# Lucille guitar solo > The guitar solo on Lucille by B.B. King (1968) starts at about 0:35. From the album Lucille. Played on a Gibson ES-355 (Lucille). Canonical URL: B.B. King, 1968, from *Lucille*. Solo by *B.B. King*. A spoken-word tribute to his guitar with the instrument answering each line, a long-form demonstration of how conversational his lead playing could be. Lucille by B.B. King is #9 in our ranking of the best B.B. King guitar solos. The solo is played by B.B. King and the song was released in 1968. ## In our lists - [The Best B.B. King Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/b-b-king-guitar-solos/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Lucille? B.B. King played the solo on B.B. King's Lucille (1968). ### What guitar was used on the Lucille solo? A gibson es-355 (lucille), according to widely reported accounts. --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)