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GB10EM Jet Blue Burst (more images)

The GB10EM is a hollow body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2020. It is a signature model for American jazz guitarist George Benson. It is produced in Indonesia.

The GB10EM features a smallish, single cutaway, full hollow body design constructed of a laminated spruce top with ƒ holes and multi-layer binding on laminated linden sides and back. The set-in nyatoh neck sports a large headstock and a 22-fret walnut fingerboard with binding and acrylic block position markers. Components include a pair of floating Ibanez Magic Touch mini humbucking pickups with individual volume and tone controls, a height-adjustable walnut bridge, a wood covered trapeze tailpiece, and a black pickguard.

For 2025 the fretboard and bridge were changed to rosewood.

Specifications[]

Specifications for GB10EM
Model name: GB10EM
Year(s) offered: 2020–2025
Sold in: Americas & Oceania / Asia & Africa / China / Europe / USA
Made in: Indonesia
Price: MSRP: US$933.32 (2022[1]–2025[2]) / 819 (2024[3]) • SMAP: US$699.99 (2022[1]–2025[2])
Finish(es): Antique Amber (AA) / Jet Blue Burst (JBB)
Body
Body type:
Hollow body
Dimensions:
  Length: 479mm / 18⅞"
  Width: 368mm / 14½"
  Depth: 92mm / 3⅝"
Top:
  Material: Spruce (laminated)
  Binding: Multi-layer cream/black
Back/sides:
  Material: Linden (laminated)
Neck joint:
Set-in
Bridge:
2020–2024: Walnut
2025: Rosewood (10.4mm string spacing)
Tailpiece:
VT14 w/ GB10EM wood cover
Pickguard:
Black
Knob style:
Sure Grip III (black)
Hardware color:
Chrome
Neck
Neck type:
GB10SE
Neck material:
1-piece nyatoh
Scale length:
628mm/ 24¾"
Fingerboard material:
2020–2024: Walnut w/ binding
2025: Rosewood w/ binding
Fingerboard inlays:
Acrylic block
Frets:
22 / medium nickel silver (Artstar edge treatment)
Nut:
Ivory plastic (43mm)
Machine heads:
Ibanez die-cast
Electronics/ Strings
Pickup configuration:
HH
Bridge pickup:
Ibanez Magic Touch-Mini (H) passive/alnico
Neck pickup:
Ibanez Magic Touch-Mini (H) passive/alnico
Controls:
Two volumes / two tones / 3-way toggle pickup selector
Output jack:
¼" mono
String gauge (factory):
2020–2024: .011/.015/.022w/.030/.040/.050 flatwound
2025: .011/.015/.022w/.030/.040/.050 (D'Addario ECG24 Chromes flatwound)
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

Other available finishes
Antique Amber
Additional details
Pickup switching
Controls layout

Sources[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 2022 USA catalog (p. 56)
  2. 2.0 2.1 GB10EM-JBB product listing, Adorama (US retailer), archived January 2025
  3. 2024 Europe catalog (p. 60)
  • George Benson artist signature page, Ibanez Americas & Oceania, archived January 2021
  • GB10EM product page, Ibanez Europe, archived January 2020
  • GB10EM product page, Ibanez China, archived January 2021
  • GB10EM product page, Ibanez Americas & Oceania, archived June 2022
  • GB10EM product page, Ibanez Asia & Africa, archived January 2023
  • GB10EM product page, Ibanez USA, archived January 2024
  • GB10EM product page, Ibanez China, archived January 2025
  • GB10EM product page, Ibanez Europe, archived January 2025
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