Lucille ( guitar ) - wikipedia Lucille ( guitar ) B.B. King 's Lucille Lucille is the name B.B. King gave to his guitars. They were usually black Gibson guitars similar to the ES - 345 - 355. Contents 1 The story of Lucille 2 Lucilles through King 's career 2.1 Early Lucilles 2.2 Gibson Lucille 2.3 Gibson Little Lucille 2.4 The 80th Birthday Lucille 3 See also 4 References 5 Further reading The Story of Lucille B.B. King with Lucille. In the winter of 1949, King played at a dance hall in Twist, Arkansas. The hall was heated by a barrel half - filled with burning kerosene, a fairly common practice at the time. During a performance, two men began to fight, knocking over the barrel and sending burning fuel across the floor. The hall burst into flames, and the building was evacuated. Once outside, King realized that he had left his guitar inside so he went back into the burning building to retrieve his beloved $30 Gibson guitar. King learned the next day that the two men that started the fire had been fighting over a woman who worked at the hall named Lucille. King named that guitar, and every guitar he subsequently owned, Lucille, as a reminder never again to do something as stupid as run into a burning building or fight over women. B.B. King wrote a song called Lucille in which he talks about his guitar and how it got its name. The song was first released on the album Lucille and is included on the B.B. King Anthology 1962 -- 1998 album. Lucilles through King 's career Early Lucilles King played guitars made by different manufacturers early in his career. He played a Fender Telecaster on most of his recordings with RPM Records ( USA ). However, he is best known for playing variants of the Gibson ES - 335. Gibson Lucille Gibson Lucille Gibson Lucille Manufacturer Gibson Guitar Corporation, Epiphone Period 1980 -- 2015 Construction Body type Semi-hollow Scale 24 3 / 4 `` / 1 11 / 16 '' Woods Body Maple Neck Maple Fretboard Ebony Hardware Bridge Tune - o - matic / TP - 6 Pickup ( s ) 490R Alnico magnet humbucker / 490T Alnico magnet humbucker Colors available Black and also available in Emerald, Amethyst, Sapphire Blue, Ruby and Diamond In 1980, Gibson Guitar Corporation launched the B.B. King Lucille model. The most noticeable differences between the Lucille and the Gibson ES - 355 TD - SV on which it is based are the `` Lucille '' script on the headstock, the maple neck, and the lack of F - holes on the top. King requested that, to reduce feedback, there be no F - holes. Gibson made the B.B. King Standard model from 1980 to 1985. This model had chrome hardware and dot inlays instead of block inlays. The Gibson subsidiary Epiphone markets a low - cost, foreign - made Lucille model based on the Gibson Lucille. Differences include a variation on the headstock inlays, a gloss finish and different pickups. Gibson Little Lucille Gibson Little Lucille In 1999, Gibson launched the Little Lucille, a version of their Blueshawk guitar. It differed from the Blueshawk in having a Tune - o - matic bridge and a TP - 6 stop tailpiece. Gibson discontinued the Little Lucille and the Blueshawk, on which it was based. The 80th birthday Lucille In 2005, for B.B. King 's 80th birthday, Gibson made a special run of 80 Gibson Lucilles, referred to as the 80th Birthday Lucille. They presented the first prototype, which was engraved by Baron Technology, Inc, with design work by Scott Jeffrey, to King as a birthday present. King used the guitar as his main guitar until the summer of 2009, when it was stolen. On September 10, 2009, Eric Dahl unknowingly purchased the stolen instrument from a pawn shop in Las Vegas, and was contacted by a Gibson Artist Relations representative, who informed Dahl of the stolen status of the guitar. This Lucille was returned to King in late November 2009. See also List of guitars Guitar portal References Jump up ^ `` The Legacy of Lucille : The Surprising Story Behind B.B. King 's Guitar ''. Rollingstone.com. May 15, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2016. Jump up ^ Kerekes, Jim ; O'Neill, Dennis ( 1997 - 01 - 03 ). `` B.B. King : Lucille Speaks ''. Archived from the original on 2011 - 11 - 16. Jump up ^ Burrows, Terry. `` The Complete Book of the Guitar '' p. 111 Carlton Books Limited, 1998 ISBN 1 - 85868 - 529 - X ^ Jump up to : `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on February 5, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Epiphone B.B. King Lucille ''. Gibson.com. Jump up ^ `` Gibson.com : Gibson Memphis BB King ''. Gibson.com. Jump up ^ `` The GIBSON & Baldwin Player -- B.B. King -- Make the people happy ''. Player.gibson.com. Retrieved January 4, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Epiphone BB King Lucille ''. Gibson.com. June 24, 2008. Retrieved May 16, 2011. Jump up ^ Kling, Reno ( February 16, 1999 ). `` B.B. King embraces Gibson 's ' Little Lucille ' ''. Gibson.com. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved May 16, 2011. Jump up ^ Dahl, Eric ( December 3, 2009 ). `` One Customer 's Pawnshop Treasure ''. Guitarcenterblog.com. Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2011. Further reading Eric Dahl, B.B. King 's Lucille and the Loves Before Her, Blue Book Publications, 2013, 96 pp, ISBN 978 - 1 - 936120 - 41 - 3. B.B. King Studio albums 1956 : Singin ' the Blues 1960 : My Kind of Blues 1968 : Lucille 1969 : Completely Well 1970 : Indianola Mississippi Seeds 1971 : B.B. King in London 1972 : L.A. Midnight Guess Who 1973 : To Know You Is to Love You 1975 : Lucille Talks Back 1977 : King Size 1978 : Midnight Believer 1979 : Take It Home 1981 : There Must Be a Better World Somewhere 1983 : Blues ' N ' Jazz 1985 : Six Silver Strings 1991 : There Is Always One More Time 1993 : Blues Summit 1997 : Deuces Wild 1998 : Blues on the Bayou 1999 : Let the Good Times Roll 2000 : Riding with the King Makin ' Love Is Good for You 2003 : Reflections 2005 : B.B. King & Friends : 80 2008 : One Kind Favor Live albums 1965 : Live at the Regal 1969 : Live & Well 1971 : Live in Cook County Jail 1974 : Together for the First Time... Live 1976 : Bobby Bland and B.B. King Together Again... Live 1980 : Now Appearing at Ole Miss 1991 : Live at the Apollo Live at San Quentin 1999 : Live in Japan Notable compilations 1983 : Why I Sing the Blues 1992 : King of the Blues 1995 : Lucille & Friends 1999 : His Definitive Greatest Hits 2005 : The Ultimate Collection 2007 : The Best of the Early Years 2012 : Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. B.B. King Singles 1951 : `` 3 O'Clock Blues '' 1952 : `` Shake It Up and Go '' 1955 : `` Every Day I Have the Blues '' 1956 : `` Sweet Little Angel '' 1959 : `` Sugar Mama '' 1961 : `` Someday Baby '' 1962 : `` Goin ' Down Slow '' 1963 : `` Trouble in Mind '' 1964 : `` How Blue Can You Get '' `` Rock Me Baby '' `` Please Send Me Someone to Love '' 1965 : `` Blue Shadows '' 1966 : `` Eyesight to the Blind '' `` Just Like a Woman '' `` Five Long Years '' `` Ai n't Nobody 's Business '' 1970 : `` The Thrill Is Gone '' `` Worried Life '' 1976 : `` Let the Good Times Roll '' 1985 : `` Big Boss Man '' 1988 : `` When Love Comes to Town '' 1992 : `` Since I Met You Baby '' Other songs 1961 : `` Driving Wheel 1974 : `` Black Night '' 1977 : `` Do n't You Lie to Me '' 1985 : `` In the Midnight Hour '' 1995 : `` You Shook Me '' 1998 : `` Mean Ole ' World '' 1999 : `` Ai n't Nobody Here but Us Chickens '' `` Is You Is or Is You Ai n't My Baby '' `` Choo Choo Ch'Boogie '' `` Buzz Me '' `` Jack, You 're Dead '' `` Saturday Night Fish Fry '' `` Nobody Knows You When You 're Down and Out '' `` Early in the Mornin ' '' 2000 : `` Hold On, I 'm Comin ' '' `` Come Rain or Come Shine '' `` Since I Fell for You '' 2005 : `` Need Your Love So Bad '' `` Early in the Morning '' 2008 : `` See That My Grave Is Kept Clean '' `` Sitting on Top of the World '' Related articles Discography B.B. King `` Into the Night '' Memphis blues Beale Street WDIA Chitlin ' Circuit Bihari brothers Maxwell Davis Lucille ( guitar ) The Road to Memphis Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lucille_(guitar)&oldid=833021202 '' Categories : Gibson electric guitars Individual guitars Instruments of musicians B.B. King Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from May 2011 Pages using deprecated image syntax All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from March 2012 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español فارسی Magyar Русский Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 29 March 2018, at 07 : 18. About Wikipedia

Question: what is bb king's guitar's name
Answer: Lucille