Legendary Guitars
Written by vintage on August 16, 2009 – 8:12 pm -Top 10 Legendary Guitars By Devin Pratt NO.10 - B.B. KING'S "LUCILLE" One night in the 1950s, B.B. King was playing a dance hall in Twist, Arkansas. In those days it wasn’t uncommon to light a barrel of kerosene to keep the building warm. Unfortunately, that night a fight broke out between some rowdy locals and the barrel of kerosene was knocked over, causing a massive fire. Once safely outside, B.B. realized that he had left his cherished guitar in the dance hall. He quickly ran into the blaze and grabbed his Gibson before the roof collapsed. Later, it was revealed that the men were fighting over a woman named Lucille. From that moment on B.B. christened all of his guitars “Lucille” to remind him never to fight over a woman. NO.9 - KEITH... more
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Gibson B.B. King
Written by vintage on April 22, 2009 – 5:51 pm -Gibson BB King Custom B.B. King has marveled many guitar players throughout the years with his short hard bending blues licks and scorching blues chops that can be imitated but not duplicated. Gibson owes a great deal of their success on their ES models to the blues man. Since the late 50s and 60s B.B. King has played numerous Gibson ES guitars (ES-5, ES-335 etc) His use of the Gibson ES has given them a great deal of exposure. As a result Gibson and King decided to produce an official line of Gibson electric guitars bearing the B.B. King name. In 1980 Gibson Introduced the Gibson B.B. King custom. It had the Lucille logo on the peghead, 2 pickups, gold plated parts, varitone switch and was available in ebony or cherry finishes. Gibson stopped... more
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