Stevie Ray Vaughan

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"There's no replacement for picking up a guitar and feeling those strings": How to get your fingers fretboard ready by building your calluses the right way

By Daryl Robertson Published

How to get your fingers fretboard ready by building your calluses the right way

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David Bowie performs with a 12-string cutaway acoustic during the Sound and Vision Tour.
The genius of David Bowie’s guitar collabs in 9 classic tracks

By Guitar World Editors Published

Bowie’s most iconic six-string moments, featuring his all-star cast of top-tier players, from Mick Ronson to Stevie Ray Vaughan

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Stevie Ray Vaughan [left] slings his guitar over his shoulder and gives us a thumbs up; [right] an action shot of Albert King playing on Midnight Special
The night Stevie Ray Vaughan walked out of his own show to go watch his blues hero

By Jonathan Horsley Published

From the Archive SRV was playing a ‘pass-the-hat’ gig at one of Austin’s most notorious dive bars – until he found out Albert King was playing across town

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Robert Rodriguez on the set of the From Dusk Till Dawn TV show in 2014
Sin City filmmaker Robert Rodriguez lifts the lid on his guitar collection

By Daryl Robertson Published

The filmmaker takes us through his extensive guitar collection, including gifts from the likes of Billy Gibbons and Kirk Hammett, and reveals why he needs 24 frets to perform with his cinematic Latin-rock band

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Stevie Ray Vaughan plays his number one Strat live
How rhythm and lead techniques can combine for the ultimate blues solo – especially in a trio

By Richard Barrett Published

This lesson presents an improvised blues solo as a launchpad for your own improv

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Special guest Bob Dylan performs in concert during Farm Aid at Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center on September 23, 2023 in Noblesville, Indiana.
Bob Dylan recruits Jimmie Vaughan as blues legend becomes final guest guitarist during hectic US tour

By Phil Weller Published

The blues veteran becomes Dylan’s fifth guitarist of the tour

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(from left) Stevie Ray Vaughan, David Gilmour, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, and Bonnie Raitt
The 25 Stratocaster players who revolutionized the guitar

By Henry Yates Published

The Fender Stratocaster would just be a glorified carpentry project without the players who danced across its neck and gave it life. Here we celebrate 25 of the best

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Rhys John Stygal
Teen blues prodigy reunited with his stolen Stevie Ray Vaughan Strat

By Matt Owen Published

Rhys John Stygal received support from Joe Bonamassa after his Number One guitar was stolen in Austin, Texas, last month

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Brian Setzer and Stevie Ray Vaughan
Brian Setzer on what he learned playing Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Stratocaster

By Matt Owen Published

Stray Cats hit the road with the blues legend back in 1989, giving Setzer the chance to learn the truth behind the SRV tone rumors

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The legacy of Stevie Ray Vaughan, and what could have been

By Amit Sharma Published

How SRV followed Texas Flood, wrestled blues guitar from the club to MTV and became the guitar hero everyone wanted to copy – all before passing too soon

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