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What guitar does Stevie Ray Vaughan play?

Stevie Ray Vaughan said he recorded almost everything on his battered '59 Fender Stratocaster, played through two 1963 Fender Vibroverbs, Fender Super Reverbs and a 150-watt Dumble Steel String Singer. He said his only effects were an Ibanez Tube Screamer, a wah and a Fender Vibratone rotating speaker.

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What guitar gear Stevie Ray Vaughan uses: a sourced gear guide

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What guitar did Stevie Ray Vaughan play?

His main guitar was a battered Stratocaster with a 1959 body and a neck he believed was from 1962. He also played Lenny, a '63 or '64 Strat his wife found for him, an orange 1960 Strat, a white Strat with Danelectro pickups and a custom Hamiltone he called Main.

What amps did Stevie Ray Vaughan use?

He said he used two 1963 Fender Vibroverbs in the studio and onstage, often stacked with two Fender Super Reverbs, and a 150-watt Dumble he called the King Tone Consoul. As a teenager he went through a phase of playing through Marshalls.

What pedals did Stevie Ray Vaughan use?

He said that besides a wah he used just an Ibanez Tube Screamer, with no other distortion devices, and a Fender Vibratone rotating speaker for the underwater sound on Cold Shot.

What strings did Stevie Ray Vaughan use?

He said he used a .013, .015 or .016 high E depending on his fingers, then .019, .028, .038 and a .056 or .060, and fitted his Strats with jumbo bass frets from Gibson or Dunlop.

What records influenced Stevie Ray Vaughan?

He said the first record he ever bought was Lonnie Mack's The Wham of That Memphis Man, and that he had Freddie King's instrumental album Let's Hide Away and Dance Away.

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Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954 to 1990) led Double Trouble and revived Texas blues guitar on Texas Flood and Couldn't Stand the Weather. This legacy guide covers the Strats, amps, pedals and records he described in his October 1984 Guitar Player interview.

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