Cort KX500 Baritone
New from Cort
More tension, more punch, more definition
Longer scale, Seymour Duncan pickups and uncompromising hardware: the new baritone guitar in the KX series for metal, prog and everything that goes lower.
Why baritone?
Low tunings without compromise
On a standard guitar, low tunings quickly turn muddy: the strings lose tension and notes blur, especially with high gain. The KX500 Baritone solves exactly this problem.
Its extended scale gives the strings the right tension, so drop tunings feel natural. Add pickups, hardware and woods designed throughout for definition and stability.
- Who it's for: metal, progressive and heavy guitarists who regularly tune low
- What it does: precise articulation from clean to high gain
- Finish: matte Natural Black Burst (NBB), open pore
- Scale28.03″712 mm, baritone
- Frets24 jumboStainless steel
- PickupsSentient & NazgûlSeymour Duncan, HH
- WoodsOkoume & walnutBody & top
- BridgeHardtailString-through body
- Factory strings.014–.068D'Addario EXL157
In detail
What makes the KX500 Baritone
Four building blocks, one goal: maximum definition in low registers.
Body
Okoume meets English walnut
Lightweight, resonant okoume delivers clear lows, even with heavy distortion. The English walnut top adds a striking grain, and the open-pore matte finish lets you feel the wood.
Scale
28.03″ for the right tension
A 712 mm scale gives low strings enough tension for clean notes, without making the guitar feel unfamiliar. It ships strung with D'Addario EXL157 (.014–.068).
Neck & fretboard
Fast, stable, easy to read on stage
Five-piece roasted maple and walnut neck with a D profile. Macassar ebony fretboard with a 15.75″ radius, 24 stainless steel jumbo frets and luminous side dots.
Hardware
Stays in tune, even when you dig in
Cort locking tuners, a Graph Tech Black TUSQ nut and the new Cort hardtail bridge with string-through body: for sustain, resonance and reliable intonation. All in black.
Sound
Seymour Duncan for high gain
A matched set of Seymour Duncan Sentient (neck) and Nazgûl (bridge), designed for modern high-gain sounds – from clear cleans to uncompromising distortion.
- Configuration: HH, two humbuckers
- Controls: 1 × volume, 1 × tone with push-pull coil split
- Switch: 3-way toggle
- Result: wide tonal range and clear separation, even in dense arrangements
Close-up
Thought through to the last detail
Hardtail bridge
String-through body for sustain and resonance.
Stainless frets
Precise articulation, virtually wear-free.
Locking tuners
Stable tuning and fast string changes.
Walnut top
Every guitar with its own grain.
Bolt-on neck
Roasted maple and walnut, 5-piece.
Macassar ebony
Fretboard with a flat 15.75″ radius.
On stage
Looks as good as it sounds
Watch the video
The KX500 Baritone in action
Cort shows what the baritone guitar can do in low tunings.
Specifications
Full specs
Sorted by area – tap a heading to expand it.
Body & neck
- Construction
- Bolt-on
- Body
- Okoume
- Top
- English walnut (veneer)
- Neck
- Roasted maple & walnut, 5-piece
- Neck shape
- D shape
- Neck thickness
- 1st fret 19.5 mm · 12th fret 21.5 mm
- Truss rod
- Two-way, spoke wheel
Fretboard & scale
- Scale
- 28.03″ (712 mm)
- Fretboard
- Macassar ebony
- Radius
- 15.75″ (400 mm)
- Frets
- 24 jumbo (2.9 × 1.4 mm), stainless steel
- Inlays
- Teardrop, luminous side dots
- Nut
- Graph Tech Black TUSQ, 43 mm
Hardware & electronics
- Bridge
- Cort hardtail, string-through body
- Tuners
- Cort locking tuners
- Pickups
- Seymour Duncan Sentient & Nazgûl (HH)
- Controls
- 1 × volume, 1 × tone (push-pull), 3-way switch
- Hardware
- Black
Finish & strings
- Finish
- Matte, open pore
- Color
- Natural Black Burst (NBB)
- Factory strings
- D'Addario EXL157 (.014–.068)
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