Harley Benton has just raised its acoustic guitar game with two solid wood models

Harley Benton has unveiled its first Gran Concert shaped electro acoustic guitar (opens in new tab) models for its Custom Line with the CLC-650SM-CE BK and CLC-650SM-CE VS and they're looking like  bargains for the spec they offer.

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For £411 / €449 / £543 for these venetian cutaway guitars you'll get solid 'A-grade' African mahogany top, back and sides, Okoume c-shape neck, scalloped X-bracing and a body arm rest similar to what we've seen on some high end Taylors.

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The 643mm scale length models feature a composite wood fingerboard, wood neck and body binding , WSC DLX closed gear tuners and Fishman's Flex Plus-t preamp system with integrated tuner.

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Two high gloss finishes are on offer with hi-gloss Black or Vintage Sunburst tops. 

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 Both models are available to buy at Thomann (opens in new tab) now and you can find out more info about the whole Harley Benton acoustic range at harleybenton.com (opens in new tab).

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Rob Laing
Guitars Editor, MusicRadar

I'm the Guitars Editor for MusicRadar, handling news, reviews, features, tuition, advice for the strings side of the site and everything in between. Before MusicRadar I worked on guitar magazines for 15 years, including Editor of Total Guitar. I've currently set aside any pipe dreams of getting anywhere with my own songs and I am enjoying playing covers in function bands.