Gibson B.B. King Lucille Legacy in Transparent Ebony announced
Lucille gets a fancy new outfit for 2022
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The new Gibson Custom Shop B.B. King Lucille Legacy in Transparent Ebony has been officially announced today. It takes Lucille up a notch looks-wise with a fancy new finish. But is it too much?
Gibson B.B. King Lucille Legacy
This new B.B. King Lucille Legacy from the Gibson Custom Shop comes finished in a very fancy Transparent Ebony gloss nitrocellulose lacquer over a 3-ply Figured Maple/Poplar/Maple top, back and sides. The model has a Slim taper, long tenon mahogany neck, with a 12″ radius ebony fretboard and 22 frets.
All hardware is in gold and includes an ABR-1 bridge and a TP-6 tail piece with fine tuners, plus a set of Grover Tulip tuners. You also get a bound Tortoise pickguard and a gold engraved “B.B. King” truss rod cover, to let you know who it is in honour of.
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- Gibson B.B. King Lucille Legacy in Transparent Ebony · Source: Gibson
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- Gibson B.B. King Lucille Legacy in Transparent Ebony rear · Source: Gibson
Custombuckers
Pickups are pair of Gibson’s Custombuckers, wired via two Volume, and two Tone controls, plus a 6 position Mono Varitone Switch. Gibson uses 500K CTS Audio-Taper Potentiometers, with Paper in Oil Bumblebee capacitors, and a hand-wired loom. Just as you should expect for this model.
At USD 6999.99, it’s not cheap, but it is quite special and a lot of work will have gone into the construction by hand of this guitar. Sure, it is high-end and made in the USA, but personally, I prefer the standard all-black Lucille, and find this new Transparent Ebony with figured maple just a little too over-the-top for my tastes. But your mileage may vary, and I bet it is a lovely playing instrument either way.
RRP – USD 6999.99
More Information on Gibson
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