Cort G290 FAT II Demo
“Once you pick it up, you’ll know right away that this is a serious and worthy electric that should be on your radar,” Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario says in this Cort G290 FAT II demo.
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00:00Hey, what's up?
00:10It's Paul here from Guitar World, and today we're going to be checking out a standout
00:14electric from Cort Guitars, the Cort G290FAT2.
00:19Let's check it out.
00:30Whether you know it or not, Cort has made countless guitars for other manufacturers,
00:33yet their namesake instruments have largely been overlooked.
00:37Not anymore.
00:38Tapping into key features and ergonomic designs, Cort seems intent on overshadowing its competitors
00:44with its own models that are more than just a sum of their parts.
00:48Once you pick up this Cort G290FAT2, you'll know right away this is a serious and worthy
00:54electric that should be on your radar.
00:56What's cool is the offset body feels snug, pressed against you, with a generous belly
01:01carve and soft forearm contour that provides hours of playing comfort.
01:06But it's impossible not to notice the top-notch componentry and woods on this guitar.
01:11Everything about the Cort G290FAT2 appears elevated.
01:24This guitar features an older body with a gorgeous flame maple top, in trans-black burst,
01:29what you see here.
01:31There's also antique violin burst and bright blue burst, and it also has a one-ply white
01:36bonding.
01:37It also comes with a roasted maple neck and fretboard.
01:41Though it sounds like a misnomer, the Ergo V neck profile is not a V-shaped neck, but
01:47rather a palm-filling profile that's closer to a fuller 60C shape with a soft satin finish
01:53on the back of the neck.
01:54The neck also sports glow-in-the-dark Lumen-Lay side dots and easy-to-burn-on 12 to 15 ¾ inch
02:02compound radius fretboard with 22 immaculately dressed frets.
02:09There's also a Graf-Tek Black Tusk nut, Cort Staggered locking tuners, and an accessible
02:14Spokenut Hot Rod truss rod wheel.
02:17The G290FAT2's articulate and detailed tones come courtesy of the Voice Tone VTH-77 direct
02:23mount pickups in brushed nickel that are merged with a custom pickup wiring to the 5-way switch
02:29that offers single-coil sparkle in the 2nd and 4th positions and full-body humbucker
02:34roar in the other positions.
02:37And rounding out the guitar is Cort's smooth-traveling and floating stainless steel CFA-3 tremolo
02:43bridge mounted over a recessed cavity.
02:51Let's start with the clean channel.
02:52I'll move over to crunchier channels and lead channels as well, but what I love about the
02:55guitar is that it cleans up and it retains its clarity even when I roll down the volume,
03:02and you'll hear it between the notch positions and even the full humbucker positions.
03:06Let's take a listen.
04:55The Cort G290FAT2 comes complete with all the necessary upgrades that many players desire
05:08and at a price that fits within most working musicians' budgets.
05:11But let's not forget, the Cort G290FAT2 is an undeniably versatile and pro-level instrument
05:18with studio-quality tones and playability that far exceeds its competition.
05:23Definitely check it out.