Ibanez LGB300 Little George Benson Prestige ,V Sunburst

Full Description

Spruce Topped Maple Body

The George Benson LGB300 Ibanez features a hollow body crafted from solid spruce and maple, offering superb tones and an excellent projection. Its spruce top provides this signature hollow body with a broad dynamic range, accommodating a wide variety of playing styles. Combined with 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.

Maple Neck & Ebony Fingerboard

As well as a lightweight body, the LGB300 Signature is also equipped with a 3-piece maple neck and ebony fingerboard, offering an incredibly stable and smooth performance. The maple tonewood provides the overall tone with a beautifully bright characteristic, creating a sizzling high-end with plenty of punch. The ebony fingerboard features a smooth, natural finish, along with a very responsive bright, snappy attack and a smooth sustain. It’s bound edges and prestige fret edge treatment creates 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 Signature Little George Benson Guitar includes a classic ebony bridge and custom LGB300 tailpiece, providing 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 LGB300 has a classy aesthetic with a tone and playability that match up to its stunning style.

Ibanez Prestige Series

The Ibanez Prestige series combines precision, performance, and playability to create a range of powerfully versatile electric guitars. Mixing high-tech manufacturing with old-world Japanese craftsmanship, the Prestige series is innovative in design and construction. The range is known for high performing fast necks, iconic pickup pairing and advanced electronics and hardware.

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: Maple
• Bridge: Ebony
• Tailpiece: LGB300
• Construction: Set-Neck
• Finish: Vintage Yellow Sunburst

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck: 3-Piece Maple
• Profile: LGB
• Scale Length: 24.7’’
• Fingerboard: Bound Ebony
• Radius: 628mm
• Frets: 22 Medium w/Prestige Fret Edge Treatment
• Inlays: Acrylic & Abalone Blocks
• Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 45mm

Electronics & Hardware

• Bridge Pickup: Super 58 Humbucker (Passive/Alnico)
• Neck Pickup: Super 58 Humbucker (Passive/Alnico)
• Controls: 2 x Volume,2 x Tone, 3-Way Pickup Selector
• Tuners: Gotoh SG510
• Pickguard: Flamed Maple
• Control Knibs: Sure Grip III
• Hardware: Gold
• Factory Tuning: 1E, 2B, 3G, 4D, 5A, 6E
• String Gauges: .011, .015, .022w, .030, .040, .050
• Case Included: Hardshell