Stevie Ray Vaughan's musical instruments

This is a list and description of the guitars and other equipment played by musician Stevie Ray Vaughan. Vaughan played a number of Fender Stratocasters throughout his career, one of which, a 1963 body and a 1962 (with a rosewood slab fingerboard) neck, became "the most famous battered Strat in rock history."[1] He was notoriously hard on his guitars, and many of them required extensive periodic maintenance, as well as other equipment. He used a limited number of (mainly vintage) effect pedals, and favored Fender[2] and Marshall amplification.[1]

In spite of being rough on his gear, it was reported Vaughan could hear even the slightest malfunction, even when, for instance, he was running 32 amplifiers into the mixing console for the recording of In Step.[3] His guitars were serviced by Charley Wirz of Charley's Guitar Shop in Dallas, Texas,[4] and especially Rene Martinez, who worked in Wirz's shop for a while.[2] Martinez also built guitars for Carlos Santana.[5] His amplifiers were tuned and serviced by Cesar Diaz, also the guitar technician for Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan.[3]

  1. ^ a b Gregory 2003, pp. 124–125.
  2. ^ a b Buchholz, Brad (28 January 1992). "You can own a guitar like Stevie Ray's". The Dallas Morning News.
  3. ^ a b Rubin, Dave (March 1993). "Gear Guru: Cesar Diaz Reveals the Tech Secrets of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton & Bob Dylan". Guitar Player. 27 (3): 109–37.
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  5. ^ Wedel, Mark (18 March 2010). "Four Finger Five sounds like Led Zeppelin, Al Green 'fighting for the last woman on Earth'". Mlive. Retrieved 15 April 2010.