This defies the laws of science, logic and all we have learnt about guitar prices.
If you had wandered into the shop asking for a well made 5 string bass, made with exotic woods, then fitted with a pair of Bartolini Mk1 humbuckers, running through a Mark Bass pre amp, but you only had £500 to spend, you would have been asking for the impossible and yet those amazing folk at the Cort factory have produced exactly that!
These are simply the best value basses around, pro end electrics, great built spec and made to last the C5 plus is you perfect go to gigging or recording bass, it has be played to be believed!
Here is the official spec -
The Cort Artisan C5 Plus (available in top variations like OVMH with Ovangkol or ZBMH with Zebrawood) is a 5-string active electric bass featuring a mahogany body, 34-inch hard maple neck, 24-fret jatoba fingerboard, Bartolini MK-1 pickups, and a transparent Markbass MB-1 3-band EQ preamp.
Body and Construction
Body Material: Mahogany wings with a maple center top and an exotic veneer top (Ovangkol for OVMH or Zebrawood for ZBMH).
Neck Construction: Canadian hard maple, bolt-on.
Scale Length: 34 inches (864 mm).
Fingerboard: Jatoba with a 15.75-inch radius (400 mm).
Frets: 24 jumbo frets.
Pickups: Bartolini MK-1 pickup set.
Preamp: Markbass MB-1 EQ system with 3-band EQ, volume, blend pot, and active/passive mini toggle switch.
Bridge: MetalCraft M5 bridge with dual string-loading capability (top-load or through-body).
Hardware Coloor: Black.
Tuners: Die-cast / encapsulated machine heads.
