The New Cort G290 FAT II

Guitar World

“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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00:03 Hey, what's up?

00:11 It's Paul here from Guitar World,

00:12 and today we're gonna be checking out

00:13 a standout electric from Cort Guitars.

00:16 The Cort G290FAT2.

00:19 Let's check it out.

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00:29 Whether you know it or not,

00:31 Cort has made countless guitars for other manufacturers,

00:33 yet their namesake instruments have largely been overlooked.

00:37 Not anymore.

00:38 Tapping into key features and ergonomic designs,

00:41 Cort seems intent on overshadowing its competitors

00:44 with its own models that are more

00:46 than just a sum of their parts.

00:48 And once you pick up this Cort G290FAT2,

00:51 you'll know right away this is a serious

00:54 and worthy electric that should be on your radar.

00:56 What's cool is the offset body feels snug,

00:59 pressed against you, with a generous belly carve

01:01 and soft forearm contour

01:03 that provides hours of playing comfort.

01:06 But it's impossible not to notice

01:07 the top-notch componentry and woods on this guitar.

01:10 Everything about the Cort G290FAT2 appears elevated.

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01:18 This guitar features an older body

01:25 with a gorgeous flame maple top

01:28 in trans black bursts, what you see here.

01:31 There's also antique violin bursts and bright blue bursts,

01:34 and it also has a one-ply white bonding.

01:37 It also comes with a roasted maple neck and fretboard.

01:41 Though it sounds like a misnomer,

01:43 the Ergo V neck profile is not a V-shaped neck,

01:47 but rather a palm-filling profile

01:48 that's closer to a fuller 60C shape

01:52 with a soft satin finish on the back of the neck.

01:55 The neck also sports glow-in-the-dark

01:57 aluminum side dots and easy-to-burn-on

02:00 12 to 15 3/4 inch compound radius fretboard

02:05 with 22 immaculately dressed frets.

02:09 There's also a Grav-Tek black Tusk nut,

02:11 Cort staggered locking tuners,

02:13 and an accessible Spoke nut hot rod truss rod wheel.

02:17 The G290FAT2's articulate and detailed tones

02:20 come courtesy of the Voice Tone VTH-77

02:23 direct-mount pickups in brushed nickel

02:26 that are merged with a custom pickup wiring

02:28 to the five-way switch that offers single-coil sparkle

02:31 in the second and fourth positions

02:33 and full-body humbucker roar in the other positions.

02:37 And rounding out the guitar is Cort's smooth-traveling

02:39 and floating stainless steel CFA3 tremolo bridge

02:43 mounted over a recessed cavity.

02:45 Let's start with the clean channel.

02:51 I'll move over to crunchier channels

02:53 and lead channels as well.

02:55 But what I love about the guitar is that it cleans up

02:58 and it retains its clarity even when I roll down the volume.

03:01 And you'll hear it between the notch positions

03:04 and even the full humbucker positions.

03:06 Let's take a listen.

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04:44 The Cort G290 Fat 2 comes complete

05:05 with all the necessary upgrades that many players desire

05:08 and at a price that fits

05:09 within most working musicians' budgets.

05:11 But let's not forget the Cort G290 Fat 2

05:14 is an undeniably versatile and pro-level instrument

05:18 with studio quality tones and playability

05:21 that far exceeds its competition.

05:23 Definitely check it out.

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