George Benson - History of his Guitars

[@Lisa-dn2gx]

George Benson is a highly skilled, incredibly talented man that more people today should be exposed to. I've been listening to him since I was 10 years old & it never gets old.

[@virginiacorrell4491]

I accidently came upon this video about George Benson and his guitars and its has delighted me because of my uncle Tommy "Wig" Wigfall's relationship with the young guitarist in the early 60's. Tommy had traveled the big band circuit in the 40's, usually playing the clarenet or sax with the Jimmy Palmer orchestra but sometimes filling in on temporary tours with Benny Goidman and others. In the late 50's, early 60's he ran a music store in Chicago where he met many fine musicians passing through but one in particular making a huge impression on him The young Benson would try different guitars in his store and ask Tommy questions about his favorite big band and jazz guitarists many of whom Tommy knew. George owned a Gibson at the time but was interested in another model and Tommy tells of taking him to see his Gibson supplier to see what they could work out for him to afford the model he wanted. Tommy had an album among his collection that was one of Benson's first and a paragraph written on the back thanking Tommy for his support and help with contacts with Gibson. Tommy died in 2008, long since having sold his treasured collection of autographed albums of friends in the business but your video was a great help to put that story in context for me.

[@SkonrokkenTV]

Nice story! Have a Gibson L5-CES partly inspired by Benson and Ritenour and ors of course.

[@shaunw9270]

I really enjoyed that , thanks Ramon. I recall a TV interview with Manny from Manny's guitars in the 80's where he said George Benson used to come in all the time when he was a kid and sit & play until he got thrown out. One day Wes Montgomery was in the store and said to Manny "Hey that kid can play !" . Manny said he never threw out that kid again after that !

[@TheGuitarShow]

Amazing story thanks Shaun🙏🙏

[@BanBiofuels]

Well, I can buy a guitar like George used, but I cannot buy his talent. He has taste, not just speed.

[@tradbowseven]

This presentation is priceless, thank you

[@daldieduckweather5320]

I met Jimmy D'Aquisto a couple of times at his shop on Eastern Long Island and had some conversation about George. All that I read and hear about does not really reflect those conversations.

[@jltrem]

The wife and I saw Benson in 1985 at the now defunct Front Row Theater (last place Roy Orbison played days before he died). Opening for him was an utterly unknown Kenny G.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for the memories

[@johnw5734]

Most of our guitar heroes played mainly one model but George was always moving.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Agreed, a lot of guitars but not so much info on them so I hope this video will add some value🙏

[@JackTheSkunk]

Many players will pose with and sometimes play anything that a guitar company will give them for free. I don't put much stock in who's name is on the headstock anymore.

[@SkonrokkenTV]

Fascinating! Good vid! Have l5-ces here..but still can't play like him..no way...

[@TheGuitarShow]

Great you have an L5

[@greatvanzini]

Excellent! The history of all this is so important.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure 🙏

[@johnwattdotca]

Mister George Benson took me backstage to his dressing room to help me out with my serious guitar problem. I dropped out of high school to get a steel factory job so I could buy the same equipment Jimi Hendrix used. That's a 1964 Stratocaster, a 50 watt Marshall stack, with a wah, Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face and a phase shifter. I was playing my brothers' acoustic left-handed without reversing the strings. I was agonizing, knowing how easy it felt for my fingers to play with the bass strings on the bottom. Mister Benson shared a 1955 Gibson L5, black, handing it back and forth while he assessed my playing potential. He moved my fingers into chords, asking me if I can hold it and then slide it up or down. I could write a chapter about this evening, but just as much as sharing a guitar with Mister Benson, was walking out onstage with him. He was saying something about going out another door with a big smile on his face, and then there we were, standing onstage together. The room changed. Women stood up, waving a handkerchief at him. Men stood up, holding out a big cigar or waving some money. It was a wonderful sensation, being the center of that kind of attention. George put his hand on my shoulder and said it's time for me to play, so I walked off and went back to our table. I'd like to add something about his back-up band, who he said were New York session players. His back-up guitarist, sitting, did a solo tapping, using four fingers for the frets and three for the tapping, sounding like a violin trio or quartet. His bassist used a Dan Armstrong acrylic solid-body through an Ampeg amplifier. He said New York city wanted to have a New York sound, so the musicians' union ordered a new amplifier that had a deeper bass. You had to unsnap the lid, the top of the speaker box, lift it out and turn it over so you can access the controls. It had a fifteen inch speaker. I was surprised to see a solid-body bass, but this set-up sounded like an upright. Oh yeah! I knew the chords and riff for "Breezin" two years before I heard it on the radio. Thank you George.

[@blazelarson1427]

I’m really glad to have seen this. A reminder of my 1st influence to play guitar. My first electric was an Ibanez AS50. Cool video.

[@fenixfyre]

great vid mate, appreciate your work to make these awesome vids!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure 🙏

[@daskren2]

@@TheGuitarShowMy favorite GB tone is from Body Talk. You have any pics from BT and Bad Benson sessions? Thanks!!!

[@pobinr]

Great to learn this thanks. Among other things, I often wondered what guitar he used on Breezin.

[@wmlillmars]

Been a GB fan since 1977, I was 5. "Give Me the Night" blew me away. Now I'm 50 and playing an Ibanez Artcore modeled after the GB 100. For $300 you can't beat it.

[@TheGuitarShow]

nice William!

[@BrianKlobyGuitar]

Very cool to see and learn about Benson's guitars through the years.. Thanks :)

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure Brian

[@andreurban9966]

Thanks for this nice Walk-through! One thing: The Ibanez on the cover of Weekend in LA has a sharper cutaway than the next studio photo. It actually looks like the GB10. All in all: Soo very beautiful guitars and I do love their Sounds.

[@TheGuitarShow]

I will do a video of George's GB guitars soon on my other channel KZbin.com/ramongoose

[@mugiwaranoDave]

@@TheGuitarShow looking forward to it. What do you think about the GB100?

[@JackTheSkunk]

Thanks very much for this video. I always liked Benson's funky approach to jazz playing (but not his singing). My favorite GB recording is The Other Side of Abby Road. Love the Ibanez GB10 for it's size and sound not because Benson endorses it.

[@alanblakeguitarist]

Wow this is crazy interesting! Never knew this much about George's guitars!!!

[@richardinmaryland6197]

The guitar at 7:42 is not a White Falcon. A refinish would not change the headstock. It is a Gretsch 6192 Country Club from around 1964.

[@SilvioManfredDante85]

I just received my Ibanez GB10 in the mail about an hour ago, so, this is very fitting.

[@TheGuitarShow]

You might be disappointed with this video as I focused on the guitars before the Ibanez deal

[@SilvioManfredDante85]

@@TheGuitarShow Nah, it's all good! 😎👌

[@TheGuitarShow]

@@SilvioManfredDante85 🙏🙏

[@shaunw9270]

Congratulations , enjoy!

[@maxwellfan55]

Silvio. Hope you like your Ibanez. We're all jealous!! Enjoy the moment, I bet the GB10 is just beautiful!

[@twangbarfly]

Great info, Ramon - I've listened to a ton of Benson down the years but never really stopped to wonder what he was playing. The thing is, he makes them all sound fantastic and his signature sound always shines through over the top of any manufacturer's sound - at least to my ears. Love al his stuff really, but I really dug his early stuff - Thunder Walk... wow!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure, I agree George has such a great tone

[@twangbarfly]

@@TheGuitarShow Hi Ramon - it's your mate from Paris here :-)

[@twangbarfly]

Pat..... :-)

[@TheGuitarShow]

@@twangbarfly fantastic I miss you bro

[@twangbarfly]

@@TheGuitarShow You too man - you have to get over once Paris has reverted back from a leper colony to a normal city :-)

[@duster71]

Fantastic in depth review of George Benson

[@TheGuitarShow]

🙏Thankyou

[@eamonmcdermott4032]

George Benson. A wonderful guitar player. Much underrated.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Agreed 🎸🙏

[@ArnaudSiemons]

Underrated? You from Mars?

[@johnwattdotca]

@@ArnaudSiemons Mister George Benson doesn't get talked about the same as Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, to name some classic rock guitarists. I would call that under-rated. However, there are two George Bensons. The first one, who sat and played jazz instrumentals, won best jazz guitarist for Downbeat Magazine five years in a row. And then he stood up and started singing, becoming the highest grossing artist in the world for a year and a half. I'm almost from Mars because I'm left-handed.

[@ArnaudSiemons]

@@johnwattdotca underrated by whom?

[@grahamt33]

I learned so much ! Thanks, Ramon !

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure Graham 🙏

[@susancorgi]

“Love remember”was the first album i listen to and still do to this day

[@LucasHaneman]

Missed this one. Very cool. I’m a huge fan of George!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure Lucas!

[@thegroovegroup51]

My favourite guitarist ... I did an ode to him on my channel. I really like your channel by the way!🌹

[@bobboberson2024]

Great stuff! I would have loved to go into all the Ibanez GB models. The most striking of which is the model used for the Breezin Lounge (with Jody FIsher) series on KZbin. What a finish. The photo of the Weekend L.A album cover isn't the Ibanez 2461. It is the earliest GB10 - released in June of 1977. So he had already met with the Japanese before that concert. And I can assume it's the first recording with his signature model. And what an album it was. To us Benson fans, it's one of the pillars of his music career. Spectacular.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks Bob

[@DaveyWoodford]

Insightful, loved it. Dig GBs voice , and what a player, the Quincy Jones stuff is amazing. Thanks Brother .

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks bro

[@roberteckert]

At 17:27 the video speaks about his D’Aquisto... this is the greatest of instruments.

[@philcilia4482]

Superb and very informative - these are a must for fans, players and lovers of classic guitars.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@cherylleslie602]

can't wait to see the movie. will minton's playhouse, Bakers keyboard, the village vanguard and all the other old clubs you use to play be in the movie? how authentic will it be. Rochester, New York misses you !!!

[@mikebassy]

Great video, I want to try a guild guitar. The mid 70s era of Benson guitars is a dream world for me . Nice to know that it’s a Johnnie Smith on the Breezin album.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Guild a GB10 style Mike, they are my favourite guitars! thanks

[@bookerwilliams1898]

Thanks so much for this.A lot of information I never knew about.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure - Grant Green is coming at some point

[@DrBlues76]

Gibson missed out not getting to George first for a signature model.

[@dougmatson1594]

I received my GB. Guitar about 3 to 4 years ago. I haven't put it down since ! Love it

[@TheGuitarShow]

I need to get one also Doug! Thanks

[@Dang...]

Thanks for posting this.

[@TheGuitarShow]

You're welcome

[@jungle-wav1322]

my favourite guitarist of all time

[@TheGuitarShow]

GB is the man!

[@davidkieltyka9]

Didn’t realize GB has played so many Guilds! I have a ‘78 Ibanez GB, natural finish. Great guitar. Thin wire used for the pickups: high DC resistance despite low/moderate output. That Les Paul he played early on would’ve been an original Burst. Not everyone craves ‘em! 😄

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks David yes it was a 1960 burst

[@klecoxs2]

@ The Guitar Show , Hi and many thanks for this brilliant & long awaited doc on The history of George Benson’s guitars but I beg to differ on just one thing and this is the guitar Benson used to record “Breezin” , since around 77/78 I started to make enquires as to what guitar he used to record the album “Breezin” , many people said he used his 175 Ibanez copy at the time but I always had my suspicions it was another Guitar , anyway I gave up , always wondering !! fast forward to 2014 when I read an interview with Benson and the question was asked what guitar did he use In the studio to record “Breezin” he told the interviewer he used his D’Angelico New Yorker , he went on to explain that he’d bought it , I think he said in 1969 as an acoustic and took it to his luthier to get a floating pickup put on it , the answer seems almost to be elusive as you are saying he used the Gibson L5 which tally’s up with the cover photo on the Breezin album , will this ever be conclusive I ask myself was it the New Yorker or the L5 !! George if you read this please put us straight I’m sure I’m not the only one that would like a definitive answer. 😊 Thanks again for a great doc on this very magical guitarist. Here is some rare footage of him playing his D’Angelico New Yorker circa 75 with Chic Corea kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4Orq3aHftuAr9E And playing his Gibson L5 Jonny Smith Here kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaqqo42jqtx4ntk

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure and thank you for the amazing comment

[@CaptainCraigKWMRZ]

Ramon, I would love to find out more about the Falcon that George played and the modifications. I am a Falcon "Freak" and own several back to '55. Thanks so much for these videos.😁

[@iceWaterProductions1]

Wow this is such a wonderful video. I’m totally impressed with your research abilities. I love to know guitar history as it pertains to certain guitarists.

[@AlbertoMartinezDelRio]

Excellent and sentimental journey!

[@songswithryan]

9:26 One of the dopest photos of George I've seen!

[@asadzed]

A history of Robert Fripp’s guitars would be really cool! Thanks for all the awesome content

[@TheGuitarShow]

No problem! Thanks for watching the videos!

[@travelingman9763]

Jerry Bryd owned a guitar that Wes gave to him. He sold the guitar to George Benson who as past of the deal gave him an L-5 . GB later sold the guitar to Pat Metheny!

[@shelliecurry6052]

Great video! Thank you

[@TheGuitarShow]

My pleasure Shellie

[@dreadpirateroberts5239]

Great video! An episode on Jerry Garcia would be really interesting. He had a wide arsenal of acoustics and electrics over the years. Keep the awesome vids coming, man.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Great idea thanks

[@johnwattdotca]

@@TheGuitarShow: Here we are, having a wonderful Mister George Benson guitar experience, liking him more than ever, so I'm surprised you're willing to get into Jerry Garcia, a dead-head. Many American newspapers stopped covering Grateful Dead concerts because they found bodies after everyone left. Across the river in Buffalo, their last concert left a man dead under the stands with another body in the grass. There is a success you don't want to rub up against, from a time of recreational drugs, legal LSD and cocaine, that only became all about heroin.

[@ovebjrken9766]

Does anyone know what guitar George used on the "Blue Benson" album, including Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Billy Cobham?

[@ronaldboykin9755]

Thank you for that history lesson! I met George when Breezin was a big hit. He was such a nice guy, so down to earth! I have a older GB30 that was used. It has the antique sunburst not the new yellow sunburst. It sounds pretty good for a Chinese made guitar! It would be nice to have the GB300 model. It would be the second guitar I own that has a solid spruce top!

[@kevinmanns7170]

Ibanez guitars are Japanese, NOT Chinese !!

[@dejadejayoutube]

The jazz box is a right of passage for many guitar tragics. I played an ES-175 exclusively for 5 years.You have to let the tension win, if you fight it and try bends, your fingers start looking like kieth richards' ( bone spurs). Respect to the tightrope walking jazz cats!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Agreed there's nothing like a good archtop

[@BedeLaplume]

One of his favorite luthier was actually Robert Godin.. He bought him a Norman acoustic. He was among the first high profile Ibanez endorser. Which must have helped them In the 70'S, to acquire notoriety otherwise than by making high-quality copies of Gibson's that are as you know, called the Lawsuit edition...

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for the info Bertrand, I tried to keep this video to 20mins and couldnt include everything. R

[@BedeLaplume]

@@TheGuitarShow Well I really enjoy your documentaries anyhow..:)

[@TheGuitarShow]

@@BedeLaplume thanks I may do another to cover his Ibanez years but theres a lot of info out there already I wanted to focus on the early years where there was not so much info.

[@garymcaleer6112]

Great post, TGS.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Many thanks indeed Gary

[@duster71]

White RABBIT IS MY FAVORITE album by. Benson,So beautiful and dreamy with Earl Klugh.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Great album

[@mauriciosouzajgd4710]

So nice!! I suggest doing more of jazz guitar heros like Kenny Burrell, Grant Green, Jim Hall and others. It has some fantastic models.

[@radrandall]

Inside the cover of the Freddy Hubbard album 'Red Clay', George is pictured with, I believe, a Guild Bluesbird guitar. He is standing next to a Fender Showman amp.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for this

[@gregoryobryant6178]

The album you're referring to is Straight Life not Red Clay.

[@kencaruso4037]

Great video , thanks for the info!!!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure Ken 🙏

[@garretteverett2613]

I love these deep dives. Have you ever tried the George Benson signature strings from Thomastik-Infeld? Bloody expensive, but with a really nice sound that only gets better with age (to my ears).

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks Garrett i normally use D'addrio flats but those Thomastiks are on my shopping list. 🙏

[@garretteverett2613]

@@TheGuitarShow Nice, same here! You won't regret the upgrade.

[@anthonylesage33]

very interisting thanks a lot... the same documentary with Pat Martino would be great...

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure Anthony

[@bryanalfonso5700]

Does anyone know if any of the Ibanez GB models attempt to replicate the sound of the Gibson Johnny Smith L5 with the single floating pickup that George used on Breezin'? At a glance, it looks like they all have standard humbuckers, not floating.

[@surfgod509]

Johnny Smith was very cool 😎 and modest..... and when you speak of DAngelico and Johnny Smith...all those 🐈 cats knew each other in those days... i. excellent post and documentary.. amazing history...nuts on..... image's are amazing.. Pat Martino and George at the Jazz fest. 😎 so cool...Man, Thank's for the Memories.. sincerely, JD

[@mikebassy]

By the way I have a version of Affirmation coming out this week hopefully on Amazon and iTunes. All legal and it features a brilliant guitar solo by Jim Mullen. I play the second guitar solo on this track. Will let you know when it’s out

[@TheGuitarShow]

Cool thanks

[@mikebassy]

George is something really special , the best even ? Did you ever get into Eric Gale? He had the big super 400 with the rounded cutaway .

[@TheGuitarShow]

Yes Eric is an amazing musician - I love Norman Brown also!

[@philbrown6787]

I ordered a Gibson JS yrs ago but after too many delays and price increases i cancelled that and got a blonde Guild AA. At about the same time, I bought a Guild Mark IV. Sold those like a dummy. Still have a Guild X170, though. My pride and joy, now :) *oh, and very well done vid. Thanks

[@41conn]

The Gretsch shown is not an altered White Falcon. It's a 1962 Gretsch Country Club. I know because I had one and the photos are exactly like mine, an unaltered stock sunburst. It is also thinner than all the earlier Gretsch hollowbodies. Only the White Falcon, the Country Club, and the Country Gentleman have 17" bodies. Starting in 1962 only the Country Club would have retained the single cut body. The White Falcon of any year would have had a totally different shaped headstock that no luthier could have reshaped. George may have had a White Falcon that he had altered in some way, but the photo you are showing is a 1962 Country Club in sunburst. The head stock, the body's thickness, and the cutaway are all wrong for a White Falcon of any year.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for this

[@duster71]

My uncle had D'Angelico make him a New Yorker in the mid 50s,before he died he asked me to buy it but I knew I wouldn't have that kind of money he said he'd sell it to me cheap but I didn't want to hear the price I would have been even more heartbroken if I couldn't buy it.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for the comment and sad you did not end uo with that guitar

[@edcherry9282]

The L-5 in the interview photo was not his..Benson and Farrell ..I heard they were never in the studio together when that was recorded..

[@moonchild4806]

It's always been interesting to me how strange Ibanez's demographics are. They make a guitar for everyone, yet are somehow seen as a "metal" guitar brand. My dream Ibanez is a 70s lawsuit copy Rickenbacker 4001. I currently own a Univox Stereo which is a more high end version of the Ibanez and I love it. I always point people to Ibanez if they're looking for something outside of your strat or Les Paul, but don't want to get too weird.

[@TheGuitarShow]

I agree great guitars and great value for money too

[@barbaraepsaro2718]

I would love an Ibanez copy of a Rick 4001 or 4003.

[@jeffhammers5677]

Not mentioned are guitars he owned that were Steve Grimes made. They were personal friends.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for this

[@johnnylou4570]

THESE GUITARES ARE WORTH BILLIONS

[@stephanleo]

2:00 That homemade guitar looks like something Fano would build today.

[@DavidHenderson-v6u]

Thank you

[@duster71]

I'm gonna love this one,Bad Benson.

[@TheGuitarShow]

🙏 Thanks

[@wjes775tube]

Great viewing. One clarification, if it hasn't already been pointed out. On the cover of "The Other Side of Abbey Road", George is holding a Guild X-175. The X-175 is spec'd very much like an X-500, but is positioned just below it in the lineup and features chrome hardware, single block fingerboard inlay, a Chesterfield headstock inlay (rather the a single "G"), and less fancy binding and tuning machines. The anecdote about young George experiencing an amplified Epi Emperor is the definition of "How to Make a Musician".

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for this Warren!

[@ralphbenites1819]

Didn’t know he played a guild t-100 1959. I’ve got the same guitar

[@thequietrevolution3404]

Sooo...Does Pat Metheny still possess Montgomery's '61 Gibson L5CES or has he passed it along to Norman Brown or Brian Hughes?

[@jonnybeck6723]

Ibanez ...and the rest is history. Another great bit of histrionics mate. Do you own any hollow jazz boxes? I've got this Ibby AF55 slightly older mahogany neck rosewood board which I'm about to chuck the open ceramic HB's in favor of a pair of HB size P-90's... Cheers Ramon

[@TheGuitarShow]

Nice guitar... What do you think about ceramic humbuckers? Yes I always own an archtop just sold a yamaha looking to buy a new one now.

[@jonnybeck6723]

@@TheGuitarShow Hey mate... I dunno if I'm just prejudiced but the Ibanez Ceramics on me AF55 seem to ...well, they suck. ...and I've several sets of inexpensive pups Epi's etc. that I'm mad for, 'cause like Bloomy said: a real player can make any guitar sound good... and I truly believe it's in our hands. I've never AFAIK had a PAF but low output pups are my current rave. The pups on me amazing Squier pine Tele are really low output and they are... well it's real easy to make them sing... You know what I mean?

[@TheGuitarShow]

@@jonnybeck6723 yes I have a ceramic humbucker pickup sitting here but not sure i will use it as its mainly used by metal guys

[@jonnybeck6723]

@@TheGuitarShow Although the AF55 is the 'least expensive' Ibby fully hollow 'f' hole, and whether or not the pawnshop angels were smiling down on me, I love this bit of ma-gog-oney & maple plywood (and rosewood). The ceramic HB's , even withall help given..... 99 & a half just won't do... oh no no just don't get it (up) lol and since this is the 1st fully hollow f-hole I've come to luv, it's gonna get every chance to SING ...and that's MY 3 dollars worth of ethel . And BTW, can't wait to see sumpin w/ you and yon twin... Have a sweet day Ramon (!)

[@MrGuitars8]

MASTER OF GUITAR . LOVE HIS HOLLOW BODY GUITARS .

[@stratjed]

One of the COOLEST guitar players ever.

[@mishiknezevic5102]

❤️

[@GlennInLaguna]

Great overview of George’s guitars. May I ask where are you getting his quotes from?

[@TheGuitarShow]

I used a of resources for this video and the quotes would have come from old articles in guitar and music magazines.

[@GlennInLaguna]

@@TheGuitarShow Excellent work putting all this together. George is an American treasure. I've been a fan of his since the early 70s. I've been wondering recently how did he get so damn good at such a young age. Currently my thought on his is his mom was an avid singer and sung to him in the womb, so with a love of music in the house , he developed his singing probably starting as soon as he could nearly talk, then his step father introduced him to guitar at 7yo, and from there on with his singing he developed a love for guitar, by the time he was 20yo he was playing with Jack McDuff at an extremely advanced level.

[@TheGuitarShow]

@@GlennInLaguna pleasure and thanks for a great comment...yes he was as natural a musician as one can be. Thanks

[@GlennInLaguna]

@@TheGuitarShow I am sure you looked for old clips of George playing. This one is the oldest I have found. Dig the fun they are all having. George does a “chicken lick” and Red follows with a Laugh lick. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6e8d62iltWMiqM

[@b.rodclark7349]

That Gretsch is clearly NOT a White Falcon; for Christ's sake it's a sunburst!

[@ericbillingsley9303]

It's 1960-61 Gretsch Country Club.Not a White Falcon.This guy isn't on top of his guitars.

[@ericbillingsley9303]

It's a 60'-61' Gretsch Country Club.White Falcon....no.

[@mariagladysangel]

Mr. Benson Guitar master

[@TheGuitarShow]

agreed

[@jamescarter8699]

Many may not know but I read and also heard that Wes Montgomery and George Benson would both go to Grant Greene concerts and stand in the back listening for hours. All 3 did have simular styles. And Grant when playing with Herb Ellis and Barney Kessel was a superior soloist. Herb's and Barney's were quit stiff and lacked the smooth flow Grant had.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Next history video is Grant Green

[@marivor58]

What's the difference between backstory and history?

[@gr328]

Love George Benson - thanks. Antibes = on-teeb ;-)

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure thanks!! 🙏🎸

[@MrSilkydrew]

Coronavirus cancelled a lot of gigs for Benson, Now most of them have been rescheduled.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for the update!

[@zAvAvAz]

i love george benson

[@eddiejohnson371]

Hey Ramon, I was watching a Ben Harper video on KZbin the other day and thought of you, didn’t know if you had seen it, the one when he chats about buying the Dumble from David Lindly. I think it was for Premier Guitar... I thought it was petty good but I am a massive Ben Harper fan.... Good work

[@TheGuitarShow]

Ive seen that video... Love it Ben Harper ia a great artist! I diid some work with Charlie Musslewhite.. Very cool dude!

[@eddiejohnson371]

The Guitar Show oh great, Mr Musslewhite I imagine is one of the nicest guys you could meet? I could also see you rocking Ben Harper’s Asher 6-string that I think was also the signature model for the guy in his band...

[@maxwellfan55]

Great research, great vid. I got into Benson as a young man living among friends in London during the 1970's. Breezin' was the one we all listened to of course, and loved, plus his live album. So much great live music around those days (anyone remember Steve Waller's, No Mans' Band at the Two Brewer's, Clapham and the Half Moon, Herne Hill?). This video is a reminder of why all guitarists should enjoy the woody tones of a nice, well set up jazz Arch-top. I always wanted a Johnny Smith. But they seem to come and go so much between jazzers ownership. Always wondered why? However I'm really happy with a well set up Godin sunburst Jazz with floating mini-humbucker. Putting D'Addario flat wound 10's on made all the difference. Feels right.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Sounds like you have a great guitar. I guess the JS model is expensive, fragile and being solid its prone to feed back and seasonal changes which is why folk pass them on a lot. Thanks

Great guitar player George Benson! One thing Ramōn, Americans, pronounce the city and state of a persons birth etc. in this case GB. You said, " He was born in Pittsburgh?" Which one? There are 38 cities in 38 different states from the 50 states of the United States of America that are named Pittsburgh! To clarify and not to leave ambiguity we would say as an example. Steve Perry, lead singer, of Journey was born in Hanford California. There are a total of 7 Hanford's in 7 states in America! Dig today's great player-George Benson!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for this info Jose! Ill put a biog in the description. 🙏🙏🎸

[@hunterkiser4947]

Pls do Richie Blackmore

[@thomasmcdonald2983]

Which song is at the very end of this video?

[@TheGuitarShow]

Give Me The Night (my poor version of it!)

[@thomasmcdonald2983]

@@TheGuitarShow I thought it was give me the night. Your version sounded pretty good.

[@TheGuitarShow]

@@thomasmcdonald2983 thanks Thomas very kind

[@wadesharp11]

That first pic he looks like Eddie Murphy🤣The man I love George Benson

[@mikebassy]

Btw we jammed once at an art cafe on Roman Road east London. You gave me your phone number but maybe you forgot or if you had sense wanted to forget the experience ha ha . Joking but yeah we jammed the blues

[@TheGuitarShow]

Hey Mike thanks for touching base - Im sure you must be a red hot player! Just checked out your youtube its great. Sorry for not getting in touch I was really busy gigging around that time (unlike now!) so one gig tended to fade into another and hard to remember the specific ones lol -

[@duster71]

He played a few Guilds didn't he, he's got my birthday also March 22

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thats cool!

[@datathreadsorceress8624]

BEAUTIFUL VID😍😘😗💖💝💗💙💚💛💜🖤💞❣💎💎💎💎🏵🌹🌺.Can you do Chet Atkins next if there's more information

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks - yes great idea!

[@strat0871]

Thanks Ramon, what's that version of "give me the night" at the end ? Nice !

[@TheGuitarShow]

Yes it was, it was fun to try and learn some of bensons classy licks on that track

[@rillloudmother]

Wow, I had no idea that Guild was ever in Hoboken...