This review is from: Epiphone B.B.King Lucille Archtop Electric Guitar, EbonyI am not a professional musician....just a hobby blues player always on a quest for sound. I came across this guitar by coincidence. I was aware that they have a Gibson version of Lucille, but I saw that Epiphone has a version of it also. The price difference is dramatical, play both models side by side and you will be blown away with the Epiphone version. The feel of the guitar is awesome. The pickups are great. The thing that blew me away is the vari-tone switch. I played this guitar clean and distorted and played around with the vari-tone switch and loved the sounds that i was hearing. You can get a really nice fat sound or a near screech sound out of Lucille. If you are into the classic rock blues type of sound or the B.B. King sound this is the guitar for you. Trust me you have to try this guitar out. I have played Les Pauls and Flying V's, but this version just blows those out of the water. I never really thought of ever buying a Gibson/Epiphone product, but I did and I do not regret it at all, this coming from a die hard Stratocaster and Telecaster owner/player...
This review is from: Epiphone B.B.King Lucille Archtop Electric Guitar, EbonyI have had my Epi Lucille now for more than a week.She is sooo fine. The 6-position Vari-Tone filterswitch with the chickenhead knob on it gives manyvoices to Lucille. Not to mention the two othertone knobs, one for each pickup.The toggle switch selects either or both pickups.The inlays in the fretboard are stunning and veryprecise. Also, the white bindings around all bodyparts give Lucille a very sharp contrast and shouldbe very nice under low lighting as well. The goldplatings are as good as any... they give Lucillea cripsness and warmth and glow.You can fine tune a string with the tiny blackknurled knob at the bridge area. Each stringmay be fine tuned. This is a very uncommon featureand is slick.The guitar is a wider that my Epi Les PaulSpecial II but feels right when playing.The high gloss black finish really shines.I'd order another should something happen tothis one. I play the blues and black gospel.I bought a hard case and a strap for Lucille too.Lucille is my guitar upgrade from the Special IIthat i learned on one year ago. My anniversarypresent to myself. I am age 65. I play the notesoff of staff paper now....
This review is from: Epiphone B.B.King Lucille Archtop Electric Guitar, EbonyI just love this guitar. Sure it's an Epiphone, and yes it was made in China, but it plays and sounds great to me. I'm not a musician by profession, so I'm sure there are better rigs out there, but for someone that plays for fun, I can't imagine anything better. The sounds you get from this guitar have an amazing range. I've been playing a Mexican Stratocaster for the last 12 years or so, and while I still love it, I can't get the range of tone the Epiphone delivers.Fit and finish are outstanding, though I've heard that the gold on the hardware will flake off quickly, that doesn't especially bother me. The neck is smooth and sweet, the tuners are smooth and keep it in tune nicely, and I really can't wait to play around more with the dual outputs. For any other guitar, I'd suggest that you play it before taking it home, but that just wasn't possible since these are a specialty item at most of the shops in town. I was pretty nervous about dropping 700 bucks only find that I didn't like it, but fortunately it was love at first sight. My only beef so far is the the action was set fairly high, but that can be taken care of as soon as I quit playing it long enough to adjust it (which makes me think that it really isn't much of a problem after all)....
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