Cort G Series G290 FAT | Review
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- Опубліковано 4 лис 2019
- Offering excellent playability mixed with superb tones and versatility in one six-string package is no easy feat. However, Cort looks to achieve this at a reasonable price with the release of the G290 FAT. Here is Sam Bell with the full breakdown.
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Useful review Sam, thank you and great playing - so good to hear it clean too
awesome playing with intelligent and concise explanation. very rarely found in guitar reviews. well done, thanks Sam Bell and GIM!!
Beautiful guitar. Great playing Sam!
These cort reviews are really usefull... They some pretty good quality and good sounding guitars...
This is a wonderful review of a BEAUTIFUL guitar. I may truly consider purchasing one of these. Price is fantastic and Sam really made it sound like a $2K Suhr, Music Man or Keisel equivalent.
Agreed!
Lets not get carried away here, Cort are the kings of Bang for Buck, but no more, and no less. Thy cannot compete with higher grade stuff........btw how is your brother Gordon doing?
I love Cort guitars. This one is no exception. 21st century truss rod adjustment, ideal section necks and compound radius fingerboards perfect for my hands, and their higher end OEM PUPs never fail to please. I promised my Mrs. no more guitars for a couple of years. A G290 FAT might be the exception. Best finished guitar in my collection is my Cort Manson collaboration Classic TC. If it was stolen, I'd buy one again immediately.
i sold my fender strat us and buy two cort, a G290( the older one not the fat) ) and G Custom with emg pickups superstrat style, love them! very good guitars
@@rolandoperrin Nice. I just (this past two weeks) bought two new amps at opportunity buy prices too good to resist, so another new axe will have to wait a while. It's want rather than need, so patience isn't an issue as long as the models remain available. Pretty sure it'll be either a Cort or Harley Benton from my wish list.
James Creswell i think the next for me will be the G290 Fat, beautiful guitar 😀
@@rolandoperrin Agree 100% re the G290 Fat. IMV Cort has hit a discerning consumer high desirability bullseye with the config of that model.
@@jamescreswell9037 Is it good at fast playing?
Sam EFFING Bell!! Doood, U are incredible.
Nicely done bro.
Simply elegant and soulful playing.
Kudos, your studies have proven fruitful.
Excelent review. Just one remark: position 2 is outer coils together, position 4 is inner coils together; not just a splitted humbucker.
That's true.
I really don't understand why so many manufacturers, who produce strats with bridge humbucker, are ignoring splitting the last one to a single. Single "single pickup" in a bridge is more than 50% of strat sound. Literally this is a essence of strat sound.
Better change position 2 to the coil closest to the bridge.
A mod would fix it I guess. But of course we want it to come out from the box.
Yeah, I agree.This is a brilliant guitar. Very good review by the way.
Excellent review! Looks like a versatile guitar.
HI Sam bell.
What a show that guitar intro is .respect to you that is simply stunning you are as good as any top pro with legions of fans.
Great playing getting this guitar in the new year
At last! Someone who can do a proper review of an electric guitar. Thank you, Sam.
I need to have this one, so good sound, and also awesome look.
great demo,,,thanks for posting,,,lovley playing too cheers from australia
G series Cort guitars are amazing. Great playing!
Tried one today. Overall, a superb, unique instrument. As good as most Fenders I thought. Fantastic playability.
Extremely well played. Yet I always love to get some information on the sound path.
Looking beautiful guitar sounds great cort up in there game all over the years never played one cort and I've had some big names aswell nice playing looks great for the money hope it plays well 👍
Intonation sounds spot on!
A NICE annd COOL Video Review from Mr. Sam Bell.....2 Thumbs Up !!
Nice playing and oh yes, beautiful guitar.
Wow that bridge pickup sounds thick 🔥🔥 definitely keeper and the player is super melodic and professional 👍🔥
I just laid my eyes on Pacifica 612v ii fm, and now I found this.. Man... No wonder people have so many guitars
612viifm or this?
@@fransadrian7320 for me, I'm a big pacifica so I'm bias for pacifica
@@fransadrian7320 take into account that model of pacifica comes just with rosewood fretboard
I own 3 corts(x11, cr250, cr300) and 2 pacificas(pac112, 412v) and all of em play great, but would have to say pacifica 412v is my main axe.
Great Demo great playing nice legato !!!!!
This guitar sounds SICK!!!🔥🔥🔥
Do a review for the cort cr300...the specs looks great on that.
Nice playing
Instantly after I saw that review I have ordered a G290FAT and I am really positively surprised. It actually is a smart man's Suhr (as James Creswell said), very affordable but on a very high quality standard. It looks and feels as great as Sam Bell mentioned in his review. Highly recommended!
I need a light guitar do you know what the approximate weight is?
@@bluwng 2.5kg, very light
I thought it was 9lbs.
The front of this guitar looks great,but the back is really outta this world.I love it.
Really torn between these or Ibanez RG470amhz. Both look fantastic with Ash Body. Both sound amazing. The difference is only fret amount and pickup set up. Cort 22 fret HH, while Ibanez 24 fret HSH.
Sounds awesome
Thanks very usefull cos u demo it the clean sound and it sound nicee
Is the silver Cort logo on top of the finish or underneath?
Great review! Been looking to get something like this.. Maybe the Sire S7 or even the highly acclaimed Ibanez AZES. This thing looks great and sounds great. You can pick one up as of April 2022 for around the £500 mark in the Uk. Very tempted..
Sire S7 is basically an overpriced Cort G280. Cort is the better bang for buck obviously.
If this one is too heavy there is the Cort G280 Select and the next generation G290 FAT II.
Woow !! Sounds very good
Cort g290 fat and schecter sun valley supper shredher iii which one I should prefer to buy plz reply sir
Amazing guitar quality/price at the TOP
About $500 USD. Amazing how many companies are producing killer sub $1000 guitars.
Yamaha. e.g. PAC612VII FM. But owning multiple recent production examples from both brands (purchased 2017 through current) manufactured in their respective Indonesian factories, *in 2019* I think Cort configure to a higher consistent real specification generally at any price point albeit using OEM unbranded hardware, finish to a higher standard, and have superior QC. Figuratively speaking, Cort product leaves Fender and Gibson at twice their price points face down in the mud.
This is what the new Ultra line from Fender should've been like...lol. I have been eyeing one of these for quite some time.
Thanks for the video, great playing!
Bro, I am torn between 3 guitars rn.. this one for its amazing versatility, the Fender American Pro and Ultra. I love the Fender crispy glass-like cleans, but this thing pulls off great cleans too.. AND can go to classic rock hard rock, and maybe metal if you have a high gain amp behind it. Tbh, if the Fenders weren't $1600 - 2000, and more in the $1000 - 1200 range, I probably wouldn't ever be able to choose. However, for $600, this thing is starting to look like a steal. I have another Cort I put some Seymour Duncan Black Winter Pups in and its just an all around nice guitar.
MrJzlavallee Yeah man, I own about five or six Cort guitars. They are great. I wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger on this one!
Great review. But is this guitar heavy? Different sources are saying 9 to 12lbs.
Sam,
Have you demoed G290 FAT II?
One find day I'll have it
Nice review though your description of the pickup coil selection for position 2 and 4 is incorrect. The guitar has amazing tonality and has just joined my arsenal. Great stage guitar that covers all bases without costing a fortune. Look for one on the used market, occasionally they come up.
Got a B stock back in 2019.
Anyone know how this would compare to a stratocaster elite hss?
Amazing guitar For The Price! 😉
Better quality feel than my FSR USA Strat.
fantastic playabilty just bought one yesterday. Only issue I have with it is the nut isnt cut very well so it goes slightly out of tune if you go ham on the whammy but other than that it sounds superb
Congos man! You got the older version or fat ii? Am planning to get the fat ii, but kinda worried bout the weight.... how much it weighs? Tia 😊
@@Haaaaaaagg im not sure on the weight but its a pretty heavy one I got the first version. But I think you're better off with the FAT ii
G 290 FAT II is made out of Alder with a maple top.So it is lighter.Plus they changed the nut and added a roasted maple neck.Yes I have the older version.
How much does it weight.??
Nice guitar
Hey guys if anyone knows this.
Should i buy cort g290 fat or fender Stratocaster?i can afford them both but couldn't decide,anyone who is experienced in this stuff please reply❤️
Hardtail version.?
Split sounds convincing..
Woov Sam bro👋
This is quiet good guitar
Hi! I want to buy this guitar or a Harley Benton CST-24T , which one should I buy? I'm using an sss fender and I want a stronger sound, my infrastructure is ready for use with pedals. Which should I get?
In my opinion you get a better quality overall from a Cort rather than an Harley Benton.
Cort builds guitars for other companies too such as ESP (the LTD line), Schecter etc. so it's a well established company
I've got one of the old Korean made carved top HSS G290s and it's a great guitar
How heavy is it?
@@jamestejada3673 I now have both and it's lighter than the 290FAT
I have one too came with Seymour Duncan pickups. TB4 and SSL1s
@@keanuuuu yeah, that's the one I've got (not an EMG guy)
@@Sifuben I’ve never tried EMGs, I only paid £105 for the guitar. Pickups alone were worth that. Also love the Sperzel locking tuners and Wilkinson bridge. Hoping to get a G290 FAT soon, or a G300 or an X700 Duality
Is it difficult to lower the strings??
It's not difficult at all.The bridge is a common tremolo bridge as like as the fender stratocaster bridge. There are steel saddles with screws to move the strings closer or further away from the frets
Almost Clapton-like around 7:30!!!
Is the neck a gloss or sating finish?
Is it floating tremolo bridge ?
Yes.
This is an excellent guitar, I’ve got one myself about a month ago and it became me absolutely favourite one and I do have a fare collection that includes 4 Player series Fenders, 3 Epiphons and custom built copy of Rickenbaker, but that Cort is something amazing. Planning to get Cort G 300 pro next wick. Great review! Many thanks from Melbourne Australia.
Did you get the g300? How does it compare
Made by Korea guitars is more competitive than others
Not indonesia?
Indonesia but QC its rigurous.
Cuanto pesa?
24 frets please..
Positions 2 & 4 are both splitted hums, not splitted hum alone!!! Outer coils/inner coils combInations
I just wish it had a rosewood fret
Dont have coil tap?
It doesn't.
It has coil splitting in positions 2 and 4
I almost forget about the review.. I just focus on your solo.. haha
Lukather tone!
Nice to see Cort have finally caught up to the design mass produced by such manufacturers as Peavey more than 20 years ago. 😈
Now the others just need to 'catch up' with real world contemporary pricing if they want their market share to stop contracting beyond retaining only those who can't think past superficial snobbery.
Cort has been building guitars for Ibanez, Schecter, G&L, Epiphone and many others for decades. If you own one of the above you probably own a 'Cort'.
Freu mich schon wenn ich sie in paar Tagen bekomme
This or Harley Benton Fusion II?
This is my dilema as well. From reviews I'm seeing Quality on the Cort side seems to be better than the Harley Benton.
The pickups on the Cort seemed to voiced a bit nicer, if I were to go Harley Benton I'd be considering a full swap of that stock pickup set.
The couple things the Harley Benton fusion II has that I wish the Cort had, roasted neck, and HSH pickup configuration with toggle switch (which is the Harley Benton fusion II model I'm looking at).
I think I'll end up going Cort, I'm also looking at their x700 duality with Seymour Duncan pickups.
It's a Suhr for the masses.
Talk about bang for the buck.......CORT owns 2021 (IMHO)
Sounds a bit like Brian Mays Red Special guitar with hi gain
Even Fen#!r or Gibby custom shop never as good as cort. The only thing that they have is only Brand image and gimmic issue about tone wood and master builder..so anyway
The sound of cort is mezzzzzmerizee....
Im sure indonesia has done a great job making this guitar, what do u think this one compare to pacifica 612? Because both in the same price range.
Only the bridge pickup sounds good
Made in...... ???????
Indonesia
A cheap version of Steve morse's musicman guitar
The ONLY thing holding this back is...the dam cheapass logo on headstock! It's 2021...hire a damn graphics designer for a kickass logo! You wil sell 50X more guitars!
Nice build quality, seems like... I’d rather have no name on the headstock than “Cort”. They need to find a better name, if they are going to get into the high end. Even if they spelled it “Court” it would be more attractive looking. It would still sound like a curse word though.
It’s personal taste, for sure, but I just can’t go it.
How superficial. Your problem is YOU.
Crot
James Creswell Lol
James Creswell That’s what personal taste means, numbskull. Get off your high horse.
Whats in a name?I'd rather go for quality rather than brand.Afterall your performance with the guitar matters most.Just my opinion.I am not imposing it upon anyone.
I left w/o watching cos you overplayed!