adjusted on the bridge-end of the neck via a recessed spoke-wheel nut.

*The fretboard radius has been 12" since 2003, so that spec list is definitely out-dated.

*They started using glossy chrome hardware in '04 and continue to use it in '05

*The strap button has been moved to the traditional place--on the tip of the bass-end horn.


That's all I can think of off-hand. Most every change they've made seems to be for the better. I will miss the satin chrome hardware and Wilkinson trem though...

 

 

Thanks alot for the info, very helpful. Do you own a 2005 model?

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