JC Disciples
Stevie Ray Vaughan's Guitars
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To read more about the guitar, click on the name of the guitar.
For an enlarged picture, click on the picture.
The significance of "which guitar" is that Stevie had a particular tone
he was looking for in various songs, and he chose particular guitars for that
reason.
Many of the photographs on these web pages were taken by W. A. Williams. He has very kindly allowed me use these photographs on this site.
| " Number One " - Also called "First Wife," a 1959 Strat body with 1962 neck. (Lots of graphics, a bit slow loading.) |
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"Charley " - White customized Strat built from spare parts by CharleyWirz. | |
| "Lenny " - Given to Stevie Ray by his then-wife Lenny Vaughan and Byron Barr, one of Stevie's roadies at the time. |
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"Scotch " - Cream-colored 1963 Strat received from guitar tech Rene Martinez. | |
| " Main " - Custom Hamiltone Lurktamer built by James Hamilton of Buffalo, NY. |
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"Red " - Red guitar. | |
| "Yellow" - 1964 Strat, single pickup, originally owned by Vanilla Fudge guitarist, received as a gift from Charley Wirz in 1981. |  | |
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"Dobro" - A Dobro. | |
| A 28 National Steel |
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A double necked guitar | |
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An article that contains detailed information on Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar setup. The information comes directly from the article "Supernova Strats" by Dan Erlewine as published in February 1990 issue of Guitar Player magazine.
Some general information taken from TexasFlood mailing list, that has not yet been identified enough to put in the right place.
How to get Stevie Ray Vaughan's tone has been provided from the conversations generated within the TexasFlood mailing list.
So know you know about Stevie's guitars and how to get Stevie Ray Vaughan's tone, now you want to learn how to play like Stevie Ray Vaughan. The following information has been collected from the conversations generated within the TexasFlood mailing list.