“The CLF-50E is as much a statement piece as it is a versatile performance tool”: Harley Benton’s new acoustic guitar is a compact parlour with a solid Sitka spruce top, onboard electronics and metallic colour finish – and it is just over $250

Harley Benton CLF-50E Parlor Metallic: the compact-bodied acoustic has been launched with a range of metallic finishes.

Harley Benton has expanded its acoustic guitar lineup with the CLF-50E, a parlour-sized model with a solid Canadian Sitka spruce top with a solid metallic colour finish that the budget gear brand describes as a “statement piece”.

And if you choose the Ocean, Purple or Jade finish options, we’d definitely agree – but even the more muted Anthracite and Black finishes will catch the light nicely. Those finishes and the slotted headstock, it’s quite the looker.