Cort A5 Plus SC Amber open Pore Bass Guitar
Cort A5 Plus SC Amber open Pore Bass Guitar. For bassists who seek top-of-the-line professional sounds and build quality through a single cutaway body shape which improves the body-neck balance for added comfort while still providing unfettered access to the high frets. Due to popular demand, the Artisan Single-Cut basses are now available in non-multi-scale version for conventional aesthetics and playing style. The new poplar burl top not only beautifies the already great looking bass but adds well-balanced sonic characteristics in combination with ash body for a bright and punchy modern sound.
FEATURES
- Single Cutaway Bass
– The single cutaway body shape improves the body-neck balance for added comfort while still providing unfettered access to the high frets.
- Poplar Burl Top on Ash Body
– The strikingly figured Poplar Burl top and Ash complement each other perfectly to produce a warm yet punchy high-midrange sound that will cut through the mix with authority.
- Bartolini MK-1 Pickups
– The trademark Bartolini sound is preserved in the MK-1 while providing superb sound quality and value. The MK-1 delivers plenty of punchy and warm mids along with transparent and brilliant highs for a superbly balanced sound.
- Bartolini MK-1 EQ
– Bartolinis renowned MK-1 preamp provides powerful yet transparent boost along with its trademark crisp high-end. The MK-1 transfers the natural liveliness of the bass through a flexible 3-band equalizer for a variety of applications ranging from studio recording to large concert halls. It also provides a switchable active/passive mode for a powerful modern active sound or an organic traditional passive sound.
- 5pcs Maple & Panga Panga Neck
– The strength and brightness of Maple is ideally balanced with the warm midrange of Panga Panga, resulting in superb playability, feel and tonal definition.
- Neck-Thru Body Construction
– When it comes to punch and sustain, nothing beats neck-thru-body construction. The strings vibrate across the body and neck in coherent and linear manner, maximizing the tightness of the low-end with rich mids and singing highs.
- Hipshot Ultralite Machineheads
– A5 Plus SC is equipped with Hipshot Ultralite Tuners (classic 20:1 tuning ratio) that is made of cast zinc with aluminum strings posts and mounting nuts, resulting in 30% weight reduction over other regular tuners and which results in improved balance and tuning accuracy.
- Panga Panga Fingerboard
– An African hardwood, Panga Panga has characteristics of Wenge and produces a tight and coherent sound that mates extremely well with the instruments multi-laminate neck-thru-body construction.
SPECIFICATIONS
- CONSTRUCTION : Neck-Thru
- BODY : Ash
- TOP : Poplar burl
- NECK : 5pcs Maple & Panga Panga
- FRETBOARD : Panga Panga | Radius: 15.75″(400)
- FRETS : 24
- SCALE : 34″(864)
- TUNERS : Hipshot Ultralite Machineheads
- BRIDGE : Hipshot TransTone Bridge
- PICKUPS : Bartolini MK-1
- ELECTRONICS : Bartolini MK-1
- HARDWARE : Black
- STRINGS : D’Addario YB-XL 170