Members dcindc Posted April 24, 2007 Members Share Posted April 24, 2007 Arrived today. Tuned it up and it plays. Condition is good with some scratches, particularly some trem arm swing type scratches, and switrls around the knobs. If it had no scratches it would look new! So that's much better than expected. This was my first Music Go Round purchase. It was well packed and came in a semi-hard case which I didn't know about! When I called the store they did an in-hand inspection, and I'm pleased with the whole deal. How's it sound? Don't know, will plug it in later. Some of the effects don't work, but I'll be repairing that. No biggee to me, can fix it myself. This is kindof a "toy" purchase, but it plays well, and that's really all that mattered to me. Explorer GAS cured for $99! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lowbrow Posted April 24, 2007 Members Share Posted April 24, 2007 Congrats! There's a pawn shop locally that has a Cort effector...I seem to remember it's kinda strat shaped...was wondering about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members leftwing73 Posted April 24, 2007 Members Share Posted April 24, 2007 Cool!!! Know what would make it cooler? re-label the switches to "death ray", "garage door opener", "clit stimulator", "defibrillator", and "ball washer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members ArKay Posted April 24, 2007 Members Share Posted April 24, 2007 Wow, a Cort. Something you don't see here very often Can't go wrong with a Cort, looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted April 24, 2007 Members Share Posted April 24, 2007 That thing is a trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burningleaves Posted April 24, 2007 Members Share Posted April 24, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted April 24, 2007 Members Share Posted April 24, 2007 Funky! Congrats. (o)(o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcindc Posted April 24, 2007 Author Members Share Posted April 24, 2007 Played it. It's setup too low and buzzes some. Crappy bridge. Yes, Mr Cheapo found something not meeting his standards. The Distortion sounds good. The rest is yucky. Maybe it's broke, the wah doesn't work at all. And I can't figure out how you would work wah on it anyway. The phase button puts the pups out of phase which sounds better than most out of phase pups I've heard. There is no pickup selector. WTF? Surgery imminent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frets99 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Cool!!! Know what would make it cooler? re-label the switches to "death ray", "garage door opener", "clit stimulator", "defibrillator", and "ball washer" :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ashtray77 Posted April 24, 2007 Members Share Posted April 24, 2007 Thats pretty cool, HNGD! BTW, can I get the wiring diagram for that clit stimulator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mind Riot Posted April 24, 2007 Members Share Posted April 24, 2007 A very good friend of mine had that exact same guitar years ago. He was a Metallica freak and particularly a Hetfield freak, so he just loved that thing. Over time, he modified it to the extreme. He pulled the onboard effects and put a strip of wood inside the control cavity under the holes, then filled them with bondo. He also filled the entire tremolo cavity with bondo, and installed a tune-o-matic bridge after he repainted it (still black). Then he got some black pickups and pickup rings. Eventually, he covered the entire thing in wood veneer for a natural look. Believe it or not, it actually looked kind of cool that way. Of course, after all the bondo and such, it was the most dead sounding, non resonant guitar ever. Sounded like crap, and weighed a ton. Ah, youth. Intrepid modifications without the benefit of experience. Years later, he asked another friend of mine and I to make him a new body for it, using the original as a template. My other friend did most of it, then he and I painted it as well as the back of the neck and headstock a pearl white. The only thing left from the Cort these days is the neck, installed on this thing: Real EMG's too. After many years, my friend finally got his Hetfield machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcindc Posted April 24, 2007 Author Members Share Posted April 24, 2007 Cool story, and it looks Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mind Riot Posted April 24, 2007 Members Share Posted April 24, 2007 Cool story, and it looks Great! Thanks. Unfortunately you can't see the pearl in those pics, it just looks white. In sunlight you can see these swirling pearl flecks, like a really super subtle sparkle. Pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members mikew Posted April 25, 2007 Members Share Posted April 25, 2007 If it only had an amp and drum machine built in, it would be a one stop shop! Looks darn cool! HNGD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Big Muff Posted April 25, 2007 Members Share Posted April 25, 2007 Do you have to have a degree to use that thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltaire Posted April 25, 2007 Members Share Posted April 25, 2007 i wanted that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AZMLII Posted April 25, 2007 Members Share Posted April 25, 2007 That's a cool guitar. Man it has a lot of switches and doohickeys. Happy New Guitar Day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcindc Posted April 25, 2007 Author Members Share Posted April 25, 2007 You had your chance! I let it sit there a week. MikeW I'm gonna work on that for ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikew Posted April 25, 2007 Members Share Posted April 25, 2007 It would be extra awesome to get one of these psychodelic lights in between the pickups from one of this Boss Rotary Ensemble pedals! http://www.bossus.com/index.asp?pg=1&tmp=148 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlackHatHunter Posted April 25, 2007 Members Share Posted April 25, 2007 Cool!!! Know what would make it cooler? re-label the switches to "death ray", "garage door opener", "clit stimulator", "defibrillator", and "ball washer" Ball Washer? Been listening to Lewis Black again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Red Scorpion Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 I got my Cort about 5 month ago, and I wanted to make the effect sound real... I removed everything and placed boss and ibanez effects in it... Now it works perfectly. Simply an eye candy! [ATTACH]243248[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]243249[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]243250[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcindc Posted September 5, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 DUDE!That's insane! :thu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRPool Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 Holy Schnikey, looks like the cockpit of a 747:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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