I'm putting up most of my basses for sale to fund some tool purchases, so here's the next one up on the chopping block...
I bought this bass a couple years ago. Not sure on the actual age, but it's probably 4-5 years old. I've been thoroughly impressed with this bass for the price. It's in Cort's "Artisan" series, which I think means it's supposed to be a little nicer than the typical "entry level" stuff you might normally associate with Cort. Possibly the best feeling 4-string neck I've ever played. The bass is in overall very good condition, with the exception of a ding in the side of the neck/fretboard. It's on the bass side around the 3rd "fret" - if you play with proper technique, you'll probably never notice it. It's definitely the kind of thing that could be epoxy filled - I always intended to do that, but it was never a big enough issue for me to actually do it.
On to the specs. The body is swamp ash, and the neck is wenge and maple. This is (to me anyway) a very light bass, balances perfectly. It's currently set up with light-ish gauge stainless roundwounds, and the action is fairly low. Plays almost effortlessly. If this is your first forray into fretless, this would be a very easy bass to learn on.
It has the Bartolini Mk1 electronics package - two soapbar humbuckers and a 3-band EQ (with "bypass" switch - it's really an EQ defeat... doesn't really bypass the electronics). This is a surprisingly good pickup system and seems to suit this bass quite well. There's a pretty huge range of tones available (and yes, if you set it to the bridge pickup and tweak the EQ a little you can cop a reasonable Jaco sound).
The hardware is the Hipshot "licensed" knock-offs of the ultralite tuners and A style bridge. Not the real thing, but they function about 90% as well.
I'm looking to get $250 (+shipping) for this bass. It will come with a mediocre gig bag.
More pics here: http://s117.photobucket.com/albums/o80/jkandreasen/Guitars/Cort B4FL/?start=all
I bought this bass a couple years ago. Not sure on the actual age, but it's probably 4-5 years old. I've been thoroughly impressed with this bass for the price. It's in Cort's "Artisan" series, which I think means it's supposed to be a little nicer than the typical "entry level" stuff you might normally associate with Cort. Possibly the best feeling 4-string neck I've ever played. The bass is in overall very good condition, with the exception of a ding in the side of the neck/fretboard. It's on the bass side around the 3rd "fret" - if you play with proper technique, you'll probably never notice it. It's definitely the kind of thing that could be epoxy filled - I always intended to do that, but it was never a big enough issue for me to actually do it.
On to the specs. The body is swamp ash, and the neck is wenge and maple. This is (to me anyway) a very light bass, balances perfectly. It's currently set up with light-ish gauge stainless roundwounds, and the action is fairly low. Plays almost effortlessly. If this is your first forray into fretless, this would be a very easy bass to learn on.
It has the Bartolini Mk1 electronics package - two soapbar humbuckers and a 3-band EQ (with "bypass" switch - it's really an EQ defeat... doesn't really bypass the electronics). This is a surprisingly good pickup system and seems to suit this bass quite well. There's a pretty huge range of tones available (and yes, if you set it to the bridge pickup and tweak the EQ a little you can cop a reasonable Jaco sound).
The hardware is the Hipshot "licensed" knock-offs of the ultralite tuners and A style bridge. Not the real thing, but they function about 90% as well.
I'm looking to get $250 (+shipping) for this bass. It will come with a mediocre gig bag.
More pics here: http://s117.photobucket.com/albums/o80/jkandreasen/Guitars/Cort B4FL/?start=all