Product Overview
Features
- Designed to George Benson's personal specifications — true intonation, excellent sustain, superior durability
- Pure nickel flatwound wrap on the G, D, A, and low E; brass-plated plain steel E and B trebles
- Signature jazz feel favored by working pros — smooth, mellow, articulate under both fingerstyle and pick
Description
The Thomastik-Infeld GB114 is the medium-gauge George Benson signature jazz set, developed in direct collaboration with the 10-time Grammy-winning guitarist and built to his personal specifications. The plain E and B are brass-plated steel; the G, D, A, and low E are pure nickel flatwound. What sets the George Benson strings apart from Thomastik-Infeld's other flatwound jazz lines is the specific balance of gauges and tension that Benson himself dialed in — designed from the ground up for true intonation across the neck, excellent sustain, and the superior durability required by a working professional's schedule.
Voiced for semi-acoustic and acoustic archtop jazz guitars, the GB114 delivers a mellow, focused timbre with the smooth, silky feel of a proper flatwound under both fingerstyle and pick. At .014-.055, this is the heavier of the two gauges in the George Benson line — the traditional big-string choice for archtop players who want maximum acoustic projection, firm chord-comping authority, and the full-bodied low end that suits large-body hollowbodies and semi-acoustic jazz guitars best. Made in Vienna to Thomastik-Infeld's century-old standards and used by students and professionals worldwide.
Specifications
- Brand: Thomastik-Infeld
- Model: GB114
- Series: George Benson (Signature)
- Instrument: Jazz Guitar (semi-acoustic / acoustic / electric archtop)
- Gauge: Medium (.014 .018 .021 .031 .041 .055)
- Plain Strings: Brass-plated steel (E, B)
- Wound Strings: Pure nickel flatwound (G, D, A, Low E)
- Winding: Flat wound
- Ball End: Yes
- Country of Origin: Austria
