Ask any blues player, which guitar is simply “made for blues”, the Epiphone BB King Lucille electric guitar would be the number 1 pick.
If you are an admirer of legendary guitars and more so if you play the blues, then most definitely you would love playing the Epiphone BB King Lucille.
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Epiphone BB King Lucille electric guitar
The BB King Lucille electric guitar gets its classy appearance from its semi-hollowed body that is gracefully adorned with laminated maple. When you see the Epiphone BB King electric guitar for the first time, you know its something different – it is unique in looks and feel.
The neck of the BB King Lucille is made from solid maple and embellished with pearloid block inlays that make this guitar stand out even more. The Epiphone BB king guitar is essentially the Gibson BB King guitar made affordable for the general public.
The white banding on the front, neck, and headstock in contrast with the laminated body and gold hardware enhances the look of guitar to such a degree that for me, I just want to stand there and gaze at it for a while – take in the exquisite beauty of Lucille, before I even reach out to hold her.
I know why BB King named this guitar Lucille – there is something very sensual about her! Its a guitar that you would caress rather than attack.
The unique features of the Epiphone BB King Lucille are the stereo outputs, and the Varitone switch, which you rarely see on any other guitar. These two features alone are reason enough to buy the BB King Lucille guitar as it gives you so many possibilities for creating your own unique tone.
And that is what I think BB King was looking for when he gave this guitar his name. With the stereo outputs it means you can run your leads to two separate, and possibly two different, types of amplifier. BB King use to have one amp with a higher treble setting and the other loaded with bass. The Varitone switch gives you the ability to easily vary your tone while playing – think about that for a second. With one control you can on demand dial up a different tone half way through a song. Pure genius!
Unlike other archtop or semi hollow body guitars, the Epiphone BB King Lucille has a completely solid top with no presence of F-holes. I suspect this may assist with a reduction in any feedback that you can sometimes get with hollow acoustic-type bodies.
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Although the Epiphone BB King Lucille guitar is primarily meant to play the blues, the presence of the varitone switch and stereo output allows other genres such as classic rock sounds, and authentic jazz to be played. Given that every guitar slave’s goal is to develop a unique sound I believe pretty much any sound or style can be played on the Epiphone BB King Lucille guitar.
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