Cort GB74 Gig Bass: A budget alternative to the Fender Jazz Bass?
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With its GB series, Cort aims to entice bassists who like instruments with a more traditional look. But the Korean maker then adds modern features and smaller improvements into the mix. Its latest model is the GB74 Gig Bass, which has modern pickup configurations, active electronics and more tonal options. Could one of these replace聽your Fender bass?
Cort GB74 Gig Bass
As befits a classic J-Bass, the聽core of the new聽Cort GB74 is an聽alder body聽with a Canadian hard rock聽maple聽neck and fingerboard.聽On paper, that should deliver the basis for a solid, punchy sound.聽The neck has a truss rod that can be easily聽adjusted聽at the base of the neck via a spoke wheel, a vast improvement聽over the old Fender聽design, in my opinion.
Cort GB74 Gig Bass 路 Source: Cort
Multitone humbucker
While the tone woods used here are fully in line with the classic J Bass, the pickups are more modern.聽The聽P-Style聽VTB-P聽聽at the neck聽position is paired with the new Multitone humbucker.聽Using a聽3-way switch,聽you can聽switch聽between humbuckers (both coils) and the聽inner聽or聽outer聽coil individually. Neat.
Cort GB74 Gig Bass controls 路 Source: Cort
Versatile Tones
When combined with the combination with the single-coil pickup at the neck, this results in a far wider range of sounds than a standard Fender聽Jazz Bass. You can hear them in action in the video below to get an idea of how this bass has more options available.
The model also sports an active 2-band eq and that you can also operate聽the bass聽purely passively聽via a聽push/pull function.
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- Cort GB74 Gig Bass spoke adjustment 路 Source: Cort
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- Cort GB74 Gig Bass with Hipshot Tuners 路 Source: Cort
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- Cort GB74 Gig Bass Omega Bridge 路 Source: Cort
The聽Omega bridge聽is massive and looks solid.聽It’s a nod to the good old Badass Bridge, and should give enough sustain and help thicken up the tone. The GB74 Gig has a quality set of Hipshot tuners, so I imagine that the聽tuning on this bass will be reliable.
Jazz Bass Killer?
For the money, this new聽Cort GB74 Gig Bass聽is a serious contender if you are in the market for a Jazz Bass style instrument. It packs a lot of punch given its price tag, especially with the Multitone humbucker and circuitry that make it more versatile than your average Jazz Bass.
RRP – USD 899.99 inc deluxe gig bag
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