Epiphone B. B.

King Lucille 17/4/19 12(41

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B. B. King Lucille PRODUCT FEATURES

When B.B. King made his first recordings for Sam Phillips’ Memphis Designed with B.B. King
Recording Services, King was initially known as a talented vocalist Classic VariTone™control
and in fact didn’t always play lead guitar on his early records. But Mono and stereo output
that would all change by the mid ‘50s as King and his guitar,
TP-6 fine tuning bridge
nicknamed Lucille, became the voice of the blues. With hits like
“Rock Me Baby,” “Sweet Little Angel,” “Sweet Sixteen,” and “The Thrill
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Is Gone,” King put the blues on the Top 40 charts, made himself and
Body maple
Lucille household names, became the first blues artist signed to a
Neck Hard maple, glued,
major label, and with his singular vocal and guitar style, was an
hand-set
inspiration to a mighty generation of blues and rock artists including
Scale Length 24.75”
Otis Rush, Albert King, Buddy Guy, Michael Bloomfield, Duane
Nut width 1.68”
Allman, and Magic Sam.
Fingerboard 22 medium jumbo
frets
King’s singular tone has everything you’d want to hear in electric
Headstock Sloped dovewing
blues guitar—a bell-like ring with a hint of overdrive, soaring highs with pearloid
and gritty lows, and all driven home by King’s mighty left hand “Lucille” inlay
Pickups 2 Classic Alnico

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Epiphone B. B. King Lucille 17/4/19 12(41

tremolo. The Epiphone B. B. King Lucille was designed by B. B. King Humbuckers

himself and puts all the tone and nuance of King’s own favorite Electronics Vari-Tone™
guitar in your hands. Position 1 bypass
Position 2 5db at 1950 Hz
As with all Epiphones, Lucille comes with our Limited Lifetime Position 3 12db at 1100 Hz
Guarantee and 24/7/365 Gibson Customer Service. Get the thrill and Position 4 15db at 620 Hz
play the Epiphone B.B.King Lucille today at your Authorized Epiphone Position 5 18.5db at 360 Hz
Dealer. Position 6 21db at 120 Hz
Outputs 1/4” mono (both
pickups or neck
pickup in Stereo
Mode and 1/ 4”
Stereo (bridge
pickup)
Controls 2-volume, 2-tone
Inlay pearloid, block
Bridge Lock-Tone™ Tune-
O-Matic
Tailpiece TP-6 fine tuning
bridge
Hardware gold
Machine Heads Grover®
Color ebony (EB)
Typical Weight 9.0 lbs
(+/- 5%)
Strings D’Addario® 10, 13,
17, 26, 36, 46

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