Be ware with these basses. I love the sound. It is absolutely the best sounding bass out there. Even compared to much more expensive basses.. but: these basses have serious production problems. The first example I got had 1-a maxed out truss rod before the neck could be set straight, 2-very sharp frets sticking out scratching your fingers, 3-was build totally out of its own centerline. Meaning the bridge and holes to stick the strings through were about 5 mm out of center and making it look rather cheap and silly.. Most annoyingly problem 4- The low B string could not be intonated correctly. Even when setting the saddle in longest position the properly tuned B in open position was pitched too high at the 12th fret and even showed as a low tuned C at the 24th fret! That is really bad! The first one was send back. After waiting 4 months the shop finally received 2 new ones to choose from. Those were already better. Problem 1 to 3 were solved on those new exemples but problem 4(not being able to correctly intonate the B string) remained. Apparently this problem is common to these Cort A5 Plus SC basses. And is unforgivable. The lutier working in the store checked the bass and confirmed that the bridge was maxed out and low B still was too high at 12th and 24th fret. Only proper solution would be a modification of the hipshot bridge. Drilling and tapping an extra hole to be able to adjust the B saddle further back. But who looks forward to extra work when you buy a bass for 900 Euros?? Even Chinese basses that cost one third can be intonated correctly. They just don't sound or look as good. I definately believe that there is not one Cort A5 plus SC Bass out there that can be intonated correctly. Then we noticed an other small quality problem: 5-Both the new basses in the store had a small dent inwards at the back where the neck fluently flows over in to the body. Just under the small visible piece of top wood. Since both basses in the store had the exact same damage I am absolutely sure it is production related. I want to ask other owners and reviewers to check these problems and report it here as well. Also I want to ask Cort to personally respond on this. Since it is their own quality issue they need to solve with us owners..The main importer cant solve it. Since they not control production. I am a mechanical engineer and know a lot about production and QC. Im pretty sure this is a bad example. The charm of this bass is the insanely good looks and sound rumble. Not build quality. Im pretty sure Cort can do better.. even in the Indonesian factory.
oh.. Your review made me sad a lot ( I'm in love with its sound and I was ready to buy it. But... I see your tasks. The main problem this bass is in the other city and I can't go and hold it in my hanfds.
@@АннаЧурсина-л5н if you are technical you can fix it yourself. I made an extra hole in the bridge and tapped M4 for the bridge saddle to be adjusted further back. After doing that this bass is fully intonated. So you can still buy this bass but there is like a 50% chance that you need to modify the bridge. I found a person who showed me that his A5 could be intonated right out of the box. Dont ask me how that is possible but he did it.. apparently they are not all the same..
As soon @s I saw this bass my first impression was that if you were lucky enough to get one without any manufacturing mishaps it would be a nice bass ,
I had a similar situation with a Cort GB Modern 4 Vintage. Of the five screws holding the neck only 1 was tight. The rest just turned around without doing anything. Seemed like the holes drilled in the neck was way too big for the screws.
@@SurfandSand808 I wanted to try a multiscale bass, and now I'm hooked. Ibanez recently came out with their headless short scale multiscale bass, so I traded the Cort A5 Plus SCMS for a new Ibanez EHB1005SMS in metallic green. It's super light and easy to play.
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I can’t get over how great that bass sounds.
sounds great, looks great, great playing :)
That actually sounds really good
Great playing !!! Killer sound
Be ware with these basses. I love the sound. It is absolutely the best sounding bass out there. Even compared to much more expensive basses.. but: these basses have serious production problems. The first example I got had 1-a maxed out truss rod before the neck could be set straight, 2-very sharp frets sticking out scratching your fingers, 3-was build totally out of its own centerline. Meaning the bridge and holes to stick the strings through were about 5 mm out of center and making it look rather cheap and silly.. Most annoyingly problem 4- The low B string could not be intonated correctly. Even when setting the saddle in longest position the properly tuned B in open position was pitched too high at the 12th fret and even showed as a low tuned C at the 24th fret! That is really bad! The first one was send back. After waiting 4 months the shop finally received 2 new ones to choose from. Those were already better. Problem 1 to 3 were solved on those new exemples but problem 4(not being able to correctly intonate the B string) remained. Apparently this problem is common to these Cort A5 Plus SC basses. And is unforgivable. The lutier working in the store checked the bass and confirmed that the bridge was maxed out and low B still was too high at 12th and 24th fret. Only proper solution would be a modification of the hipshot bridge. Drilling and tapping an extra hole to be able to adjust the B saddle further back. But who looks forward to extra work when you buy a bass for 900 Euros?? Even Chinese basses that cost one third can be intonated correctly. They just don't sound or look as good. I definately believe that there is not one Cort A5 plus SC Bass out there that can be intonated correctly. Then we noticed an other small quality problem: 5-Both the new basses in the store had a small dent inwards at the back where the neck fluently flows over in to the body. Just under the small visible piece of top wood. Since both basses in the store had the exact same damage I am absolutely sure it is production related. I want to ask other owners and reviewers to check these problems and report it here as well.
Also I want to ask Cort to personally respond on this. Since it is their own quality issue they need to solve with us owners..The main importer cant solve it. Since they not control production. I am a mechanical engineer and know a lot about production and QC. Im pretty sure this is a bad example. The charm of this bass is the insanely good looks and sound rumble. Not build quality. Im pretty sure Cort can do better.. even in the Indonesian factory.
oh.. Your review made me sad a lot ( I'm in love with its sound and I was ready to buy it. But... I see your tasks. The main problem this bass is in the other city and I can't go and hold it in my hanfds.
@@АннаЧурсина-л5н if you are technical you can fix it yourself. I made an extra hole in the bridge and tapped M4 for the bridge saddle to be adjusted further back. After doing that this bass is fully intonated. So you can still buy this bass but there is like a 50% chance that you need to modify the bridge. I found a person who showed me that his A5 could be intonated right out of the box. Dont ask me how that is possible but he did it.. apparently they are not all the same..
@@milkolippe7473 guitar master can fix it :). Thank you for your answer.
As soon @s I saw this bass my first impression was that if you were lucky enough to get one without any manufacturing mishaps it would be a nice bass ,
I had a similar situation with a Cort GB Modern 4 Vintage. Of the five screws holding the neck only 1 was tight. The rest just turned around without doing anything. Seemed like the holes drilled in the neck was way too big for the screws.
Nice Review next Cort B5 plus As Rm(roasted) please lml
Woww great sound 🔥
Nice playing! Not too crazy about this type of body though! Did you also demo that Jabba HF you have standing there in the background??
Which bass sounds better this bass or ibanez srsc805
Exccellent demo! I just bought a Cort A5 Plus SCMS today. Looking forward to funking up the house. Where do you get your drum tracks?
Thanks!
@@SurfandSand808 I wanted to try a multiscale bass, and now I'm hooked. Ibanez recently came out with their headless short scale multiscale bass, so I traded the Cort A5 Plus SCMS for a new Ibanez EHB1005SMS in metallic green. It's super light and easy to play.
How light is this model?
How much does the bass weigh?
wats d name f d handsome bass n d background? 😄 🤙
How can I solve the 5 string intonation problem of this bass?
Both PU + EQ bypass sounds very Spector-ish (IMHO)
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This actually sounds really good