Gibson is proud to commemorate the legendary BB King and his landmark album Live on the Regal with the BB King “Live at the Regal” ES-335 guitar. Gibson and its Custom Shop Murphy Lab have created an ideal reproduction of BB King’s ES-335 within the authentic Argentine Grey Sunburst end that was commissioned by the artist. This traditionally correct Bb King “Live at the Regal” ES-335 guitar is on the market at Authorized Gibson Dealers, and thru the official Gibson web site.
”Gibson has actually outdone themselves in creating this iconic guitar,” says BB King Music Company, CEO and Chairman, Vassal Benford. “The guitar is stunning and pays proper tribute to both the legend and a great moment in music history. Live at the Regal was recently heralded by Rolling Stone as one of the ‘500 Greatest Albums of All Time’, and on behalf of myself and the B.B. King family, I want to thank Gibson for what is an extraordinary guitar honoring BB King and this work that has impacted so many artists to follow. I can only hope that the “Live at the Regal” ES-335 guitar will proceed to encourage artists sooner or later. Thank you and we look ahead to extra thrilling new initiatives in 2023 by the BB King expertise.
Gibson is honored to current this Bb King signature guitar and pay homage to the legendary profession of certainly one of music’s best pioneers, and top-of-the-line reside albums ever recorded, BB King’s Live on the Regal. This Custom Shop guitar recreates the distinctive 1959 ES-335 that B.B. used on the time, which was custom-ordered with an Argentine Grey Sunburst end, a Bigsby vibrato, and a Varitone change. It additionally options Grover “Milk Bottle” Rotomatic tuners, pearl dots to cowl the cease bar holes, and nitrocellulose dot inlays on the rosewood fretboard. The {hardware} and nitrocellulose lacquer end has been specifically aged by the Gibson Murphy Lab. Only 100 of those very particular guitars have been handcrafted by the skilled luthiers and craftspeople of the Gibson Custom Shop in Nashville, TN.
“Recreating BB King’s ‘Live at the Regal’ ES-335 with this limited edition model is truly a dream come true for me,” says Mat Koehler, Sr. Director Product Development, Gibson. “It’s one of the absolute coolest guitars in history…played by the greatest of all time on the greatest live album of all time, and it also happens to be a totally unique custom-order from 1959, the most important year in Gibson history. We are honored to help tell this story.”
Recorded on November 21, in 1964 on the Regal Theater in Chicago, the Live on the Regal album is taken into account one of many best blues albums of all time. To honor the historic album, Gibson crafted an era-specific ticket stub, and a {custom} deck of taking part in playing cards in a nod to all of those that made this occasion come to life–because the reside viewers watched motion pictures between the a number of units of recording the Bb King Live on the Regal album, the band members, live performance workers, and managers all performed playing cards offstage. The BB King “Live at the Regal” ES-335 additionally comes with a Custom Shop Lifton hardshell guitar case and a certificates of authenticity.
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