Hi,
I’m pondering and old 2005 Cort B5 I’ve found in a pawnbroker nearby and I was wondering if anyone has any experience with these?
It’s cheapish but has the wood around the knobs broken (looks like one of the eq knobs has been hit, pushing it in) and it’s way out of tune etc. Difficult to try out as it’s got secutiry tags through the strings, but everything seems to work and there’s no apparent noise from the electronics. I think it’s repairable, but I can’t find much out about the old Corts, hence this post
Price, if you’re interested, is about $200AUD. It has Hipshot tuners and Bartolini pickups, from what I can see
So, has anyone here owned one of these? Is it worth taking a chance, or just avoid? Looks like new B5’s are quite nice, how different are the old ones?
Looks like opinions here are pretty unanimous
I think I’ll leave it for the moment. Might have a look back in the new year, see if it’s still there (I did kinda like it for some reason, might be just that I felt sorry for it)
I did offer them $150 but they said best they could do was $200 so I just left it there
Edit: I’m assuming you’re talking $US? I think prices in the US are ex tax, but not sure what the convention is. If you offer $100 for something in a store, is that the total price or would taxes then be added to that? Not directly related to bases, just curious
My daughter just noticed, from one of the pics I took, that one of the tuners is bent. Not sure how long until it breaks, but this would push it firmly into the “No” category I guess
To clarify - It’s the shaft of the bit you hold to turn it that’s bent, not the post with the string on. Like someone’s dropped it swung it hard into something
Ah, that makes sense. Sorry for the confusion
I think I’ll pass on this one and just save a bit for a better one. Was just looking for a cheap 5 string to be able to play a few songs our band wants to do