Description Product Description Throughout his long-lived, highly-successful career, renowned blues man B.B. King was seldom seen without a Gibson in his hand. He's played everything from a Gibson acoustic to a Les Paul Gold Top all the way through to a Gibson L-5CES hollow body, but his most iconic and widely recognized guitar of all was his beloved, highly-customized Gibson ES-355 named Lucille . Paying tribute to the legendary blues guitarist and his storied Gibson guitar, the Gibson Memphis is honored and extremely pleased to introduce the B.B. King Lucille 2015.The B.B. King Lucille 2015 boasts 3-ply maple/poplar/maple top, back and sides, and comes beautifully dressed in her signature nitro lacquer Ebony finish. She features a ES-style thinline semi-hollow construction, and holding true to King's hand-selected specs, the top has no F-holes--perfect for feedback-free performance when playing at higher volumes. Lucille's elegance is enhanced by classy multi-ply white/black binding on the top and back.For classic Gibson comfort, feel and playability, the three-piece maple neck is shaped into a Traditional C profile and capped with a smooth-playing 12 -radius richlite fingerboard. Catering to Lucille's instantly recognizable aesthetic, the fretboard carries full block mother-of-pearl inlays while the headstock is adorned with a mother-of-pearl Lucille inlay and a gold-plated truss rod cover engraved with B.B. King's name.The B.B. King Lucille 2015 comes fitted with premium versatile electronics, which include a pair of Gibson's popular 490R 490T Alnico II humbuckers, a versatile 6-way Varitone switch, a Stereo output, and independent Volume and Tone controls for each pickup. The pickups are slightly overwound, allowing Lucille to sing and dish out that classic humbucker sound with a hint of contemporary edge. The 6-position Varitone switch adds to Lucille's sonic flexibility while dual outputs (mono and stereo) allow you to run each