The king of the blues, as Eric Clapton named him, B.B King is a long time Gibson player. Throughout his career, he used various Gibsons, mostly modified ES-355 models and multiple incarnations of his "Lucille" guitar. Lucille models often came in black with gold hardware and white binding, as is the 2015 B.B. King Lucille from Gibson Memphis. Like its predecessors, the 2015 Lucille comes with a semi-hollow body without "f" holes, and rocks the comfortable thinline construction. Back, sides and the top of the current Lucille and made of maple/poplar/maple three-ply laminates. On the top, it sports a classic two-piece bridge unit - a tune-o-matic bridge with TP-6 tailpiece in the back. In the pickups compartment, Lucille features the classic Gibson 490R and 490T (R stands for the rhythm position, while the T stands for the treble). Standard controls unit (vol/vol/tone/tone/three-way toggle switch) is accompanied by a 6-position Varitone switch and stereo output. Neck is made of three pieces of maple, and features the standard mortise & tenon joint. On its top, a black richlite fingerboard with 22 frets is installed. It comes with ful block inlays, creme binding around the edges and 1.68" wide corian nut. Gold-plated Grover Tulip tuners are found on the headstock. Along with them, the gold-plated truss rod cover with B.B. King graving and "Lucille" inlay above it, are also found. 2015 Lucille will set you back for $4,199.

B.B. King Lucille (2015) Full Specs

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Body Shape ES
Body Type Semi-Hollowbody
Body Construction Double cutaway
Binding White
Binding Black
Binding Multi-ply
Carved Top Yes
Body Wood Maple
Body Wood Poplar
Body Top Wood Maple
Body Top Wood Poplar
Bridge Hardtail
Bridge Top Load
Bridge Tune-O-Matic
Bridge TP-6
Number of Pickups 2
Bridge Pickup Type Active Humbucker
Neck Pickup Type Active Humbucker
Controls Volume
Controls Tone
Pickup Switch Type 3-way Pickup Selector
Neck Wood Maple
Neck Shape C-shaped neck
Neck Joint Mortise & Tenon
Neck Joint Glued In
Neck Construction 3-piece neck
Fingerboard Material Richlite (Black)
Number of Frets 22
Fingerboard Inlays Block
Hardware Gold
Pickguard Yes
Tuners Grover
String Nut Corian
Scale Length 24-3/4"
Nut Width 1.68"
Finish Gloss
Finish Lacquer
Fingerboard Radius 12.00"
Custom Features: Pickups: 490R (rhythm position)/490T (treble/lead position). Controls: vol/vol/tone/tone, three-way toggle pickup switch. Additional electronics: 6-position Varitone switch. Special Features: Gold "B.B. King" engraved truss rod cover, gold-plated Grover Tulip tuners, full block inlays, no "f" holes, stereo output, TP-6 tailpiece allows fine tuning at the bridge.

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Body Shape
ES
ES
Body Type
Semi-Hollowbody
Semi-Hollowbody
Body Construction
Double cutaway
Double cutaway
Binding
Black/Multi-ply/White
Creme
Carved Top
Yes
No
Body Wood
Maple/Poplar
Poplar
Body Top Wood
Maple/Poplar
Poplar
Bridge
Hardtail/TP-6/Top Load/Tune-O-Matic
Stoptail
Number of Pickups
2
2
Bridge Pickup Type
Active Humbucker
Active Humbucker
Neck Pickup Type
Active Humbucker
Active Humbucker
Controls
Tone/Volume
Tone
Pickup Switch Type
3-way Pickup Selector
3-way Pickup Selector
Neck Wood
Maple
Mahogany
Neck Shape
C-shaped neck
C-shaped neck
Neck Joint
Glued In/Mortise & Tenon
Glued In
Neck Construction
3-piece neck
1-piece neck
Fingerboard Material
Richlite (Black)
Rosewood (Bound)
Number of Frets
22
22
Fingerboard Inlays
Block
Split Parallelogram
Hardware
Gold
Nickel
Pickguard
Yes
No
Tuners
Grover
Vintage Style
String Nut
Corian
Nylon
Scale Length
24-3/4"
24-3/4"
Nut Width
1.68"
1.70"
Finish
Gloss/Lacquer
Nitrocellulose
Fingerboard Radius
12.00"
12.00"
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