BB King’s Gibson ES-345 Lucille prototype

Gibson presented BB King with a special version of King’s iconic ES-345 Lucille signature guitar for his 80^th birthday in 2005. Unfortunately, the guitar was stolen four years down the line and, as the guitar had become his main live instrument, King was understandably upset.

Fortunately for him, an honest collector, Eric Dahl, found it in a pawn shop and arranged for it to be returned to the bluesman. King was so grateful that he bought Dahl a brand new Gibson custom shop ES-345 (more on that here).