Dan Erlewine Albert King Custom Flying V - "Lucy" vs Gibson "Old Black" 1953 Les Paul
The Dan Erlewine Albert King Custom Flying V - "Lucy" and the Gibson "Old Black" 1953 Les Paul are both electric guitars sharing transparent, warm, mid-forward. The Gibson "Old Black" 1953 Les Paul leans dynamic.
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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.51% — moderately similar
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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
- mid-forward
- sustaining
Dan Erlewine Albert King Custom Flying V - "Lucy"
Dan Erlewine · electric guitar
Gibson "Old Black" 1953 Les Paul
Gibson · electric guitar
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.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.
Iconic 1954 Gibson Les Paul featuring a carved maple top over solid mahogany, equipped with P-90 pickups that deliver classic warm tone with pronounced midrange bite. Used extensively in blues and rock, the Old Black exemplifies vintage Gibson resonance with a wraparound bridge setup. Its articulate, raw P-90 character and singing sustain made it foundational to electric guitar tone development.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Rock
- dynamic