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Stevie Ray Vaughan's Guitar called "Charley"
"Charley" was a Strat-style guitar assembled from spare parts
by Charley Wirz in 1983. Charley Wirz was a close friend of
Stevie's, and he regularly worked on Stevie's guitars in the
early years. Charley owned Charley's Guitar Shop in northwest
Dallas, until his death in 1984. This guitar was a gift to
Stevie, from Charley. A girlie-pinup style caricature
decal was placed on the back. On the neck's heel plate
is engraved "To Stevie Ray Vaughan, more in 84".
This is an all white guitar, with a rosewood neck, and
a white headstock imprinted with the "Charley's Guitar Shop"
logo. Charley Wirz installed three Danelectro "lipstick tube"
pickups, and wired it using his own custom, non-Fender
configuration. The guitar had a tone similar to Number
One, with a little more top end, and a slightly more "
bell-like" quality. Stevie liked to play it rather clean,
sometimes with an Echoplex and the Vibratone unit. You
can hear it on the album versions of "Tin Pan Alley,"
"Life Without You" (which was written as a tribute to
Charley), and "Couldn't Stand The Weather."
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