The first thing I look at with an electric guitar to figure out what it can sound like is the pickups (and of course amp & cab will have a lot more to say about that). The Gretsch Electromatic Pro Jet G5434 has filtertrons which are a brighter and slightly punchier type of humbucker. Haven't heard one but as a general rule I think brighter pickups tend to give you better (ie less muddy) cleans. Guitars with single coils like strats and teles will get a little brighter and punchier again.
Players with single coil guitars quite often seem to be looking for ways to make them fatter and players with humbuckers quite often look for ways to make them brighter / less muddy. Filtertrons fall somewhere in the middle of that spectrum but anything will work for blues.
Take a look at Epiphone Dots and Sheratons if you'd like to use the same style of guitar as BB King.
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