Epiphone BB King Lucille Ebony vs Gibson ES-335
The Epiphone BB King Lucille Ebony and the Gibson ES-335 are both electric guitars sharing warm, sustaining, smooth. The Epiphone BB King Lucille Ebony leans full and dynamic. Current prices: $549 vs $2963.83.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.54% — moderately similar
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Jazz
- Blues
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- warm
- sustaining
- smooth
- high gain
- transparent
Epiphone BB King Lucille Ebony
Epiphone · electric guitar
Gibson ES-335
Gibson · electric guitar
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$549via Reverb
$2963.83via Reverb
The Epiphone B.B. King Lucille in ebony finish is a production version of the semi-hollow ES-355-style guitar B.B. King played throughout his career and named Lucille, following an incident in 1949 when he rescued his guitar from a burning venue that caught fire during a fight over a woman of that name. From then on King named every guitar he owned Lucille as a reminder never to risk his life over such a fight again. The Epiphone version brings that specification to a more accessible price point than the Gibson original King actually played.
The Gibson ES-335 is an iconic semi-hollow body electric guitar delivering warm, balanced tone with feedback control. Its center block and dual PAF pickups produce the definitive jazz-rock tone. The ES-335 appeals to jazz, R&B, and rock players.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Soul
- Metal
- Smooth Jazz
- Hard Rock
- Country
- Rock
- full
- dynamic