Lucy (Albert King guitar)

Lucy is the name given to the Gibson Flying V and a series of copies owned by blues guitarist Albert King.

The guitar was refretted (by Erlewine's cousin Mark, in Texas) in the late 1970s or early 1980s, and underwent repairs in Memphis after being underwater for 24 hours due to a tornado in the mid 1980s.

Currently resides at Stax Museum in Memphis Custom Archtop Flying V,[6] built by Tom Holmes in 1987 upon commission from Billy Gibbons, it was given to AK for his 64th birthday.

Seagal's repairman had the guitar in his shop when his seven-year-old son happened to see it, along with the ghost of a "big black man" he later identified as King.

[2] The Gibson website echoes Seagal's judgment on King's importance to the guitar, and says Lucy played "a considerable role in immortalizing the model".