The Harley Benton Custom Line CLG-48CE acoustic offers great specs for the price

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Harley Benton's acoustic guitar range continues to expand with the new Grand Auditorium electro Custom Line CLG-48CE Wide NT.

The last word in the name refers to the 48mm width nut that some players may appreciate for the extra room it gives them across the fretboard.

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Harley Benton are describing this 643 mm (25.3") scale length cutaway model as a great all-rounder with "great projection, crisp highs, defined lows". Well we can't argue with that. 

There's a tried and true solid spruce top combined with a walnut back and sides. The mahogany neck has a pau ferro fingerboard. 

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And we're pleased to see a Fishman Sonicore coupled with the company's Presys II preamp system here – something we had good experiences with in the Cort Little CJ when we reviewed it. 

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The Hi-Gloss Natural finish Harley Benton CLG-48CE Wide NT is available now for £225 / €248 at thomann.de

Rob Laing
Guitars Editor, MusicRadar

Rob is the Reviews Editor for GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars, so spends most of hi waking hours (and beyond) thinking about and trying the latest gear and making sure our reviews team is giving you thorough and honest tests of it. He's worked for guitar mags and sites as a writer and editor for nearly 20 years but still winces at the thought of restringing a Floyd Rose guitar.