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    THE LOWDOWN

    Jun 16, 2020 3 minutes

    CORT STRENGTH

    Cort’s new A5 Plus SC bass has been reissued as a standard scale instrument, in response to bassists who preferred traditional fretting to that of its multi-scale predecessor. There’s a new finish, Amber Open Pore, fo the poplar burl top, but otherwise it’s the same singlecut, neck-through, string-through, 34” bass with a panga panga fretboard that we played and enjoyed at NAMM this year. Bartolini MK-1 pickups and preamp combination provides punch, boost and high end, and all

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