No. 0121969·blues·5 blocks
The Thrill Is Gone
The most iconic blues guitar tone of all time. B.B. King's sound on The Thrill Is Gone is warm, vocal, and dripping with emotion: his ES-355 'Lucille' through a Fender Bassman, with no effects whatsoever. The semi-hollow body of the ES-355 provides natural resonance and sustain, while the Bassman's warm, fat overdrive (when pushed) or clean tone (at moderate volume) creates the perfect canvas for King's expressive vibrato and precise bending. Every note sings like a human voice.
Completely WellSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson ES-355 'Lucille'
Pickups
HH
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Volume Pedal
Deluxe Comp
Tweed Blues Nrm
4x10 Tweed P10R
Spring
Tilt EQ
Volume Pedal
← Volume pedal
Level
100%
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-36dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
60s
Release
910s
Mix
74
Level
0dB
Tweed Blues Nrm
← Fender Bassman
Drive
5
Bass
6
Mid
5
Treble
5
Presence
4
Master
1
Bias
0.5
BiasX
0.5
Sag
0.5
Hum
0.5
Ripple
0.5
Ch Vol
6
4x10 Tweed P10R
← Fender Bassman 4x10
LowCut19.9Hz
HighCut16000Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Spring
← Spring reverb
LowCut125Hz
HighCut6500Hz
Mix
20
Decay
1.5s
Tilt EQ
← Tilt EQ (global voicing)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
900Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 012
The most iconic blues guitar tone of all time. B.B. King's sound on The Thrill Is Gone is warm, vocal, and dripping with emotion: his ES-355 'Lucille' through a Fender Bassman, with no effects whatsoever. The semi-hollow body of the ES-355 provides natural resonance and sustain, while the Bassman's warm, fat overdrive (when pushed) or clean tone (at moderate volume) creates the perfect canvas for King's expressive vibrato and precise bending. Every note sings like a human voice.
— B.B. King
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