Product Overview
Features
- Designed to George Benson's personal specifications — true intonation, excellent sustain, superior durability
- Pure nickel round wound wrap on the D, A, and low E; brass-plated plain steel E, B, and G trebles
- Classic roundwound feel with mellow jazz timbre — the signature Benson set for players who prefer round windings over flats
Description
The Thomastik-Infeld GR112 is the roundwound counterpart to the GB112 in the George Benson signature series, developed in direct collaboration with the 10-time Grammy-winning guitarist and built to his personal specifications. The plain E, B, and G are brass-plated steel; the D, A, and low E are pure nickel roundwound. What sets the George Benson strings apart from Thomastik-Infeld's other 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 GR112 delivers a mellow, focused timbre with the familiar articulation and pick response of a traditional roundwound. Compared to the flatwound GB112, the GR112 offers a brighter, more open top end with more sustain and a bit more clarity for single-note lines, while still holding onto the warm, controlled midrange the George Benson line is known for. At .012-.053, the medium-light gauge sits in the classic archtop sweet spot — firm enough for authoritative chord comping and warm, singing lead lines, light enough for fluid single-note runs up the neck. Made in Vienna to Thomastik-Infeld's century-old standards.
Specifications
- Brand: Thomastik-Infeld
- Model: GR112
- Series: George Benson (Signature)
- Instrument: Jazz Guitar (semi-acoustic / acoustic / electric archtop)
- Gauge: Medium Light (.012 .016 .020 .028 .039 .053)
- Plain Strings: Brass-plated steel (E, B, G)
- Wound Strings: Pure nickel round wound (D, A, Low E)
- Winding: Round wound
- Ball End: Yes
- Country of Origin: Austria
