Cort X700 Duality II w/ Fishman Fluence Open Core Classics | Review

[@davidjeremiahb.salvacion1360]

nice review, hope you can review all x700 series from duality to triality and mutility 😊

[@Nicholas-sg7qk]

Very well done, the perfect thorough guitar review combined with your transparent tone demonstrations. I'm glad you included neck profile discussion, since that's everything to a lot of us. Hope to see more of these!

[@gabriel_guitar]

Thank you so much my friend, very glad you enjoyed the video. For sure, neck profiles don't always get mentioned but it's often a deal-breaker. Cheers for checking the video out! 🍻

[@danpowell5286]

Hola Gabriel , if I’d seen this video before I bought my duality I would have been a hell of a lot more excited, glad I bought it and have started playing it. Funny, I dreamt about it last night and determined to pull up a couple KZbin vids on it. Totally an awesome guitar and mine sounds just a good as yours. Btw, awesome playing.

[@gabriel_guitar]

Thank you mate, appreciate it! For sure, it’s a lot of guitar for the money. Cheers for checking the video out.

[@dreammachine86]

I'd love to have a 6 string with a trem and Fluence Open Core pickups someday so this Cort looks like a great option. Had a look on their website...I still don't understand what they have done in position 4 of the switch. There's a little picture that shows both humbucker coils on but the text 'Voice 3' next to it. And it does describe what you mentioned, a brighter humbucker tone in that position. So they have perhaps somehow managed to get the tonal characteristic of the single coil voicing in humbucker mode? If so I wonder how they did it, whether there's some little trick to doing that, or whether it's a unique feature Fishman have done for Cort. I know many of the Fishman pickups have the 'high frequency tilt' option to reduce some of the high end so I suppose that's another way they could get a brighter humbucker sound, by having the HFT on in all other positions and then turning it off for position 4. But the fact they have specifically mentioned using Voice 3 in humbucker mode makes me think they have done something clever here. They have exact neck dimensions on the website currently too - apparently 19 - 21mm in a U shape. That's actually pretty thin...which is what I personally like. Interesting that you don't find it really thin yourself, just more normal. I have owned the KX507 before and I was impressed how much you got for the money, but it wasn't really special to play. I'd say it played well, better than some other brands at a similar price point, it just didn't have that higher end feel you get from £1000+ guitars. But it may be stainless frets that are making most of the difference on such higher end models, so I would certainly be interested in playing the Duality II to see if it does have that more premium feel.

[@distorteddejavu5381]

Nice review. Detailed and fun watching it. Very skilled player. Subscribed it. U deserve more🤟

[@gabriel_guitar]

Thank you so much my friend! Really cool of you 🍻

[@nunolance23]

tried one of these at a local store and although the sound was cool, just like you showed here, the overall 'feel' of the guitar (neck, frets, bridge, etc) didn't feel as 'high end' as I would've liked it to be (considering the ~1100 pounds initial price). for 430 pounds though it was a damn great deal! you got a new subscriber! abraço 😉

[@gabriel_guitar]

Nice one mate, yeah, for £430 it was an absolute steal! Obrigado pelo sub e por checares o vídeo! Abraço 🤘🏻

[@raymartatienza5606]

Well done review.

[@gabriel_guitar]

Thank you mate.

[@gabriel_guitar]

What do you fantastic people think of the Cort X700 Duality II with FIshman Fluence Open Core Classics? Would you get one? Timestamps below 👇 0:00 - INTRO IN A MIX: 1:20 - HARD ROCK RIFF - BRIDGE VOICE 1 1:43 - HARD ROCK RIFF - BRIDGE VOICE 2 1:54 - CLEAN 1 - MIDDLE VOICE 1 2:06 - LEAD 1 - BRIDGE VOICE 1 2:17 - LEAD 1 - BRIDGE VOICE 2 2:29 - METAL RIFF - BRIDGE VOICE 2 2:40 - LEAD 2 - BRIDGE VOICE 1 2:52 - CLEAN 2 - POSITION 2 / LEAD 3 - POSITION 4 3:15 - LEAD 4 - BRIDGE VOICE 1 3:26 - ROCK RIFF 1 - MIDDLE VOICE 1 3:38 - TREM PICKING - POSITION 2 3:49 - LEAD 5 - MIDDLE VOICE 1 4:12 - ROCK RIFF 2 - BRIDGE VOICE 1 4:23 - ROCK RIFF 2 - BRIDGE VOICE 2 4:35 - LEAD 6 - NECK VOICE 1 4:47 - LEAD 6 - NECK VOICE 2 ISOLATED GUITARS: 5:04 - HARD ROCK RIFF - BRIDGE VOICE 1 5:27 - HARD ROCK RIFF - BRIDGE VOICE 2 5:39 - CLEAN 1 - MIDDLE VOICE 1 5:50 - LEAD 1 - BRIDGE VOICE 1 6:01 - LEAD 1 - BRIDGE VOICE 2 6:13 - METAL RIFF - BRIDGE VOICE 2 6:24 - LEAD 2 - BRIDGE VOICE 1 6:36 - CLEAN 2 - POSITION 2 / LEAD 3 - POSITION 4 6:59 - LEAD 4 - BRIDGE VOICE 1 7:10 - ROCK RIFF 1 - MIDDLE VOICE 1 7:22 - TREM PICKING - POSITION 2 7:33 - LEAD 5 - MIDDLE VOICE 1 7:56 - ROCK RIFF 2 - BRIDGE VOICE 1 8:07 - ROCK RIFF 2 - BRIDGE VOICE 2 8:19 - LEAD 6 - NECK VOICE 1 8:31 - LEAD 6 - NECK VOICE 2 SPECS & REVIEW: 8:43 - WHAT'S YOUR OPINION? 9:02 - CONSTRUCTION 9:13 - NECK WOODS 9:23 - TUNERS 9:34 - FRETS 10:14 - LUMINLAY SIDE DOTS 10:24 - FRETBOARD MATERIAL & RADIUS 10:32 - NECK PROFILE 10:59 - NECK FINISH 11:08 - NUMBER OF FRETS 11:12 - AESTHETIC APPOINTMENT 11:25 - UPPER FRET ACCESS 11:48 - BODY WOODS 12:05 - COLOUR & FINISH 12:41 - BRIDGE 12:52 - PLASTICS 13:03 - ERGONOMICS 13:16 - PICKUPS 17:17 - HOW NOISY ARE THE PICKUPS? 17:55 - GIG BAG 18:25 - QUALITY & QC 20:05 - FACTORY SETUP 20:55 - VALUE 21:33 - SHOULD YOU GET ONE? 22:30 - FINAL THOUGHTS

[@tat2zz68]

Most guitar players buy only because of the name. Sadly too many are blinded by brand and pro musicians.

[@tat2zz68]

If thheadstock said Ibanez instead of Cort people would rave about this guitar. Its a shame how many are brainwashed by name recognition.

[@gabriel_guitar]

For sure mate, absolutely amazing guitars. I'm glad I finally gave them a shot.

[@theblytonian3906]

100%. I'd buy this over any equivalent priced Ibanez. Ibanez of today pitch their price points and trade heavily on the brand name.

[@miguellauandos1902]

What are you playing it through, sounds amazing.

[@gabriel_guitar]

Hi mate, thank you! It's mostly ToneX with a modded plexi profile going through GGD goldstack IRs. For the cleans it's the Neural DSP Soldano. 🍻

[@theblytonian3906]

Nice guitar, but for £1100, I'd expect a flaw free aesthetic finish & BQ - no excuses, no exception.

[@aswinpanembrama8043]

Nahh