One of B.B. King‘s iconic Gibson electric guitars — each affectionately nicknamed “Lucille” — will soon hit the auction block. The late blues musician’s black ES-345 prototype ...

Then, in 1949, he called a guitar Lucille for the first time - a Gibson L-30 archtop by all accounts. You can read BB recounting that story himself on page 89. Through his contacts at WDIA, BB King ...

It all began when Eric Dahl purchased a Gibson guitar at a Las Vegas pawnshop in 2009. Dahl paid about $2,200 for the B.B. King Lucille model and later made an exciting discovery: It was the ...

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But from blues to country to rock, the most famous guitar might be B.B. King’s Lucille. Unlike other guitarists, King didn’t bestow the name Lucille upon a single guitar. Instead, he gave it ...

B.B. King, who died Thursday at age 89, named his guitar Lucille because of a woman he never met. In fact, there have been many Lucilles, most famously a series of custom-designed Gibsons but ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- B.B. King's guitars are among the most famous musical instruments in the world – known to throngs by the names he gave them, "Lucille." A guitar by that name that King played ...

JACKSON, Miss. — A guitar given to B.B. King for his 80th birthday has sold for $280,000 at an auction of items from the blues legend's estate. Julien's Auctions says King often used the black ...

To guitar aficionados and blues fans, the name Lucille evokes the sweet, piercing electric tones of B.B. King’s guitar. It’s the name the 15-time Grammy winner, who died Thursday night at age ...

B.B. King? He just jacked an electric guitar into an amp. His trademark tone came courtesy of his fingers and his feel, not fuzz boxes. His technique was also one of spareness and simplicity ...

A guitar given to B.B. King for his 80th birthday has sold for $280,000 at an auction of items from the blues legend's estate. By Associated Press A guitar given to B.B. King for his 80th birthday ...