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Take your playing from blues to jazz and back with this lesson in the great George Benson’s style
By John Wheatcroft published
Explore George Benson's bluesier side with these blues-jazz phrases and double-stop chord voicings, and learn how to combine them in a way that's rhythmically captivating

50 years of Ibanez in the USA: the unstoppable rise of the pioneering Japanese guitar brand
By Chris Gill last updated
How the Ibanez brand evolved in lockstep with guitar culture, leveraging artist partnerships to make new breakthroughs in design, sound and performance

NAMM 2022: Fresh Nita Strauss, Tom Quayle and Jake Bowen signatures headline Ibanez’s new-for-2022 artist model lineup
By Matt Owen published
New models for Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Kiko Loureiro and George Benson have also been unveiled

George Benson’s vintage Polytone Taurus IV amp is up for auction on eBay
By Richard Bienstock published
The rare model boasts a unique opposing-speaker “V” shape cabinet

NAMM 2017: Ibanez Launches George Benson 40th Anniversary Signature Model
By Guitar World Staff published
To celebrate its 40-year relationship with jazz legend George Benson, Ibanez is proud to introduce the new George Benson 40th Anniversary Signature Model.

Jazz Guitar Corner: Anatomy of a Lick — George Benson Bluesy ii V I
By Matt Warnock published

Fender Introduces George Benson Signature Combo Amp and Enclosure
By Guitar World Staff published
Fender has introduced the GB Hot Rod Deluxe combo and GB Hot Rod Deluxe 112 Enclosure, both of which were designed in close collaboration with jazz great George Benson.
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