[1] In an interview with PBS he said, "In about 10th grade I went into a pawn shop in Detroit and bought a cheap guitar, one that had been painted with black and white stripes."

[2] Dan's brother Mark also became a luthier and he is known for working on Willie Nelson's famous guitar Trigger.

[4] In 1983, Dan began filming himself working on guitar; creating instructional videos about the luthier trade.

[1] In 1984 he went to the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) convention, to demonstrate luthier work at the Dunlop Manufacturing booth.

Erlewine offered to build King a true left-handed Flying V out of a 125-year old piece of black walnut.

[5] The guitar he built for Albert King was named Lucy and it is in the style of a Gibson Flying V. Blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa played Albert King's guitar Lucy and liked it so much that he had Dan Erlewine build him a copy.

The guitar is a Fender Stratocaster which has been customized with a Gibson style stop tailpiece, and a rosewood pickguard.