Cortex Bass Unveils the Ganesha 5-string at NAMM

Cortex Bass attended the 2024 NAMM Show in part to introduce the latest in its lineup. The Ganesha Bass, the company says, was designed to “suit all players ” and comes in four, five, or six-string versions.

The bass’s singlecut body is constructed with three layers: a precious wood top, the body core, and a precious wood back. Cortex offers several body wood options and explains that the bass can have a matching headstock. You may notice that the bass features a headless tuning system but still has a headstock.

“Why? Simply because giving the low B string some slack after the nut gives it de facto a longer scale,” Cortex explains.

The neck is flame maple, walnut, or mahogany, with further options of padouk, zebrano, wenge, purpleheart, or quilt maple. Cortex can fit the fretboard with oval or rectangle inlays.

The Ganesha can be configured in several ways with Delano pickups. “In short, you can set up your Ganesha as a P-Bass® (inverted or not), or in combination with a bridge pickup offering you Stingray® type pickup(s) or Jazz-Bass® type pickups… or both, the whole provided by Delano,” they write on their website. They offer either Glockenklang or Noll preamps to boot.

The Cortex Ganesha is currently only offered as a fretted instrument, but a fretless option is also on the way. It’s available for order now, starting at approximately $3,140.

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