Dan Erlewine Albert King Custom Flying V - "Lucy" vs Fender American Standard Stratocaster
The Dan Erlewine Albert King Custom Flying V - "Lucy" and the Fender American Standard Stratocaster are both electric guitars sharing transparent, warm. The Dan Erlewine Albert King Custom Flying V - "Lucy" leans sustaining.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.50% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Blues
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- transparent
- warm
Dan Erlewine Albert King Custom Flying V - "Lucy"
Dan Erlewine · electric guitar
Fender American Standard Stratocaster
Fender · electric guitar
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$819via Reverb
This brown Flying V, built by luthier Dan Erlewine, is one of several instruments Albert King named Lucy over his career, part of a lineage that began with his original 1959 Korina Flying V and continued through custom copies from different builders including Erlewine, John Bolin and Tom Holmes as King wore through or retired earlier examples. Erlewine was among the first luthiers King commissioned for a replacement once his original Korina V became too valuable and fragile for regular touring use. It is associated in this catalogue with both Albert King and Joe Bonamassa, the latter a well-documented collector of King-associated Flying Vs.
The Fender American Standard Stratocaster is a mainline production Stratocaster built in the United States, the specification most players encounter as Fenders standard current-era offering rather than a vintage reissue or signature model. Dave Murray of Iron Maiden, whose harmonised twin-lead guitar work with Adrian Smith defined much of the bands sound, is associated with this specific configuration in this catalogue, distinct from the many other Stratocaster variants in the wider catalogue.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Rock
- sustaining