Epiphone BB King Lucille Ebony vs Gibson "Old Black" 1953 Les Paul

The Epiphone BB King Lucille Ebony and the Gibson "Old Black" 1953 Les Paul are both electric guitars sharing warm, sustaining, smooth.

Similarity
citedBlended 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.

57% — moderately similar

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Blues
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • warm
  • sustaining
  • smooth
  • full
  • dynamic
  • transparent
Citation fame
citedCitation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.
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Price

$549via Reverb

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Description

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.

Iconic 1954 Gibson Les Paul featuring a carved maple top over solid mahogany, equipped with P-90 pickups that deliver classic warm tone with pronounced midrange bite. Used extensively in blues and rock, the Old Black exemplifies vintage Gibson resonance with a wraparound bridge setup. Its articulate, raw P-90 character and singing sustain made it foundational to electric guitar tone development.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Soul
  • Metal
  • Jazz
  • Smooth Jazz
  • Hard Rock
  • Rock
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