Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Veteran bluesman Larry McCray recalls the night Stevie Ray Vaughan died
By Janelle Borg published
The famed Strat wielder passed away at the age of 35 in a helicopter crash outside East Troy, Wisconsin

How to use triads in blues solos like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix
By Richard Barrett published
When you’re the only guitarist in the band, triads are your best friends in a guitar solo – and Hendrix and SRV were the masters

What Guthrie Trapp learned while escaping the country player label – and how the fretboard can change your life
By Amit Sharma published
The session ace explains what’s wrong with modelers, why anyone emulating SRV is doomed to fail, and how he nearly missed out on jamming with Billy Gibbons

Why some of the most famous Fenders are so heavily worn, according to a Custom Shop Masterbuilder
By Matt Owen published
Dale Wilson attempts to solve the mystery of why vintage Fenders played by big-name artists have so much gnarly wear

From David Bowie going rogue to George Harrison x Paul Simon, EVH and SRV – the 50 greatest guitar moments in SNL history
By Gregory Adams published
Saturday Night Live has presented some of pop-culture's most iconic moments in musical history. We document its legacy in guitar

Ally Venable is spreading the Texas blues gospel via a deep-seated love of Stevie Ray Vaughan and her “Wounded Warrior” Les Paul
By Bill DeMain published
The Texas triple-threat on the importance of women’s rights, magenta Les Pauls and “facing your own blues”

Carlos Santana on soul singer phrasing, the spiritual essence of playing and “visitations” from B.B. King, Miles Davis and SRV
By Amit Sharma published
Single-cuts are like merlot, solos are like grapefruit… the inimitable, peerless Carlos Santana shares stories from his legendary career and insights from the cosmos

How Tommy Shannon broke a 7-year cycle of jail and halfway houses to record his most famous bassline with Stevie Ray Vaughan
By Chris Jisi published
Shannon played an Olympic White 1962 Jazz Bass tuned down a half-step to match Vaughan's Eb tuning

Carlos Santana on his “visitation” from Stevie Ray Vaughan, who implored him to borrow his Dumble amp
By Janelle Borg published
Santana shares how he managed to borrow SRV's prized Dumble after both he and Stevie Ray's tech had the same dream...

This 16-year-old has been called the next Stevie Ray Vaughan – and he’s finally been given the keys to “the real SRV tone” after years of experimenting
By Matt Owen published
Rhys John Stygal has partnered with Pedal Pawn to put on an SRV clinic, complete with an obsessively assembled guitar rig and pointers on how to harness the blues great’s tone
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