1978 Ibanez gb-10 for sale $1,800.00 Canadian, firm plus shipping. (Ontario Canada) ... Note: To email me hit the home button and on that page hit the contact button at top right.

George Benson gb-10 serial # .. H786143 = Aug. 1978 This has been my axe since the early 80's

For most jazz guitars, once the volume goes up, the beautiful jazz tones go down but not with the George Benson signature series of electric guitars. Back in the mid-70's, virtuoso George Benson had a vision of the features a jazz guitar would need to survive in the world of amplification. The result was his GB10, a jazz guitar for the modern world. New generations of cutting edge jazz guitarists continue to record and perform with the GB10, unimpeachable testimony that the GB10 is still the guitar. Anytime, anywhere, any volume!


Floating pickups, a thicker top and a smaller body help to reject feedback while a special ebony bridge transfers tone from strings to the top. Furthermore, the die-cast tailpiece allows separate tension adjustment of treble and bass strings.


Date: Aug. 1978 GB-10, which I think was the first or second production year. Just a general comment regarding the gold plating: Many reviewers mention that the gold is pitted or flaking off. This is due to the plastic used in the pick guard decomposing with age. When this happens, the gas that is produced attacks the metal in the pickups and everything else! Some old Les Pauls did this too. My guitar has some of this damage (shown in pictures). I had a guitar smith remove the pick guard and replaced it with a new plain black one that he custom cut. I kept the old one for example.