Gibson B.B. King Lucille Legacy Electric Guitar, Transparent Ebony

The legendary Gibson B.B. King Lucille Legacy returns to the Custom Shop ES™ lineup as a core Artist model. Lucille features all of the high-end appointments that are fit for a King. Highlights include gold hardware, including a gold “B.B. King” engraved truss rod cover and a TP-6 tailpiece with fine tuners. A “Lucille” mother of pearl inlay adorns the headstock, and the ebony fretboard features split block mother of pearl inlays. A mono Varitone switch, along with four audio taper CTS® potentiometers and paper-in-oil Bumblebee capacitors, are paired to Gibson Custombucker humbucking pickups. The legendary semi-hollowbody design remains, but the f-holes are gone, in keeping with B.B. King’s personal preferences. The top, back, and sides of the body feature stunning figured maple veneer, which is visible through the Transparent Ebony nitrocellulose lacquer finish, making Lucille a very special guitar that’s fit for blues royalty.

Specifications:

• Number of Strings: 6
• Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
• Body Type: Semi-hollowbody
  
• Body Shape: B.B. King Lucille Legacy
• Body Material: 3-ply Figured Maple/Poplar/Maple
• Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Color: Transparent Ebony
• Neck Material: Mahogany
  
• Neck Shape: Slim Taper
• Neck Joint: Set Neck
• Radius: 12"
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay: Mother-of-Pearl Split Blocks
• Number of Frets: 22
• Scale Length: 24.75"
• Nut Width: 1.687"
• Nut Material: Corian
• Bridge/Tailpiece: ABR-1 TP-6 Tailpiece with fine Tuners
  
• Tuners: Grover Tulip
• Neck Pickup: Gibson Custom Humbucker
  
• Bridge Pickup: Gibson Custom Humbucker
• Controls: 2 x volume, 2 x tone
• Switching: 6-position Mono Varitone Switch
• Strings: Gibson, .010-.046
  

Features:

• Re-creation of B.B. King's iconic ES-355 semi-hollowbody electric guitar
• 3-ply figured body — sans F-holes — with a head-turning transparent nitrocellulose lacquer finish
• Comfortable SlimTaper neck profile with a 22-fret ebony fingerboard
• Dual CustomBucker pickups nail the sound of a vintage ES-355
• Handwired harness with CTS audio-taper pots and paper-in-oil Bumblebee caps
• Mono Varitone circuit unlocks an entire universe of flexible tones
• ABR-1 bridge and TP-6 tailpiece with fine tuners
• Rock-solid Grover Tulip tuning machines
• Attractive split block mother-of-pearl fingerboard inlays, multi-ply body binding, and single-ply fingerboard binding
• Gleaming gold hardware, black Top Hat knobs with gold inserts, and a Chicken Head Varitone knob