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“I’m so happy that the playability has escaped any sense of compromise”: Cort KX500 Pale Moon review

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What is it? Cort’s massive Indonesian factory makes a hell of a lot of electric and acoustic guitars year on year.

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“I’m so happy that the playability has escaped any sense of compromise”: Cort KX500 Pale Moon review

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