Epiphone BB King Lucille Ebony vs Gibson Es 335 Tdc
The Epiphone BB King Lucille Ebony and the Gibson Es 335 Tdc are both electric guitars sharing warm, sustaining, full. The Epiphone BB King Lucille Ebony leans smooth 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
- Smooth Jazz
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- warm
- sustaining
- full
Epiphone BB King Lucille Ebony
Epiphone · electric guitar
Gibson Es 335 Tdc
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.
This Gibson ES-335 TDC, Gibson's factory code for a Thin body, Double cutaway, Cherry finish, is a vintage-era semi-hollow example once owned and toured by Eric Johnson, distinct from the earlier 1961 sunburst ES-335 also associated with him. As with any early-60s ES-335, it carries a center-block semi-hollow body designed to reduce feedback compared to a fully hollow archtop while keeping much of the warmth and air of a true hollow body, along with humbuckers voiced for both articulate clean tones and singing, sustained lead work. Johnson's famously meticulous ear for tone and his broad stylistic range across blues, rock, and instrumental fusion make his choice of a specific vintage TDC example, rather than a stock production model, notable in itself.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Soul
- Metal
- Hard Rock
- Country
- Rock
- smooth
- dynamic
- transparent