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Joe brings out his 1958 Gibson Flying V 'Amos' and talks about the Blues legacy of the amazing Albert King!! SUBSCRIBE TO ALL GUITAR NETWORK:https://www.yout.


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His fellow blues practitioner Albert King was another who started using a Flying V soon after they came into that limited circulation, and he called his Lucy, in answer to B.B. King's Lucille.


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Albert King's 1967 Gibson Flying V is Up for Auction By Jackson Maxwell published 23 November 2020 The guitar - his main instrument onstage and in the studio from 1967-1972 - is the first of King's to ever be auctioned. (Image credit: Julien's Auctions) A 1967 Gibson Flying V played extensively by Albert King is going up for auction.


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The '59 Gibson Flying V made famous by Albert King (left), along with the "Lucy" guitar built by Dan Erlewine in the early 1970s, and the mid-'60s Flying V King played extensively after his '59 V was lost. Photos by Rick Gould.


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One guitar featured on the tour was actually owned and played by Albert King: a custom-made Flying V-style guitar nicknamed Lucy, on loan from actor Steven Seagal. According to Bonamassa, this was the Lucy that Albert played for most of the '70s and '80s. "Dan Erlewine built it for him in 1972," Bonamassa says. "It's a little unruly to play.


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Lucy is the name given to the Gibson Flying V and a series of copies owned by blues guitarist Albert King. King apparently picked the Flying V (at a time when few other guitarists did [1]) because of its style, and in return helped make it famous. [2] First Lucy


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In typical McCarty "take no prisoners" fashion, he made a series of bold moves that resulted in the development of several of the most desirable and valuable electric guitar models of all time, including the sunburst Les Paul Standard, ES-335, Explorer and Flying V, all of which made their debut in 1958.


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Albert King is synonymous with the Gibson Flying V - he played a 1959 model, and then a mid-'60s model when that guitar was lost. From 1972 onwards he played a custom guitar based on a Flying V named 'Lucy', which was built by Dan Erlwine.


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Albert King was one of those lucky owners, born under a bad sign or not. He had a 1959 Flying V, a right-handed one, which, just like Jimi Hendrix after him, he played upside down. He may have been playing the space-age guitar, but he was a bluesman's bluesman through and through.


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Here is everything you need to sound like Albert King: The Flying V Throughout his career, Albert King almost exclusively used a Gibson Flying V, or a variation on the Flying V. He played 3 main guitars - a 1959 Gibson V, a bespoke made V nicknamed 'Lucy' and later a mid 1960s V.


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By Alan di Perna published 25 April 2023 A left-hander, King flipped a right-handed guitar upside down, put it in an unorthodox tuning, and forged a style steeped in steely drama and epic bends (Image credit: Andrew Putler/Redferns) This story originally appeared in the March/April 2013 issue of Guitar Aficionado magazine.


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6 easy guitar mods When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's how it works. News Joe Bonamassa gives Guitar World an exclusive video tour of his newly-acquired Albert King-inspired Flying V and '59 Les Paul Custom "Black Beauty"