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Published on Saturday, 27 October 2007 10:36
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 was reportedly in Stevie Ray Vaughan's rig. Much of the gear models is still availble on the open market.
Let's look at what gear and equipment has been seen in Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar rig.
Click the gear images for more info and specs at Musician's Friend
Guitars
- 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'. 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
- 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
- Guild F-412 Jumbo 12-String Acoustic Guitar
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
- Music Man 2x12 combo amp
Effects and other gear
- Vox V847 Wah-wah pedal
- Ibanez Tube Screamer - TS808 initailly then TS9, also TS-10
- 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
- GHS 1300 Low Tune Pure Nickel Rollerwound Electric Blues SRV Guitar 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)
Comments
He called it a 59 because he had 59 pickups in it. It was actually a 63. 63 body with a 62 neck. This has been verified by the Fender Custom Shop. They actually took the guitar apart.
Rene and Charlez took the guitar apart in their shop and found it waaayy back in the days.
But when Stevie referred it as a '59, as guitar-techs they would only laugh and agree. You know, its his guitar, they shouldnt correct him.
Exact these: www.stringsandbeyond.com/.../
Im not sure if he used 13 standard GHS boomers. But Rene told me he used the ones in the link.. Enjoy!
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Guitar-Dallas Arbiter Fuzzface-Roger Mayer Octavia-TS9-Vox V847-Amp
those effects were in his pedalboards the following order physically not connected in that order from Right to left:
Vox V847-TS9 Dallas Arbiter Fuzzface-Roger Mayer Octavia.
Here the pic:
hermes.gagar.fi/.../srv_pedalboard.jpg
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Strat which is you called orange is not orange it is Fiesta Red over sunburst finish.
Also his lipstick guitar's name Charley not Charlie.Alder body maple neck ebony fretboard 3 lipstick pickups and hardtail bridge.
He had tons of Fender and Marshall amps but his favorite amp was always a 200 watt Marshall Major.
Because KT88 tubes for the Major were very expensive and hard to find, around 1986 or so he retired the Major for studio use and bought a Dumble (custom handmade amplifiers from a guy in California named Alexander Dumble). The Dumble became his second favorite amp, and saw a lot of touring duty later on.
I've never read anywhere that he ever owned a JCM 800.
towards the end of his life
The tube screamer was used as a boost not a disotrtion as some thimnk
Steveis amps were REALLY LOUD and he gotover drive by turning them up to 11!
This were Stevie got alot of his stuff when he started playing The song Life without you was written for Charlie when he pssed from a heart attack