Ibanez LGB30 Little George Benson Guitar Demo - Vintage Yellow Sunburst

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https://www.nevadamusic.co.uk/p/LGB30-VYS/electric-guitars/ibanez/ibanez-lgb30-prestige-little-george-benson-vintage-yellow-sunburst George Benson has been idolised as one of the most creative and talented jazz funk guitarists since his first breakthrough album and single in the mid 1970's, he had done plenty of tours and albums before that but his 1976 album Breezin' was the cross-over recording that brought him mainstream chart success. For many years he has been an Ibanez endorsee and already has several Ibanez signature model jazz style guitars. Here we look at one of them ... The Ibanez LGB30 - known as the "Little George Benson" model due to the smaller body size of the instrument. Here’s another video in a series of guitar demo’s with the wonderful guitarist Jess Lewis improvising some fine jazz inspired laid back grooves. Many thanks Jess x. https://www.youtube.com/user/jessguitarbass/videos We played through a Fender 68 Princeton Reverb combo, simply mic’d with a Shure Beta 57. https://www.nevadamusic.co.uk/p/227-2006-000/amps-cabs/fender/fender-68-custom-princeton-reverb-combo https://www.nevadamusic.co.uk/p/BETA57A/microphones/shure/shure-beta-57a-dynamic-instrument-microphone As part of the Ibanez Prestige range the LGB30 conforms to previous George Benson Signature models and the body shape is that of a hollow jazz style guitar with a single cut-away at the right hand shoulder along with dual "f" style sound holes. The body itself has been made using a Spruce top with Flamed Maple back & sides complimented by a 3-piece Mahogany/Maple in-set neck. The bound Ebony fretboard has inlaid Acrylic block fret markers with decorative Abalone centre pieces and the medium gauge frets have been given the Ibanez Artstar fret edge treatment for a more luxurious playing experience. Sound comes from dual Ibanez Super 58 hum-bucking pick-ups which are managed each by their own tone and volume sure-grip knobs along with a 3-way toggle-style pick-up selector switch located at the right hand shoulder of the instrument. Hardware is in Gold to contrast the Vintage yellow Sunburst finish and includes the Ibanez ART-1 fully adjustable bridge and LBG30 tailpiece with its ornate Abalone inlays. A rarely seen cosmetic feature of the Ibanez LGB30 is the fact that the Vintage yellow Sunburst has also been applied to the floating scratch plate and the LGB30 also comes with its own hard case ...