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Epiphone B.B. King Lucille

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Electric Guitar

  • B.B. King "Lucille" Signature Model
  • 5-Ply body: laminated maple
  • Set-in neck: Maple
  • Fingerboard: Ebony
  • Perloid Block fingerboard inlays
  • Neck profile: Rounded C
  • Scale: 629 mm (24.76")
  • Nut width: 43 mm (1.69")
  • Graph Tech nut
  • 22 Frets
  • Pickups: 2 AlNiCo Classic Pro humbuckers
  • 2 Volume and 2 tone controls
  • 6-Way Varitone switch
  • Output sockets: 2 Epiphone 6.3 mm mono jacks
  • Epiphone LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge with TP-6 stop bar tailpiece
  • Gold-plated hardware
  • Colour: Ebony
  • Includes softlight case
Available since October 2021
Item number 525245
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Artist BB King
Colour Black
Style ES-Style
Body Maple, Laminated
Neck Maple
Fretboard Ebony
Frets 22
Scale 629 mm
Pickups HH
Tremolo None
Incl. Case Yes
Incl. Bag No
Top Maple, Laminated
2.879 AED 740,34 €
Plus 272 AED shipping
The price in AED is a guideline price only
Since we ship from Germany, additional costs through taxes and customs may be incurred
In stock within 5-7 weeks
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This is a Keeper!
Barryf 27.10.2021
Just arrived this morning. Wow! Really impressed. My (possibly inaccurate) scales put it at 4.2Kg - it has a great weight in the hand, solid feeling but not a dead weight.

The fit and finish are pretty flawless, a really nice job. Frets are actually quite shiny with little of the usual scratchiness of new Epi's. The neck is perfect - same profile as my Epi '59 which I love. The ebony fretboard is very nice. The Grover tuners are very smooth. All the hardware feels and looks top-notch.

Out of the box the action, intonation are more than acceptable. I'll be quite happy to just tune it up and play away until I get around to doing a setup.

I took a chance on this. Always fancied a 335, but the neck "lottery" put me off as different years' of Gibsons all have differing profiles. I like a decently chunky neck and that was one of the features described for Lucille. Very glad I clicked that button!

The Epilite case is also impressive. No worries moving it around in that.

All in all, yeah. I will be holding on to this, and highly recommend it to anyone.

Great service from Thomann as usual. Arrived at my door in Ireland well (double) packaged 6 days after ordering.
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Best guitar
Anonymous 12.12.2022
BB king Epiphone Lucille is a Best Guitar 🎸
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Hard to beat for the money!
bluezmaniak 15.12.2021
Pretty good guitar for the money. I believe it really depends on your frame of reference, but a solid alternative to ES-335 and clones. Is it as good? I don't think so. Does it capture the magic without breaking the bank? Most probably.

What really gives this one away is the build quality. Looks like the real thing from a distance, but closer inspection gives away the "made in China" vibe.

Definitely recommended for King fans on a budget. If looking for a top quality instrument you should look at pricier options.
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Als Fan von BB musste ich sie haben
Motschinho 30.03.2022
ich bin jetzt seit November im Besitz der Lucille. Als ich gehört habe, dass es von Epiphone eine Lucille gibt, musste ich sofort zuschlagen. Hier war mir das Modell von Gibson einfach immer zu teuer.

Zum Sound:
Ich denke, über die Probucker von Epiphone ist genug geschrieben worden. Der Varitone gibt hier ausgezeichnete Möglichkeiten. Insgesamt können Sie aber den Vergleich mit Gibson USA oder gar Custombuckern nicht standhalten. Das sollte man aber auch nicht erwarten.
Für den Preis sind sie auf jeden Fall klasse!

Kritik:
Leider einiges, das Binding ist an einigen Stellen mit Lack übermalt und daher nicht sauber.
Die Bundenden sind an einigen Stellen scharf und mussten von mir nachgeschliffen werden.
Auch das Werkssetup war eher mau. Aber sollte für die meisten kein Problem sein.

Leider ist sie jetzt schon das zweite Mal zurück zum Thomann gegangen, da ich eine Art Wackelkontakt am Bridge Pickup habe. Leider konnte Thomann bisher nicht die Ursache finden.
Ich befürchte, hier die Elektronik komplett tauschen zu müssen.
Das ist halt schade, aber ich weiß natürlich dass Thomann hier auch nichts machen kann, wenn sich der Fehler nicht vor Ort provozieren lässt.

Wäre das Problem mit der Elektronik nicht, hätte ich kein Problem mit den anderen Kleinigkeiten, so bleibt aber insgesamt ein eher schaler Beigeschmack, der bei knapp 1.000€ nicht mehr sein sollte. Bei Gibson USA oder Fender Japan / USA ist mir noch nichts gleichartiges untergekommen.
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