Full Description

Spruce Topped Flame Maple Body

The George Benson LGB30 Ibanez features a hollow body crafted from solid spruce and flame maple, offering superb tones, excellent projection, and stunning aesthetics. Its spruce top provides this Guitar with a broad dynamic range, accommodating a wide variety of playing styles. Combined with flame maple, players can achieve a clear, defined upper midsection and a high-end sparkle, with a balanced low-end response ideal for chiming chords and super bright lead patterns. For added acoustic projection, a duo of classic 'F' sound holes are also featured on the maple soundboard, providing a classic look that many guitarists associate with the 1950s era.

Smooth 3-Piece Neck & Ebony Fingerboard

As well as providing a resonant body with comfortable contours, a three-piece mahogany/maple neck is also incorporated for added comfort and an enhanced tone. This three-piece neck is mounted with a bound ebony fingerboard with acrylic block inlays. Ebony is a great choice for fingerboards, as its natural smoothness reduces finger fatigue, ideal for fast playing styles, and provides the perfect platform for percussive styles such as tapping or hammer-ons. It’s bound edges allow for a smooth play and fluid hand flexibility across the whole neck.

Warm Humbucking Pickups

The set of Super 58 pickups help to bring out the natural tones of the guitar woods, providing a wonderfully resonant playing experience. Clean and warm sounds are this guitar's natural territory, offering an authentic 'jazz-box' experience with excellent dynamics and plenty of depth. However, when pushing the overdrive a little more, the bridge pickup is perfectly capable of some biting blues tones, whilst the neck pickup will allow for some tasty R'n'B licks.

Classy Hardware

The LGB30 includes Ibanez’s ART-1 bridge with the LBG33 tailpiece, providing the George Benson signature with excellent tuning stability, incredible string resonance transfer, and an effortlessly cool aesthetic. The sure-grip control knobs provide a refined feel whilst the wood-shaded pickguard adds to its good looks. A bone nut aids in sustain, whilst gold coloured hardware completes the vintage appearance. All in all, the LGB30 has a classy aesthetic and fortunately its tone and playability match up to its stunning style.

George Benson

Born in Pennsylvania, America, George Benson is a guitarist and singer-songwriter primarily known for his solo career in Jazz, R &B, Soul, and Funk, along with iconic hits such as 'Give me the Night'. From the early age of seven, Benson has been performing to audiences alone and collaborating with other well-known musicians. As a former child prodigy, Benson has had a successful career and even received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Benson has many signature guitars with Ibanez, offering the perfect combination of comfort and tone for achieving Jazz and Funk.

About Ibanez Guitars

Over the past 30 years, Ibanez Guitars have always been at the forefront of developing the right tools for electric guitar players pushing the boundaries of music. For decades, Ibanez designers and luthiers have been the embodiment of this ideology, pushing their skills to the edge of imagination, consistently creating some of the most versatile and unique instruments ever. Although Ibanez guitars have been made since 1908, it wasn't until the late 1980s that they began to form an identity for themselves when artists such as Steve Vai and Frank Zappa began using their instruments. Now with a huge artist clientele across the globe, Ibanez are a leading manufacturer of electric guitars and basses and a first choice for many dedicated musicians.

Specifications

Body & Bridge

• Top: Spruce
• Body: Flamed Maple
• Length: 19.5’’
• Width: 15.75’’
• Max Depth: 3.625’’
• Bridge: ART-1
• Tailpiece: LGB30
• Construction: Set-Neck
• Finish: Natural

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck: 3-Piece Mahogany/Maple
• Profile: LGB30
• Scale Length: 24.7’’
• Fingerboard: Bound Ebony
• Radius: 305mm
• Frets: 20 Medium w/Artstar Fret Edge Treatment
• Inlays: Acrylic & Abalone Blocks
• Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 43mm

Electronics & Hardware

• Bridge Pickup: Super 58 (Passive/Alnico)
• Neck Pickup: Super 58 (Passive/Alnico)
• Controls: 2 x Volume, 2 x Tone, 3-Way Pickup Selector
• Tuners: Die-Cast w/Half Moon Buttons
• Control Knobs: Sure Grip
• Hardware: Gold
• String: Flatwound
• Case Included: Hardshell