Gibson Custom B.B. King Lucille Limited Review

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Overall Rating 3.55

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Features 3.36

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Quality 3.95

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Reliability / Value 3.23

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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Scale Length: 24-3/4"  
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  • Body Wood: Maple  
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  • Carved Top: Yes  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Construction: 3-piece neck  
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  • Neck Shape: C-shaped neck  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Radius: 12.00"  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • Nut Width: 1.6875" (1-11/16")  
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  • Bridge: Tune-O-Matic  
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  • Hardware: Gold  
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  • Fret Size: Medium Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Neck Position 490R Humbucker Bridge Position 490T Humbucker

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B.B. King Lucille Limited is a guitar made by Gibson Custom, and clearly it's not the instrument that aims to please the most demanding guitar players, but it does its job at serving those less demanding really well.

Carefully chosen set of features makes Gibson Custom's B.B. King Lucille Limited a really good guitar. Some might say that it lacks some of the features, but B.B. King Lucille Limited's features still fulfill an average musician's needs. You won't be wrong to go for this axe 'cause it has a wide array of different sounds and a lot of possibilities for tweaking the sound to make it yours. Getting one of Gibson Custom's B.B. King Lucille Limited is a way to go.

Another great sounding guitar from Gibson Custom such as B.B. King Lucille Limited surely stands shoulder to shoulder with its previous models, and with top guitar models from other musical instruments manufacturers as well. Plugged into most amplifiers, this guitar will deliver the kind of tone you'd expect from a high class instrument. Hardware setup that requires no effort to adjust will have you playing your tone in no time.

A bit more care and time would make this instrument a class better, but Gibson Custom's B.B. King Lucille Limited doesn't look bad, nor does play badly. It stays in tune reasonably well, and can provide a not-too-demanding musician some good experience. Was it the price, or some other factor, but it feels that the hardware could have been done better; nevertheless, B.B. King Lucille Limited is after all a good guitar which is not too hard to handle and set up.

This guitar will hold on really well as it is built well. Not to be battered as it is not the ultimate gigging tool; still, B.B. King Lucille Limited will perform OK in most live situations. You might feel that it will let you down in you hour of need, but in reality this guitar will do just well. Should you feel unconfident, have a backup guitar ready and you'll have no worries with Gibson Custom's B.B. King Lucille Limited.