George Benson presents Charlie Christian’s 1940 Gibson ES-250

Grammy winning jazz guitarist, George Benson talking about Charlie Christian’s 1940 Gibson ES-250 guitar at The World’s Only Global Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, Arizona USA. Charlie Christian was one of the first to produce improvised masterpieces using electrically amplified equipment. He was the first to realize the instrument’s potential for single-line solos.
The Gibson Es-250 Guitar was introduced in late 1938 , it was an upgrade of the gibson es-150 models in the late 30s which had the Charlie Christian pick ups. The ES-250 was one of the most advanced elecric guitars of its time. It was played by many Blues and jazzmasters such as Charlie Christian, T-bone walker and Oscar Moore amongst many others ..