Description
Cort Artisan A5 Ultra Ash 5-String Bass
For players searching for a seriously premium bass, the Cort A5 Ultra Ash is a simply outstanding choice. Designed with serious bassists in mind, the new approach of adding ash top on a mahogany body ensures a great tonal balance. Warm, yet full, and punchy sounding lows abound alongside bright yet clear and transparent highs. Not to mention ash’s beautiful wood grain for more a natural aesthetic! The newly developed Fishman Fluence Bass Soapbar pickups and its 2-band EQ will surely satisfy any hard-rocking modern bassist. Its multi-voiced capabilities definitely cater for a wide range of genres.
Ash Top on Mahogany Body
Ash top on a mahogany body ensures a great balance of warm yet full and punchy sounding lows and bright, clear and transparent highs, not to mention ash’s beautiful wood grain for more a natural aesthetic.
Fishman® Fluence Bass Soapbar
Based on Fishman’s convention-disrupting Fluence Core technology, the new pickups for bass bring the revolutionary multi-voice performance, dynamic range, and articulation of Fluence technology to 4-string and 5-string bassists. The three voices for the Fluence Soapbar offer players a wide palette of sounds that cover all playing styles.
1 Volume, 1 Blend, 2 Band EQ | 3 Way Voice Control Toggle Switch
A5 Ultra Ash’s versatility is maximized by the push/pull mode on the volume knob. Also, the dedicated 3-way mini switch provides multi-voice control that enables perfect tones for wide range of genres.
3 Way Voice Control Switch:
- Voice 1 (Passive): Classic, fat and round
- Voice 2 (Active): Full frequency, full dynamics
- Voice 3 (Active with mid contour): Funk, Hi-Fi scooped
The push/pull pot for volume/coil-split engages single coil mode when pulled for the same voices above but with Jazz Bass string window
Neck-Thru Body Construction
When it comes to punch and sustain, nothing beats neck-thru-body construction. The strings vibrate across the body and neck in coherent and linear manner, maximizing the tightness of the low-end with rich mids and singing highs.
Hipshot® TransTone Bridge
The string-thru-body and top-load construction facilitates greater tonal range while adding punch and enhancing sustain, perfectly complementing the longer 34” scale’s tighter string tension and focused sound.
5pcs Maple & Panga Panga Neck
Maple’s strength and brightness is ideally balanced with the warm midrange of Panga Panga. So, you get superb playability and feel, as well as excellent tonal definition.
Panga Panga Fingerboard
An African hardwood, Panga Panga has characteristics of Wenge and produces a tight and coherent sound. This mates extremely well with the instrument’s multi-laminate neck-thru-body construction.
Hipshot® Ultralite Machine Heads
Cort Artisan basses are equipped with Hipshot Ultralite Tuners that use a classic 20:1 tuning ratio. Made of cast zinc with aluminum strings posts and mounting nuts, these tuners are 30% lighter than other regular tuners. This results in improved balance plus also provides better tuning accuracy.
