- In 1923, he asked the Gibson Guitar company to build him a concert sized guitar with an extra deep body. This became known as the Nick Lucas Special. Delta Blues singer Charley Patton played a Gibson Nick Lucas model.
- His gentle, high tenor voice was the acknowledged inspiration for entertainer Tiny Tim. They even had the same theme song, "Tip-Toe Through the Tulips." The two men eventually became friends, and, when, on December 17, 1969, Tim married first wife Miss Vicki (Vicki Budinger) on "The Tonight Show," Lucas was there, at his request, to sing "Tulips."
- The Nick Lucas Plectrum Guitar Method was studied by Jazz Guitarist Joe Pass for a year.
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