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    All Rise

    Oct 16, 2020 4 minutes
    Words Ed Mitchell
    Photography
    Olly Curtis

    Last year, Cort released the sub-£1,000 G290 FAT, the greatest giant killer since David smacked Goliath on the nut with a pebble. Priced at a mere £579, this exceptional guitar set its sights on the boutique market and minds were blown. Now the brand has released a limited-edition mahogany-riddled version and what looks like a strummable chessboard. Time for some cross examination…

    The G290 LE on trial today is a limited-edition version of that groundbreaking G290. The standard model features a flame maple-topped swamp-ash body and bolt-on birdseye maple neck and fingerboard. Our LE is packing a flame maple top on an African-mahogany back. That top is a 7mm slice of AAAA flame maple. That’s two more As than

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