Dan Erlewine Albert King Custom Flying V - "Lucy" vs Washburn E300 Electric Guitar

The Dan Erlewine Albert King Custom Flying V - "Lucy" and the Washburn E300 Electric Guitar are both electric guitars sharing warm, sustaining. The Dan Erlewine Albert King Custom Flying V - "Lucy" leans transparent. The Washburn E300 Electric Guitar leans dynamic.

Similarity
citedBlended 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.

48% somewhat different

Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • warm
  • sustaining
Citation fame
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Description

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 Washburn E300 is a custom shop electric guitar featuring an offset double cutaway bound mahogany body with carved AAA flame maple top, set mahogany neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with solar inlays, and 3-per-side Grover 18:1 tuners. The guitar includes two covered Seymour Duncan humbucker pickups, tune-o-matic bridge, stop tailpiece, and chrome hardware. The E300 delivers rich, full-bodied sound with expertly designed pickups and robust construction. Available in Amber, Blueburst, or Caramel Burst finishes, the E300 is handmade in small batches near Chicago with build quality comparable to PRS.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Blues
  • rock
  • jazz
  • blues
Tonal lean
  • transparent
  • dynamic

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