Review cort bass action full#

The Mid pot on the EQ is a bit uneasy, the frequencies it alters are a bit too wide and end up being overbearing. While it does save weight, the plastic isn't attached flushly and can rattle when you hit the B string - a minor annoyance. The tuners are standard Hipshot in the mechanics but the heads are plastic, presumably to save weight. Its not the greatest bridge in the world. I'm replacing it with a Badass V bridge when I can get some cash, and that should give me a bit more control.

Review cort bass action full#

The bridge does not enable you to get the B string sounding anywhere near as intonated as the other strings, and in the full back position gives a lot of the tension on the B string up. While the switch is in the OFF position the pickup selector still works and gives a good amount of control over the tone, as does the volume. You can turn it off with the flip of a switch and get a much 'wider' tone (more frequencies) and then EQ on the amp if you want. This physically bypasses the EQ on the bass, which while it is a good EQ, does cut some of the bass' sound when active. Great feature! - there's an EQ shutoff switch. The pickups are noiseless and have almost no hum unless you're next to a huge power source. From muted, jazz style sounds to hot and deep rock it works well in any situations. It has absolutely no harshness and the bass has absolutely no deafening thumpiness, you can hear exactly what note is being played no matter what EQ settings you put in. You can dial in nearly anything you want to hear on the bass with the pickup selector and Bass/Mid/Treble cut/boost knobs - the Artisan really isn't pulling your chain in advertising that it can fit almost any sound.

The attack is a bit muted as with all neck-throughs, but the uniformity of the tone more then makes up for that. The tone is a pure, rich neck-through hardwood standard, with a good amount of sustain. A brass nut and solid neck give it a ton of tone. String tension is average, on the good side. This bass is made for finger players and it shows. The action is low, the neck is fast, the head dosen't dive, its pretty much everything you could want. The neck is ultra-narrow and the string spacing is nearly uniform all the way to the bridge, so your fingers don't need to magically get longer as you reach the 20th fret where the strings start spreading out like on most basses.