Love Cort basses( so underrated) what a great review!! I appreciate it when you do reviews on Cort and Ibanez. Less is such an amazing bass player and enjoy when ever he does a play- through!!
Cort is a great brand. My first bass ever was a red Cort action bass. It was a great bass, period. It might not have been the coolest looking, but I seriously believe that you could have done anything with this bass, from beginning to playing world tours. Not that I got there, but you get the idea. :D
Lars, at 3:19 on this video on the GB Cort the riff your are playing is identical to riff you played on the EBMM Caprice back in 2016 in Frankfurt. Just a fun comment. Thx.
ha, indeed! it's just one of those riffs from my collection, i guess ... some of 'em keep popping up here and there. awesome you actually took notice of that, man!
Paulownia wood also known as Royal/Empress, this is a very fast growing tree it is also brittle with the lowest density listed (close to balsa). This is why this bass has a maple block otherwise it would sound like poop...I like the idea as long as neck dive is not an issue...
Since Cort doesn’t even answer questions on their own product videos: Does the passive mode require a battery to be plugged in? What is the volume difference between active and passive mode? I think there was a review on Bonedo or here where one bass had almost no volume difference, which makes it really usable for switching sounds in a live setup..
Yeah true, they do not even answer to custommers for support and issues. So your question should be, if you buy it will they turn their backs afterwrds? The answer is yes they will and they won't even sweat about it.
dear god can you imagine if cort put out 4-5-6 string multiscale versions with 37-34 format multiscale @ around the 1500euro mark, they'd sweep the market
@@basstheworldofficial Your answer didn't show up until today...... strange you tube notifications. Thanks anyway! In the meantime a talked with Gerald. Consat is almost done.
I'd take this over the higher end Sire basses any day for that vintage 70's jazz tone. No ugly branding on the headstock and an absolutely BEAUTIFUL top. I love Marcus Miller, but at least stylize the font with his name plastered on the headstock and don't just use the most default boring font possible, ugly
To my ears, tone are more compress, fatter, less snappy and polished compare to previous GB74JJ with VTB-ST hum cancelling Alnico V pickups. The price tag are twice more than 74JJ too. I believe roasted maple neck are far solid than GB74JJ i been own, which not stable enough with solid name call Canadian Hard Maple !
got 2 cort basses, 3 weeks ago my b4 plus asrm fried its electronics, only works passive. when in active mode it produces a hissing soud. tried to contact cort 4 times, no reply from them, not even a confirmation that they got my messages. So, in my opinion... just avoid them, no support at all.
Cort also has a reputation for treating their employees very poorly. Though throwing their money at such companies is not something that seems to weigh on the conscience of most. I mean look at Amazon for Christ sake.
I really want to like this bass. The weight, design, build quality and versatility are almost exactly what I'm looking for. But I just can't deal with that finish. It looks like it's been smeared in poo! I wish they'd offer this bass in solid colour finishes.
Hello, in this video is this bass recorded direct or with a DI DMP ? Thanks a lot for the video I love this bass very nice sounding & very nice demo , well done
I am planing to buy this Cort bass GB 4 modern is okay or you suggest for me something else ? Sorry to buzzed you too much i am looking for a 4 strings I like the sound of this one but if the markbass preamp is not good I can change it right , with Jhon east or maybe Nordstrand ?
Alcuni bassisti preferiscono intercorda 17mm, altri 18mm, altri 19mm e non cambieranno mai. Ma la questione qui è sottovalutata e non si cita la misura dell'INTERCORDA. 🤐
Hi guys, do you have in program to review also the 5 string? there aren't any, surfing the web, and trusting your opinions, we're (i'm) waiting for it, thank you bye!
Hi Gregor, greetings from Australia, [ich kann aber deutsch], one question about the Cort JB5, I was surprised to hear the pickups are actually single coils, given they are that big. Do they have the single coil buzz like the original J Bass when you use one pickup only? Special noiseless pickups from Aguilar have solved this problem, so I was wondering...
That transparent pickguard really ruins the looks of this bass. It cheapens it out. Either no pickguard at all or black (with everything else also being black) would be much-much better. And I agree about weight. From my experience, ultra-light basses (like my Ibanez SR650 - only 3.3 kilos) lack articulation and note definition. I also have a custom-designed headless bass that has places for counterweights both in the body and at the (very small) head. The bass sounds better with more weight in the body and less at the head.
I have an SR505e with Nordstrand Zen Blades and it's very modern sounding now and you are right that low end isn't is strong point, but wow the highs. It still punches and I love it. Have the Cort too and it has a ton of low end
@@joannalewis5279 Yeah my Ibanez also has a sizzling high-end, and lots of fret noise. If your Cort has Bartolini Mk1s, it will sound much better with the Zen blades on it. I had a B4 and replaced the Mk1s with Zens and they lightened the sound, adding some more high-end without changing the general character, because they are both bladed pickups. The winding is just different. Eventually I put the Zen blade onto the custom bass I told you about in the bridge "position" (it's moveable) and it is paired to a noiseless Nordstrand '51 Precision in the neck "position". Surprisingly they pair pretty well together, producing a very articulate and round sound. If I solo any one of them (especially the '51) I can have tons of highs too.
I’m one of the very few Americans that use the metric system and believe that it is better. I get called a Commie all the time. Let’s see…. …base ten…. or base twelve???? Viva la metric system.
Yup. It's a beauty. Still setting it up and adapting but I think it's a keeper for me. Small chance the nut needs filing, but not sure yet and at its core it's got so much potential
'Freedom kilos' - I love this! Thankfully, once again the UK is 'taking back control' from the evil 'Fifth Reich' (the EU). Of course, this is complete BOLLOCKS and indeed, BOLLOCKS TO BREXIT! The implementation of self-imposed economic sanctions on ourselves (UK), has made my life a pain in the arse from buying gear from Thomann to (the now nightmare of) working in the EU, which accounted for around a third of my yearly income as a bass player. I have unashamedly, started to refer to imperial measures as 'freedom...' At least we 'remainers' or 'remoaners' as our right-wing press labels us, still have the ability to raise a smile and mostly, laugh at the appalling political decisions made by the donkeys that lead us; which is a good thing really, as the rest of the world considers the British as a laughing stock as the country descends into a second-world state run like a 'banana republic'. Rule Brit's anus, Brit's anus waives the rules! By the way - thanks for this review. This model looks like the bass I've been looking for, for quite some time now. P.S. I've just ordered mine!
Love your videos but it's kind of stupid to call people conspiracy theorists when there is actually plenty of direct evidence that you're wrong about tone woods. If you've got any kind of hard evidence supporting your stance, I'd love to see it. I'm talking data, not just an appeal to authority.
Find me one luthier that supports your theory. Just one, only one. Please educate yourself. It’s really just simple physics. Do you really believe the rules for mass make an exception for woods that happen to end up in instruments? Different densities, different weights resonate at different frequencies in a different way. How would it not?
And to follow on from this. I have 2 basses with Nordstrand single coils of different types including this one. Both weigh the same but this one has a much richer low end while they other has got rich upper mids and highs. It's about the whole construction and guess what, both bases are made largely of... Wood
Nice bass but poor way to « recreate » the superlight models from Sandberg (which accidentally do use the same wood for their body). Who needs poplar burst and maple thing when you could just use a full paulownia body ? Is it a patent thing they want to go around ? Or just idiocracy since using that sandwich maple/poplar burst method is only bringing the cost up ? Same thing for the Babich bridge… a simpler string through body model would have brought more advantages (choice of string tension AND a lighter body in the end since the Babich bridge is pretty heavy). To me, a bridge like the one being used on the Yamaha BB434 would have been way better. Cort is a great company, no doubt about it, but their r&d department is a little sloppy on their design compared to Yamaha. I am no fan of the latter but I do own a BB5N II which is 3.5Kg, and to me, that’s a pretty light for a fiver with alder body which is 20 years old. So, no obvious revolution happening here… Anyway, thank you again for that nice video :-)
Cort’s been stepping up for quit a while, now. That bass sounds great!
It's great to see the quality of the instruments coming from Cort. They have always been great value, but now they are just great basses.
Every Bass has to bow if played by Lars and... beautiful looking and sounding instrument! The last piece was beautiful!!!
and with Elrick joining forces with Cort... Cort is killing it!
Such a gorgeous instrument, love it.
Man... Lars smokes my mind every time you have him on here!
Sounds and looks great. Of course Lars laying the cut straight.
Love Cort basses( so underrated) what a great review!! I appreciate it when you do reviews on Cort and Ibanez. Less is such an amazing bass player and enjoy when ever he does a play- through!!
That guy can really play bass. Cool studio too. Thanks.
Lars is very good bassist for sure! Sounds beautiful!
I’m glad you Checked It Out.
Millerized sounding bass....soooo cool!
Cort is a great brand. My first bass ever was a red Cort action bass. It was a great bass, period. It might not have been the coolest looking, but I seriously believe that you could have done anything with this bass, from beginning to playing world tours. Not that I got there, but you get the idea. :D
Impressive bass. Not just looks, but it sounds pretty nice on this video. You didn't mention price Gregor. Lol
Lars, at 3:19 on this video on the GB Cort the riff your are playing is identical to riff you played on the EBMM Caprice back in 2016 in Frankfurt. Just a fun comment. Thx.
ha, indeed! it's just one of those riffs from my collection, i guess ... some of 'em keep popping up here and there. awesome you actually took notice of that, man!
Awesome sound! Would like to have the same bass but 6 string.
Ok, I'm convinced, just spontaneously bought that beautiful thing.
I'm so glad freedom kgs is still a thing. I pop for that every time!
WoW, sounds great. Hipshots, Babicz, norstrand or bartollini... Markbass preamp....Its a dream
Freedom kilos!!
🦅🦅🦅🦅
Really nice bass. Excellent player too.
thanx! 😀
@@LarsLehmannBassplayer I've watched a lot of your videos. They keep me inspired. Thanks.
@@tigerscott2966 thank you so much, man!
Paulownia wood also known as Royal/Empress, this is a very fast growing tree it is also brittle with the lowest density listed (close to balsa). This is why this bass has a maple block otherwise it would sound like poop...I like the idea as long as neck dive is not an issue...
Cort bases are superb light weight economic and has a great tone
Since Cort doesn’t even answer questions on their own product videos:
Does the passive mode require a battery to be plugged in? What is the volume difference between active and passive mode? I think there was a review on Bonedo or here where one bass had almost no volume difference, which makes it really usable for switching sounds in a live setup..
you don't need a battery and there's no real volume bump. all good
Yeah true, they do not even answer to custommers for support and issues. So your question should be, if you buy it will they turn their backs afterwrds? The answer is yes they will and they won't even sweat about it.
Nice looking bass, but it sounds a little weak in the lows to me (shrugs)
No way. I have it and it's thunderous
Lovely looking bass cort making nice basses
I feel like the pickguard takes away from the beautiful finish of the body, I think it would look better without even though it's translucent.
that was exactly my thought as well! but it seems easy to remove it...
I took mine off. Everyone says this.
dear god can you imagine if cort put out 4-5-6 string multiscale versions with 37-34 format multiscale @ around the 1500euro mark, they'd sweep the market
"freedom kilos" 🤣
Hi, thanks for the review. If you had to choose a 5 string version which one would go for.....GB modern or NJS? Ease of playing and sound wise?
NJS would be the clear winner for me
@@basstheworldofficial
Your answer didn't show up until today...... strange you tube notifications. Thanks anyway!
In the meantime a talked with Gerald. Consat is almost done.
Cort makes some cool stuff
Talk about bang for the buck? This bass looks and sounds amazing!
Can you review the new Cort Elrick NJS5? Thanks 👍🏼
we'll do when they're available here in Germany
Reminds me a lot of the Mayones Jabba Signature basses of Hadrien Ferraud and Frederico Malaman
I was thinking just this... Mayones and also MARUSZCZYK
I think it’s spelled Mayonnaise.
@@jjfloyd618 🤣
I LIKE THS BASS GREGOR
LARS PLAYS BASS VERY GOOD
thanks mark, you da man! 😀
YOU ARE WELCOME
@@markbass354 😀
I'd take this over the higher end Sire basses any day for that vintage 70's jazz tone. No ugly branding on the headstock and an absolutely BEAUTIFUL top. I love Marcus Miller, but at least stylize the font with his name plastered on the headstock and don't just use the most default boring font possible, ugly
To my ears, tone are more compress, fatter, less snappy and polished compare to previous GB74JJ with VTB-ST hum cancelling Alnico V pickups. The price tag are twice more than 74JJ too.
I believe roasted maple neck are far solid than GB74JJ i been own, which not stable enough with solid name call Canadian Hard Maple !
Meraviglioso 💕
Pensei que fosse Fernando Nunes, um ótimo baixista brasileiro.
How much does it cost? Let me know please
0:34 what a huge action is that OMG
action always looks high on camera because of perspective
@@Dinozzo1995 especially if it's high. If I check my basses from this view they all look nice low
A great beautiful wood! Congratulations to Cort
got 2 cort basses, 3 weeks ago my b4 plus asrm fried its electronics, only works passive. when in active mode it produces a hissing soud. tried to contact cort 4 times, no reply from them, not even a confirmation that they got my messages. So, in my opinion... just avoid them, no support at all.
Cort also has a reputation for treating their employees very poorly. Though throwing their money at such companies is not something that seems to weigh on the conscience of most. I mean look at Amazon for Christ sake.
It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that "freedom kilos" = pounds...
I really want to like this bass. The weight, design, build quality and versatility are almost exactly what I'm looking for. But I just can't deal with that finish. It looks like it's been smeared in poo! I wish they'd offer this bass in solid colour finishes.
I've seen you make this same comment on every Cort GB video and on talkbass...
I've seen this comment everywhere too and it's just not the case in my view. Mine is beautiful
Corts are very underrated
Curious Could you Review the Michael Kelly Custom Collection Element 5R?
What is a ”Freedom Kilo”?
a pound
I don't like the strings that Cort comes with and swapped them out fairly quickly. I've read that elsewhere too.
Really good sounds.. Impressive.
For two seconds I thought Gregor said "hack your mom" at 5:16 :-D but it was a lot nicer what he really said ;-) FAB bass btw
Hello, in this video is this bass recorded direct or with a DI DMP ? Thanks a lot for the video I love this bass very nice sounding & very nice demo , well done
All videos are recorded with the DMP and the Reddi
@@basstheworldofficial thank you so much , you prefer which more Red DI or DMP DI on this bass ?
always both together
I am planing to buy this Cort bass GB 4 modern is okay or you suggest for me something else ? Sorry to buzzed you too much i am looking for a 4 strings
I like the sound of this one but if the markbass preamp is not good I can change it right , with Jhon east or maybe Nordstrand ?
the preamp is great, no need to swap it out in my opinion. go for it, I think it's a good choice if you like the sound
Wish they made a lefty 5
Each Fame by Honda is ? quality?
Alcuni bassisti preferiscono intercorda 17mm, altri 18mm, altri 19mm e non cambieranno mai. Ma la questione qui è sottovalutata e non si cita la misura dell'INTERCORDA. 🤐
Hi guys, do you have in program to review also the 5 string? there aren't any, surfing the web, and trusting your opinions, we're (i'm) waiting for it, thank you bye!
It’s rather unlikely that we’ll test the 5string, too
Hi Gregor, greetings from Australia, [ich kann aber deutsch], one question about the Cort JB5, I was surprised to hear the pickups are actually single coils, given they are that big. Do they have the single coil buzz like the original J Bass when you use one pickup only? Special noiseless pickups from Aguilar have solved this problem, so I was wondering...
Can’t remember tbh. Sorry mate
[Ehrlich waehrt am laengsten :)))))] Love your channel.
How much msrp? can i get one in Indonesia?
That transparent pickguard really ruins the looks of this bass. It cheapens it out. Either no pickguard at all or black (with everything else also being black) would be much-much better. And I agree about weight. From my experience, ultra-light basses (like my Ibanez SR650 - only 3.3 kilos) lack articulation and note definition. I also have a custom-designed headless bass that has places for counterweights both in the body and at the (very small) head. The bass sounds better with more weight in the body and less at the head.
I have an SR505e with Nordstrand Zen Blades and it's very modern sounding now and you are right that low end isn't is strong point, but wow the highs. It still punches and I love it. Have the Cort too and it has a ton of low end
@@joannalewis5279 Yeah my Ibanez also has a sizzling high-end, and lots of fret noise.
If your Cort has Bartolini Mk1s, it will sound much better with the Zen blades on it. I had a B4 and replaced the Mk1s with Zens and they lightened the sound, adding some more high-end without changing the general character, because they are both bladed pickups. The winding is just different.
Eventually I put the Zen blade onto the custom bass I told you about in the bridge "position" (it's moveable) and it is paired to a noiseless Nordstrand '51 Precision in the neck "position". Surprisingly they pair pretty well together, producing a very articulate and round sound. If I solo any one of them (especially the '51) I can have tons of highs too.
I’m one of the very few Americans that use the metric system and believe that it is better. I get called a Commie all the time. Let’s see…. …base ten…. or base twelve????
Viva la metric system.
Edelstahlbünde?🙂
Gregor Freeze? Mr Freeze?
Recorded this bass DOES sound thin.
No far from it!!
can you elaborate more?
More than likely that you didn't EQ it right
f r e e d o m k i l o s
Does anyone actually own one? They've been sitting on shelves for over a year
Yup. It's a beauty. Still setting it up and adapting but I think it's a keeper for me. Small chance the nut needs filing, but not sure yet and at its core it's got so much potential
make it 24fret, and multiscale....
it's no wonder jeff berlin plays cort
Freedom Kilos!🤣🤣🤣
Weight?
3.5kg
Freedom Kilos!
🦅🦅🦅🦅
Out of tune A string?
This dude just told me told walk my mom and hug my dog?
If they were only smart enough to figure out a blend control instead of 2 volumes
🎸😍🙄🙄
Freedom kilos 🤣🤣🤣
This bass of weight is not heavy
Wish that cort would do this in a 5 string with 19 mm spacing. Everything is made for tiny Asian hands and not traditional fender geometry.
'Freedom kilos' - I love this! Thankfully, once again the UK is 'taking back control' from the evil 'Fifth Reich' (the EU). Of course, this is complete BOLLOCKS and indeed, BOLLOCKS TO BREXIT! The implementation of self-imposed economic sanctions on ourselves (UK), has made my life a pain in the arse from buying gear from Thomann to (the now nightmare of) working in the EU, which accounted for around a third of my yearly income as a bass player. I have unashamedly, started to refer to imperial measures as 'freedom...' At least we 'remainers' or 'remoaners' as our right-wing press labels us, still have the ability to raise a smile and mostly, laugh at the appalling political decisions made by the donkeys that lead us; which is a good thing really, as the rest of the world considers the British as a laughing stock as the country descends into a second-world state run like a 'banana republic'. Rule Brit's anus, Brit's anus waives the rules!
By the way - thanks for this review. This model looks like the bass I've been looking for, for quite some time now.
P.S. I've just ordered mine!
Love your videos but it's kind of stupid to call people conspiracy theorists when there is actually plenty of direct evidence that you're wrong about tone woods. If you've got any kind of hard evidence supporting your stance, I'd love to see it. I'm talking data, not just an appeal to authority.
Find me one luthier that supports your theory. Just one, only one. Please educate yourself. It’s really just simple physics. Do you really believe the rules for mass make an exception for woods that happen to end up in instruments? Different densities, different weights resonate at different frequencies in a different way. How would it not?
And to follow on from this. I have 2 basses with Nordstrand single coils of different types including this one. Both weigh the same but this one has a much richer low end while they other has got rich upper mids and highs.
It's about the whole construction and guess what, both bases are made largely of... Wood
I Dont like Ultra Light bass guitars they feel cheap and the tone is different..
This one doesn’t feel cheap at all
No way does this bass feel cheap I can assure you as well
Ha! A shot at America while you’re speaking Freedom-German… very edgy!
Nice bass but poor way to « recreate » the superlight models from Sandberg (which accidentally do use the same wood for their body).
Who needs poplar burst and maple thing when you could just use a full paulownia body ?
Is it a patent thing they want to go around ?
Or just idiocracy since using that sandwich maple/poplar burst method is only bringing the cost up ?
Same thing for the Babich bridge… a simpler string through body model would have brought more advantages (choice of string tension AND a lighter body in the end since the Babich bridge is pretty heavy).
To me, a bridge like the one being used on the Yamaha BB434 would have been way better.
Cort is a great company, no doubt about it, but their r&d department is a little sloppy on their design compared to Yamaha.
I am no fan of the latter but I do own a BB5N II which is 3.5Kg, and to me, that’s a pretty light for a fiver with alder body which is 20 years old.
So, no obvious revolution happening here…
Anyway, thank you again for that nice video :-)
Ok, but it's still a great bass and I love the looks and balance with the weight. I'm disabled and have to have basses roughly under 8lbs
I've never tried Cort basses but it's a shame that they make shitty electric guitars.