CORT G290 FAT II

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GUITARIST MAY 2022
CORT G290 FAT II
We get new glow-in-the-dark Luminlay
side dots, too, and – like its previous version,
and the G300 Pro – we have a compound
305mm to 400mm (12- to 15.75-inch) radius
to the fingerboard face with a ‘spoke wheel’
truss-rod adjuster at the body end. Our
Trans Black Burst review sample is new and
comes with opaque black sides and back.
As we’ve come to expect, the build is very
tidy. The neck is held with four recessed
screws on a contoured heel, for example.
The bright chromed hardware includes
rear-lock tuners, with staggered height
posts, and the CFA-III two-post six-saddle
vibrato with push-in and tension-adjustable
arm (a close cousin to Gotoh’s 510 vibrato)
uses stainless steel for the saddles, top plate
and shaped, deep-drilled block. In fact,
pretty much the only criticism we have is
that the finishing in the vibrato back rout is
a little scrappy, lighter in colour with some
flecks of visible white polishing compound
that hasn’t been cleaned.
3. Typical of the refined
design, along with an
ergonomic body, the
heel is heavily shaped
allowing super-easy
top-fret access
1. For this year we get
glow-in-the-dark
Luminlay side dots,
while the black face
dots add contrast on
the roasted maple
fingerboard (compared
with the small abalone-
like dot inlays used on
the G300 Pro)
2. Part of the makeover
includes the caramel-
coloured roasted maple
used for the neck and
fingerboard. Like the
previous version, and
flagship G300 Pro,
there are rear-locking
tuners and a Graph Tech
Black Tusq nut
The electronics are retained from the
earlier G290 FAT: a set of Cort ‘Voiced
Tone’ VTH77 covered humbuckers that
are direct-mounted but height-adjustable
thanks to a combination of hard foam and
springs underneath each pickup. The
five-way lever offers bridge, both and neck
in positions 1, 3 and 5, while position 2
voices the outer single coils of both in
parallel; position 4 does the same but with
the inner coils.
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While it veers to the
generic ‘SuperStrat’
side, this means it
feels instantly familiar
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