Stevie Ray Vaughan was one of the world's most influential blues guitarists. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Stevie Ray Vaughan #7 in their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. We want to see the guitar gear rig and equipment behind the man.

After some research, we've compiled a list of some of the gear and equipment that were in Stevie Ray Vaughan's rig. You can still buy much of the guitar gear that Stevie Ray Vaughan used, so you have no excuse not to try the out this stuff.

Let's see what Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar gear rig and equipment looks like.

Stevie Ray Vaughan playing his Fender guitar

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Guitars

- Vaughan's main guitar was a battered Fender `59 Stratocaster which he had refitted with a Fender `61 rosewood neck and referred to as `Number One'. The body has the initials `SRV' on the lower part of the scratchplate and is fitted with a left-handed vibrato system. the neck was refretted with Dunlop 6100 frets.

- 'Lenny'- Stevie Ray Vaughan's red, maple neck Fender Strat which dates from `63 or `64 (reissue goes on sale December 2007!)
- yellow Fender Strat from `64
- Fender orange 1960 Strat

- Fender blonde `57 Strat
- `58 Gibson 335 guitar

- cherryburst Hamilton Lurktamer with his name on the neck (a present from Billy Gibbons)
- National Duolian acoustic which Stevie claimed was once owned by Blind Boy Fuller


Amps and Cabinets

- Fender Super Reverb Combo / 4x10

- Fender Bassman amplifier

- Marshall Major 200-watt heads (Super lead and Super P.A.) with 8x12" and 4x15" cabs
- Marshall JCM800 half-stack

- 1962 Fender Twin Reverb amp

- 1964 Fender Vibroverbs with 15" speakers

- Dumble Steel String Singer head with a Dumble 4 by 12 bottom


Effects and other gear

- Vox V847 Wah-wah pedal

- Ibanez Tube Screamer - TS808 initailly then TS9

- UniVox UniVibe (Dunlop)

- Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face

- Diaz Texas Square Face Fuzz

- Diza Texas Ranger Treble Boost 

- Tychobrahe Octavia
- Fender Vibratone
- MXR M-144 Loop Selector
- Cyclosonic auto panner

Strings

- heavy gauge GHS strings - 0.013, 0.015, 0.019 (unwound), 0.028, 0.038, 0.058 (also used .012 boomers)

- White guitar strap with black notes (see reissue strap below)

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Justin Cournoyer - This is tone!     | | 2008-02-04 05:28:12 Anyone know what the black MXR pedal is on picture above the one with Stevie and his pedals?This is an awesome rundown of his gear & effects! Reply 0   0

UberPro - MXR Loop Selector   | | 2008-02-04 07:00:02 Hey Justin. We did some research and it looks like that MXR guitar effect pedal is an MXR M-144 Loop Selector. May have been made between 1972 and 1984. Reply 0   0

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