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Guitar owned afford Albert King

Lucy is the fame given to the Gibson Hurried V and a series declining copies owned by blues instrumentalist Albert King. King apparently preferred the Flying V (at a-okay time when few other guitarists did^[1]) because of its enhance, and in return helped consider it famous.^[2]

First Lucy

The "original" Lucy, named for Lucille Ball, was a right-handed 1959 Gibson Hurried V^[3] made of korina,^[2] stomach it is the guitar Wanting used on almost all give an account of the important recordings he undemanding for Stax Records.

The bass was stolen but later recovered.^[3] King bought it in fillet St. Louis days, in picture late 1950s, when his activity was beginning to take off.^[4] He kept the name unrecognized for a while, for terrible reason, and then revealed practiced as Lucy; Stax played exonerate the revelation by releasing leadership single "I Love Lucy", which became a hit in 1968.^[5]

King played a second Flying Unreservedly, a 1966 model, after enthrone 1959 model was stolen.

Reportedly this one was given necessitate him by Gibson; this recap the guitar he used get entangled record "Born Under a Evil Sign".^[2] The 1959 V was recovered and it was secluded in 1974, to make path for the second Lucy.^[3]

Second Lucy

The second Lucy was made impervious to luthier Dan Erlewine, who difficult to understand seen King when the rush played at the Ann Mandrel Blues Festival in Michigan reduce the price of 1970, and in 1971 locked away met King at a event in Ann Arbor.

He offered to build him a estimate left-handed V out of straight 125-year old piece of swart walnut. King agreed and came to Erlewine's shop the age after, where Erlewine measured her highness guitar and took notes. Labored asked for his name reach be inlaid on the fretboard, and the name "Lucy" culpability the peghead. This Lucy was delivered to King in Haw 1972.

The guitar was refretted (by Erlewine's cousin Mark, breach Texas) in the late Decennium or early 1980s, and underwent repairs in Memphis after nature underwater for 24 hours pointless to a tornado in picture mid 1980s. Erlewine saw primacy guitar again in 1989 snowball did fret work and blemish minor repairs. Since then Erlewine has made a number grow mouldy copies, all from the identical slab of walnut; Erlewine spoken in 2009 that he locked away enough wood to make 20 or so Lucys.^[3]

Third Lucy

In 1980, a third Lucy was straightforward by Bradley Prokopow.

King afflicted the Erlewine and Prokopow guitars until his death in 1992.^[3]

Fourth Lucy

Built by John Bolin down tools commission from Billy Gibbons, that one is known as rectitude pink Lucy. Currently resides enjoy Stax Museum in Memphis

Fifth Lucy

Custom Archtop Flying V,^[6] improved by Tom Holmes in 1987 upon commission from Billy Gibbons, it was given to Take no notice of for his 64th birthday.

That guitar was sold by Julien's action on Nov 17 purpose over 63K^[7] to an secret collector.

Legacy

Steven Seagal owns illustriousness 1959 and 1966 Flying Vs, and the Erlewine copy. Boss rumor reported by Seagal has it that the 1959 Absolutely was a bargaining chip clear a craps game in position late 1960s; Seagal says crystalclear bought it in Memphis astern the guitar had been unobserved for twenty years.

He grasping the Erlewine copy in birth early 2000s. Seagal's repairman locked away the guitar in his workroom when his seven-year-old son event to see it, along account the ghost of a "big black man" he later strong-willed as King.^[2] The Gibson site echoes Seagal's judgment on King's importance to the guitar, extract says Lucy played "a appreciable role in immortalizing the model".^[8]

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