Cort updates its flagship guitar: Enter the Fishman Fluence-loaded X700 Duality II
Now with a mahogany body and new pickups for 2022
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Cort has updated its Cort X700 Duality to Version II, incorporating design input from progressive guitarist Hedras Ramos. The new version of this affordable high-performance guitar is loaded with Fishman Fluence Open Core Classic humbuckers, and incorporates a mahogany body. Has Cort designed a winner?
Cort X700 Duality II
Released in 2019, the previous incarnation of Cort’s flagship model came with a swamp ash body. V2 uses mahogany, giving you a slightly different tone and feel. It’s loaded with a set of the Fishman Fluence Open Core Classic humbucking pickups and has some unique switching possibilities via the five-way blade switch. What’s interesting here is the guita’s capability to access a range of versatile coil pairings, including a combination of both humbucker inner-coils at the same time. You also have a a master volume knob and push-pull tone pot, so you can get single-coil tones from the humbuckers as well.
Cort Duallity II in Polar Ice Burst · Source: Cort
Pickup Switching Modes
Position1: Neck Humbucker – Voice-1 or 2 Selectable via Tone Knob Push / Pull
Position2: Neck Humbucker – Voice-3 Extended Top End, both coils active
Position3: Bridge & Neck Humbuckers – Voice-1 or 2 Selectable via Tone Knob Push / Pull
Position4: Bridge & Neck Single – Single Coil Voice-3, Inner Coils, Hum Cancelling
Position5: Bridge Humbucker – Voice-1 or 2 Selectable via Tone Knob Push/Pull
Cort Duality II in Lava Burst · Source: Cort
Polar Ice Burst and Lava Burst
Cort is offering the X700 Duality II in Polar Ice Burst and a Lava Burst finish over a contoured mahogany body. The 25.5 scale length, three-piece maple/panga panga neck is loaded with an ebony fretboard and 24 stainless steel frets, abalone dot inlays and Luminlay glow-in-the-dark side dots. The hardware includes a set of Cort staggered locking tuners and a Cort CFA-III tremolo.
With the impressive switching options and quality specifications, this new 2022 Cort Duality II model could be a winner. This new model is due out towards the beginning of March this year and comes in at over grand, which is about right for the specifications of this guitar.
RRP – GBP 1149
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