Harley Benton launches super-affordable new parlor acoustic and short-scale acoustic bass

Harley Benton CLF-100E and CLB-10SE
(Image credit: Harley Benton)

Harley Benton is no stranger to the travel guitar market. In the last year alone, the company has unveiled the $74 ST-Travel guitar, as well as the feature-packed Airborne Go and TableAmp V2 desktop amps, and now it seeks to expand its travel-friendly offerings into the acoustic sphere.

The all-new CLF-100E Parlor guitar and CLB-10SE Travel short-scale bass are as affordable as we've come to expect from the Thomann-owned brand: only $182 and $202, respectively.

Harley Benton CLF-100E

(Image credit: Harley Benton)

Build-wise, each model features a solid Sitka spruce top with an ivory binding, mahogany back and sides, nyatoh neck with an ABS-bound laurel fingerboard and a laurel bridge.

Additional, both instruments sport a piezo pickup and Harley Benton-designed HB-03 preamp – which itself features an onboard EQ and tuner.

Harley Benton CLB-10SE

(Image credit: Harley Benton)

Spec differences include scale length, number of frets and hardware color – the parlor acoustic boasts a 24.72" scale, 19 frets and gold hardware, while the short-scale bass features a 23.5" scale, 20 frets and chrome hardware.

Head to Harley Benton for more information on either the CLF-100E Parlor or CLB--10SE Travel.

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Sam Roche

Sam was Staff Writer at GuitarWorld.com from 2019 to 2023, and also created content for Total Guitar, Guitarist and Guitar Player. He has well over 15 years of guitar playing under his belt, as well as a degree in Music Technology (Mixing and Mastering). He's a metalhead through and through, but has a thorough appreciation for all genres of music. In his spare time, Sam creates point-of-view guitar lesson videos on YouTube under the name Sightline Guitar.