Epiphone BB King Lucille w/Case - Ebony
A Lovingly Crafted Tribute to a Blues Legend
Based on the famously named guitars of blues legend B.B. King, the Epiphone B.B. King Lucille was inspired by the various Gibson ES™ models he played over the years - all of which were named Lucille.
Standout features that make this Lucille such a stunning guitar and loving tribute include gold hardware, Grover® Rotomatic® tuners, a Graph Tech® nut, ebony fretboard with pearloid block inlays, a brass truss rod cover with B.B. King’s name engraved on it, mother of pearl Lucille inlay on the headstock face, multi-ply binding on the body and headstock, a TP-6 tailpiece with fine tuners, and a semi-hollow body with a maple center block to reduce feedback.
Unlike most semi-hollowbody guitars, the B.B. King Lucille’s top doesn’t have any f-holes; B.B. himself requested this feature to help further reduce the possibility of feedback.
The electronics are equally impressive, with a six-position Varitone switch, a pair of Alnico Classic PRO™ humbucking pickups wired to CTS® potentiometers, and stereo and mono output jacks for maximum flexibility. An EpiLite™ case is also included.
Specs
Body
- Body Shape: ES-335
- Body Material: 5-ply Layered Maple
- Bracing: Spruce
- Centerblock
- Maple: Binding
- Multi-ply Top, Back, and Headstock, Single ply Neck
- Finish: Gloss
Neck
- Material: Maple
- Profile: Rounded C
- Scale Length: 24.75" / 628.65mm
- Fingerboard Material: Ebony
- Fingerboard Radius: 12"
- Number Of Frets: 22
- Frets: Medium Jumbo
- Nut Material: Graph Tech
- Nut Width: 1.69" / 43mm
- Inlays: Pearloid Blocks
- Joint: Glued in, Set Neck
- Headstock: 60s Kalamazoo
- Headstock inlay: Modern Epiphone logo and Lucille logo inlayed in Mother of Pearl
Hardware
- Finish: Gold
- Tuner Plating: Gold
- Bridge: Epiphone LockTone Tune-O-Matic
- Tailpiece: TP-6 Stop Bar with Fine Tuners
- Tuning Machines: Grover Rotomatic with Keystone Buttons
- Pickguard: 5-ply ES-335 style Bound Tortoise Pickguard
- TrussRod: 2-way Adjustable
- Truss Rod Cover: Brass Bell; Engraved "B.B. King"
- Control Knobs: Black Speed Knobs, Black Chicken Head Varitone Knob
- Switch Tip: Cream
- Switchwasher: Gold Varitone Washer
- Control Covers: Black; PVC
- Strap Buttons: 2 - Bottom and Back of Heel
- Mounting Rings: Black
- Pickup Covers: Gold
Electronics
- Neck Pickup: Alnico Classic PRO
- Bridge Pickup: Alnico Classic PRO
- Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, CTS Potentiometers, 6 Position Varitone Switch
- Pickup Selector: 3-way Epiphone Toggle
- Output Jack: Two: Epiphone 1/4" Mono and Epiphone 1/4" Stereo
Miscellaneous
- Strings Gauge: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
- Case: EpiLite Case Included
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