Members DerekDRP Posted October 5, 2005 Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 Sunburstbasser what do you think of cort? Because they look good, and the guy at the store whereI take lessons says the ibanez grx 200 main componets are cort? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrestiaRules Posted October 5, 2005 Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 Originally posted by DerekDRP Sunburstbasser what do you think of cort? Because they look good, and the guy at the store whereI take lessons says the ibanez grx 200 main componets are cort? Cort is a solid company that makes some very good basses. They are one of (if not the) number 1 OEM manufacturer for other bass retailing companies. For instance Cort makes all Korean made Ibanez models, Lakland Skylines, MTD Korean made models, Conklin Groove Tools, KSD and a few popular Domestic Korean Brands (www.dame.co.kr) As well they make some great instruments under their own name as well check their website for some nice ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DerekDRP Posted October 5, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 Originally posted by PrestiaRules Cort is a solid company that makes some very good basses. They are one of (if not the) number 1 OEM manufacturer for other bass retailing companies. For instance Cort makes all Korean made Ibanez models, Lakland Skylines, MTD Korean made models, Conklin Groove Tools, KSD and a few popular Domestic Korean Brands ( www.dame.co.kr) As well they make some great instruments under their own name as well check their website for some nice ones Ok thank you dude. Because the people showed me a cort they want me to buy. it sounds good and plays nice, I just never heard of cort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrestiaRules Posted October 5, 2005 Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 http://www.cort.com/ check out the model...I would say most Corts are darn good value Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DerekDRP Posted October 5, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 Originally posted by PrestiaRules http://www.cort.com/ check out the model...I would say most Corts are darn good value But I don't see one in your sig PrestiaRules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrestiaRules Posted October 5, 2005 Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 Originally posted by DerekDRP But I don't see one in your sig PrestiaRules. no but I also don't have a great number of basses I like in my Sig. I prefer passive basses and most of the Cort stuff I like is active. If the Rocco Signature Bass they made for Conklin is ever available at a good rate I will snag it in a second. Even though it is active I have often considered getting the Billy Cox Freedom bass (active as well but with on off toggle I think The Lakland Skyline basses they make KILL (I used to have a Bob Glaub....stolen ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DerekDRP Posted October 5, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 Originally posted by PrestiaRules no but I also don't have a great number of basses I like in my Sig. I prefer passive basses and most of the Cort stuff I like is active. If the Rocco Signature Bass they made for Conklin is ever available at a good rate I will snag it in a second. I have often considered getting the Billy Cox Freedom bass The Lakland Skyline basses they make KILL (I used to have a Bob Glaub....stolen ) Nice show me what a Lakland Skyline looks like please? And what cort model would be like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrestiaRules Posted October 5, 2005 Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 Originally posted by DerekDRP Nice show me what a Lakland Skyline looks like please? And what cort model would be like it? www.lakland.com Some Skylines are like Cort Artisans, some are like the Master Built series. There is not (to my knowledge) a Cort bass similar to the Bob Glaub...it is a sweet sweet P EDIT: skylines and similar are a great deal more than the Ibanez you were looking at though...just FYI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DerekDRP Posted October 5, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 http://www.cort.com/endorse/murphy/index.html Thanks a lot dude, now i am gasing for so much stuff i am gasing overload hah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrestiaRules Posted October 5, 2005 Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 Originally posted by DerekDRP http://www.cort.com/endorse/murphy/index.html Thanks a lot dude, now i am gasing for so much stuff i am gasing overload hah. [/quote I think these offer great value: http://www.cort.com/basses/gb_series/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DerekDRP Posted October 5, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 Originally posted by PrestiaRules Originally posted by DerekDRP http://www.cort.com/endorse/murphy/index.html Thanks a lot dude, now i am gasing for so much stuff i am gasing overload hah. [/quote I think these offer great value: http://www.cort.com/basses/gb_series/index.html http://www.cort.com/basses/gb_series/index.html they showed me this one in the middle. and it sounds likes the blues brothers bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrestiaRules Posted October 5, 2005 Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 The GB34A? I bet it is a good deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrestiaRules Posted October 5, 2005 Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 I thought you would like this from the Lakland site: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DerekDRP Posted October 5, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 Originally posted by PrestiaRules The GB34A?I bet it is a good deal! its the GB99f for $695 but in the store its like $499 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Melville Posted October 5, 2005 Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 Originally posted by PrestiaRules http://www.cort.com/basses/gb_series/index.html The GB75 and GB35A on that site have me wanting to go play some Cort basses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassplayer7770 Posted October 5, 2005 Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 Originally posted by DerekDRP http://www.cort.com/basses/gb_series/index.htmlthey showed me this one in the middle. and it sounds likes the blues brothers bass. Wow! Those basses look great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DerekDRP Posted October 5, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 Originally posted by bassplayer7770 Wow! Those basses look great! I know, But I need an amp first, I am getting that ashdown one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sunburstbasser Posted October 5, 2005 Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 I've got two of the older versions of Cort's GB series. I've played the current ones as well. The GB 99s are a great bass EXCEPT they cut corners by using Mighty Mite pickups. A pickup swap is definately in order to get the best sound out of those basses. Same goes for the 74/75. The older Korean models, like my GB-54, had really nice pickups and sound a lot like a Stingray but not the current ones. For what you get though, the price is great! The necks were tight, the hardware was top-notch (more comparable to basses costing 3x as much and more!), and the finish was very nice. The pickups on the GBs are the only weak points. Really, for about another $150 for pickups, the GB 99 would be as nice as any Jazz out there costing a lot more. If you've got Cort questions let me know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DerekDRP Posted October 5, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 Originally posted by sunburstbasser I've got two of the older versions of Cort's GB series. I've played the current ones as well.The GB 99s are a great bass EXCEPT they cut corners by using Mighty Mite pickups. A pickup swap is definately in order to get the best sound out of those basses. Same goes for the 74/75. The older Korean models, like my GB-54, had really nice pickups and sound a lot like a Stingray but not the current ones.For what you get though, the price is great! The necks were tight, the hardware was top-notch (more comparable to basses costing 3x as much and more!), and the finish was very nice. The pickups on the GBs are the only weak points. Really, for about another $150 for pickups, the GB 99 would be as nice as any Jazz out there costing a lot more.If you've got Cort questions let me know! Thanks will do bud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thunderbroom Posted October 5, 2005 Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 If you're getting up around the $600 mark, don't rule out these: $560 shipped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cortfan Posted October 6, 2005 Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Sorry, I didn't see this thread earlier. I really like my Cort Billy Cox Freedom bass. You can read my review in the HC Review section. I have had it over 5 years, and its still my #1 bass. I have a Fender Musicmaster that is way lighter, and easier on my old back, and a new Peavey 5 stringer that I like, but I'm still getting used to. Unless, I'm dead tired from a 3 hour load in, I will play the Cort for all 4 sets. My band says they can definitely tell the difference in tone. BTW, Prestia, the pickups are passive with an active preamp, which means if the battery dies you lose about 3 db's of volume, but it still plays. And sunburstbasser, I swapped out my Mighty Mite pups for some Rio Grande Muy Grande bass pups, and my guitar tech looked at me with a funny look. The MightyMite's were actually hotter in passive form than the Muy Grande's, so we put the MM right back in. ymmv. Anyway, I really like my Cort, and honestly I could have put a lot more expensive bass on my credit card than this $415.00 jewel . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DerekDRP Posted October 6, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Originally posted by Cortfan Sorry, I didn't see this thread earlier. I really like my Cort Billy Cox Freedom bass. You can read my review in the HC Review section. I have had it over 5 years, and its still my #1 bass. I have a Fender Musicmaster that is way lighter, and easier on my old back, and a new Peavey 5 stringer that I like, but I'm still getting used to. Unless, I'm dead tired from a 3 hour load in, I will play the Cort for all 4 sets. My band says they can definitely tell the difference in tone. BTW, Prestia, the pickups are passive with an active preamp, which means if the battery dies you lose about 3 db's of volume, but it still plays. And sunburstbasser, I swapped out my Mighty Mite pups for some Rio Grande Muy Grande bass pups, and my guitar tech looked at me with a funny look. The MightyMite's were actually hotter in passive form than the Muy Grande's, so we put the MM right back in. ymmv. Anyway, I really like my Cort, and honestly I could have put a lot more expensive bass on my credit card than this $415.00 jewel . Thank's it's either going to be a cort, or a warwick not sure yet. But the cort is wining by the price though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DerekDRP Posted October 6, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Originally posted by Thunderbroom If you're getting up around the $600 mark, don't rule out these: $560 shipped allso T-Broom not sure if you read nay of my posts? But i been trying to get a bass that sounds like the bass on the blues brother's ( Donald's bass ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cortfan Posted October 6, 2005 Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 If you are wanting the Duck's P sound, get a Cort with a P pup, not a Warwick. Warwick is awesome, but has a sound all its own, like a Ric. Try them and see for yourself. Duck comes to Memphis once a year to play at Bluesville (Horseshoe Casino @ Tunica) with Booker T. and Steve Cropper. All he brings is one of his fire engine red Fender Signature P basses. He's a bass playing machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DerekDRP Posted October 6, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Originally posted by Cortfan If you are wanting the Duck's P sound, get a Cort with a P pup, not a Warwick. Warwick is awesome, but has a sound all its own, like a Ric. Try them and see for yourself. Duck comes to Memphis once a year to play at Bluesville (Horseshoe Casino @ Tunica) with Booker T. and Steve Cropper. All he brings is one of his fire engine red Fender Signature P basses. He's a bass playing machine. Nice thank you bud for the info. Btw do they still play any of the blues brothers songs? and can I get more info on the memphis stuff? ( we are only 4-6 hours away from tennisee ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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