Gibson launches the BB King Lucille Legacy, giving the ultimate blues guitar a regal makeover

Bb King Guitar Lucille. Gibson debuts Alpine White BB King Lucille ES355 guitar MusicRadar "I'm very crazy about Lucille, Lucille took me from the plantation," so sang the late great BB King on his 1968 ode to his beloved guitar, Lucille.But while the annals of popular music are full of guitarists forming spiritual bonds with their instruments, there was something about BB's love for Lucille that seemed extra special - the two were truly inseparable. King's famous song and album of the same name, 1968's Lucille

With its fat, curvy, semi-hollow body, mother-of-pearl. They were usually black Gibson guitars similar to the ES-330 or ES-355, and Gibson introduced a B.B

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The deal saw him pictured in many adverts and catalogues: for example, a striking early '70s ad profiled "the man and the woman"—in other words, B.B They were usually black Gibson guitars similar to the ES-330 or ES-355, and Gibson introduced a B.B With its fat, curvy, semi-hollow body, mother-of-pearl.

Gibson BB King ES 355 "Lucille" 2004 Ebony Guitar For Sale GuitarPoint. Right from the jump, King introduces the guitar: "The sound that you're listening to / Is from my guitar that's named Lucille". Gibson decided to mark its connection to that career in 1969 by signing an endorsement deal with B.B., who was still a loyal 355 fan

B.B. King's 'Lucille' guitar going up for auction AP News. That night King was playing a cheap Gibson L-30, but the guitar most frequently associated with the name "Lucille" is a Gibson ES-355 King name his guitar Lucille? The story is as grand as the King of the Blues