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Jonathan Horsley

“A classical guitar for the modern era”: Harley Benton unveils the Custom LineNashville Nylon BK, and its latest nylon-string electro-acoustic hybrid is a super-affordable thinline that's designed to welcome electric players

Harley Benton Custom Line Nashville-Nylon BK: the latest nylon-string hybrid electro-acoustic from the German budget gear giant is a super-affordable option for players looking for that Tim Henson vibe. Just look at those decorative F-holes.

Harley Benton has launched the Custom Line Nashville Nylon BK, a singlecut thinline nylon-string guitar with onboard electronics – the kind that got ridiculously famous just about 2022 when Polyphia dropped Playing God – and while the budget gear brand has done this kind of thing before it has never been so cheap.

This really is an affordable acoustic electric guitar. At £251/$270, it’s almost entry-level, and yet it’s got a similarly radical hybrid build as its sibling, the Nashville Nylon Plus Black, which was launched in November 2024, complete with “Flower & Vine” inlay for that bougie Tim Henson vibe.

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