Everyday I Have the Blues
Brighter and more percussive, played behind the beat with the bridge pickup mixed in.
- Guitar
- ES-355, both pickups
- Guitar volume
- 9
- Guitar tone
- 8
- Amp — Volume
- 5
- Amp — Treble
- 7
- Amp — Bass
- 5
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B.B. King
Blues1949–2015USA
Named his guitars Lucille and played them with a vibrato nobody has matched — a semi-hollow Gibson through a solid-state amp, almost always clean.
Known for: The Thrill Is Gone, Lucille, Everyday I Have the Blues
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gear entries
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with sources
Rig rundown
Amps
1Lab Series L5
AmpThe solid-state combo he toured with for decades.
Guitars
2Gibson ES-345
GuitarAn earlier Lucille with a stop tailpiece.
Gibson ES-355 'Lucille'
GuitarSemi-hollow with a Varitone switch, named after a 1949 club fire.
Other gear
1Ernie Ball Heavy strings (.010–.054)
OtherHeavier strings for the deep, wide vibrato.
Dial-in specs
What to dial in to chase B.B. King's signature sounds — knob positions, pickup choice and amp EQ as documented.
The Thrill Is Gone
Neck pickup, tone back, amp clean with a touch of breakup — the vibrato does the singing.
- Guitar
- ES-355, neck pickup
- Guitar volume
- 8
- Guitar tone
- 6
- Varitone
- Position 1
- Amp — Volume
- 5
- Amp — Bass
- 6
- Amp — Mid
- 5
- Amp — Treble
- 6