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What Cort is this?

pbgonecrazy99

pbgonecrazy99

Mar 4, 2007
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Palmdale, California
#1
I have been looking at getting a 5 string for quite a while. A band I liked played at audiotree ( caution: dirty vocals) and the bassist plays a 5 string which is definitely a cort. The b string sounds massive and overall the bass sounds really good in the mix. Anyone know what specific model that is?
 
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MethodsofDance said:
Looks like an A5 to me.
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Definitely looks pretty similar, but the body on his has larger bevels at the edges, and his headstock is pointier, very similar to a Carvin Xccelerator imo, though the bass is certainly not an Xccelerator.. I'm not familiar enough with A5s to know if his is just an older model or not. The bridge is also different than what is being represented on Cort's site, but I found an older A5 with the same bridge as his.

You can see the bass clearly here, but I can't make out the brand on the headstock.

 
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scourgeofgod said:
Definitely looks pretty similar, but the body on his has larger bevels at the edges, and his headstock is pointier, very similar to a Carvin Xccelerator imo, though the bass is certainly not an Xccelerator.. I'm not familiar enough with A5s to know if his is just an older model or not. The bridge is also different than what is being represented on Cort's site, but I found an older A5 with the same bridge as his.

You can see the bass clearly here, but I can't make out the brand on the headstock.

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I have definitely seen Cort basses that look like that model. The newer models don't look like they have the gray finish and preamp setup that he has, so it is probably an older model. It sounds like he has a bit of distortion to give him some extra bite. I wonder if the model that he uses has the bart mk1's, cause they definitely sound legit.
 
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scourgeofgod said:
Definitely looks pretty similar, but the body on his has larger bevels at the edges, and his headstock is pointier, very similar to a Carvin Xccelerator imo, though the bass is certainly not an Xccelerator.. I'm not familiar enough with A5s to know if his is just an older model or not. The bridge is also different than what is being represented on Cort's site, but I found an older A5 with the same bridge as his.

You can see the bass clearly here, but I can't make out the brand on the headstock.

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I could be wrong, but I don't think that is a Cort bass. The headstock shape not like from Cort or Curbow by Cort...
 

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