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Description

LIMITED TO 100 Guitars


There isn’t a guitar hero alive today who hasn’t been influenced and impacted by the powerful performances of B.B. King, and arguably, none was more legendary than his appearance at a music festival promoting the legendary “Rumble in the Jungle” heavyweight boxing match in Zaire in 1974, where B.B. played the 1974 ES-355 that he favored up until developing the Gibson Lucille model in 1980. This model is a limited edition of only 100 guitars and accurately replicates B.B.’s Walnut 1974 ES-355 that he used for that concert. It features Murphy Lab Light Aging, mother-of pearl inlays, T-Type Custombucker pickups, a mono Varitone switch, and a Maestro™ Vibrola™ tailpiece. It also comes bundled with a host of case candy that ties back to that historic festival performance, as well as the legendary Rumble in the Jungle fight itself. A B.B. King “Zaire” hardshell case is also included.


BODY
Body Material: Plain Laminated Maple
Binding: Multi-plyTop, Back, Headstock, and F-Holes
Weight Relief: None
Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer VOS

NECK
Material: 3-pieceMahogany
Profile: Artist Profile
Scale Length: 24.75″ / 628.65mm
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Fingerboard Radius: 12″
Number Of Frets: 22
Frets: Authentic Medium-Jumbo
Nut Material: Corian
Nut Width: 1.69″ / 42.85mm
Inlays: Small Block Cellulose Nitrate

HARDWARE
Hardware Finish: Gold
Tuner Plating: Aged Gold
Bridge: Tune-O-Matic
Saddle Material: Nylon
Tailpiece: Maestro Vibrola
Tuning Machines: Kluson Waffle back with Metal Button
Control Knobs: Black Witch Hat with Gold Insert
Pickup Covers: Gold

ELECTRONICS
Neck Pickup: T-Type Custombucker Alnico 5
Bridge Pickup: T-Type Custombucker Alnico 5
Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone , 6-Position Mono Varitone; VintageTaper Potentiometers, Ceramic Capacitors
Pickup Selector: 3-Way Switchcraft
Output Jack: 1/4″ Switchcraft

Case: B.B.King”Zaire”Hardshell

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