There are also photos of Stevie with the Rickenbacker shown from the back with a sticker reading “Stingray”. Stevie was seen playing this guitar in 1978 while gigging with Hubert Sumlin (see Stevie Ray Vaughan & Hubert Sumlin, Austin TX (1978)). RAY HENNIG ON LEGENDARY GUITARIST Stevie Ray Vaughan Read More The guitar was an old Fender Stratocaster, a 59 model, that was traded to me maybe a week or two prior by Christopher Cross. I said – Stevie, that’s the worst guitar I guess I’ve ever traded for in the history of this business. He took it down, looked at this, felt of it, and fiddled around for a pretty good while. In 1974 he came by this particular day and was looking around as he’d usually do, going up and the rows of guitars taking the down, feeling them, when he discovered this old Stratocaster that I had hanging. After Ray agreed, they took apart the guitar, cleaned it up, and set it up according to Stevie’s preferences. Nonetheless, it felt right for Stevie, and he asked Ray whether he could trade in his previous guitar for this one. The guitar was an old Stratocaster, characterized by the shop owner as one of the worst guitars that he ever had in his shop. Stevie acquired this guitar in 1974, at Ray Hennig’s Heart of Texas Music in Austin. For picks, he most often used the Fender Medium Picks. Those are the 1 960s Vox Wah pedal, a Dallas Arbiter-(England) Fuzz Face, an Ibanez Tube Screamer (most often the TS-9 version), and the Roger Mayer Octavia.įor strings, Stevie used a fairly heavy-set, the GHS 1300, which measures. But, the amps that are most important to mention are the Fender Vibroverbs, which Stevie used from around the mid-80s, the Marshall 4140 Club And Country, and the Dumble Steel String Singers.Īs far as effects, there are four main pedals that Stevie nearly always had on his pedalboard. Also, he had another custom Strat-shaped guitar, made by James Hamilton, which he used in the music video for the song Couldn’t Stand the Weather.įor amps, Stevie at one point toured with 32 different amps, so it’s hard to summarize them quickly. Stevie playing his “Number One” Stratocaster, while a number of his other guitars can be seen in the background.īesides Fenders, Stevie also played a custom-made Stratocaster made by Charley Wirz. He also briefly used a 1959 rosewood neck Stratocaster, nicknamed “Yellow“, a 1962 Strat named “Red“, and a 1961 one named “Scotch”. Most notably, there was the 1965 “Lenny” Stratocaster, that he got as a present from his first wife. But, it worked perfectly for Stevie, and he went on to use it on most of his live concerts and studio recordings.īased on this guitar, Fender developed the Fender Stevie Ray Signature Stratocaster, which is one of the company’s most popular signature models today.Īside from this guitar, he used a variety of different Stratocasters. This guitar he purchased sometime in the early 70s, at a cheap price, because the owner thought it was one of the worst guitars he ever had in his shop. Stevie Ray Vaughan’s main and favorite guitar was the 1960s Fender Stratocaster, which he nicknamed “Number One”. GHS 1300 Low Tune Pure Nickel Rollerwound Electric Blues SRV Guitar Strings Ibanez Tube Screamer - TS808 initailly then TS9, also TS-10 Dumble Steel String Singer head with a Dumble 4 by 12 bottom 1964 Fender Vibroverbs with 15" speakers Marshall Major 200-watt heads (Super lead and Super P.A.) with 8x12" and 4x15" cabs Guild F-412 Jumbo 12-String Acoustic Guitar National Duolian acoustic which Stevie claimed was once owned by Blind Boy Fuller cherryburst Hamilton Lurktamer with his name on the neck (a present from Billy Gibbons) 'Lenny'- Stevie Ray Vaughan's red, maple neck Fender Strat which dates from `63 or `64 the neck was refretted with Dunlop 6100 frets. The body has the initials `SRV' on the lower part of the scratchplate and is fitted with a left-handed vibrato system. Vaughan's main guitar was a beat up Fender 1963 Stratocaster which had a Fender `62 rosewood neck and was referred to as `Number One'. Let's look at what gear and equipment has been seen in Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar rig.Ĭlick the gear images for more info and specs at Guitar Center and Amazon Much of the gear models is still availble on the open market. ![]() We want to see the guitar gear rig and equipment behind the man.Īfter some research, we've compiled a list of some of the gear and equipment that was reportedly in Stevie Ray Vaughan's rig. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Stevie Ray Vaughan #7 in their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Stevie Ray Vaughan was one of the world's most influential blues guitarists.
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