Stevie Ray Vaughan

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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

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Troy Van Leeuwen and Josh Homme of QOTSA perform on Saturday Night Live with Will Ferrell on the cowbell.
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

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Ally Venable sits on a couch with her Magenta colored Les Paul
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”

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Carlos Santana wears a white wide-brimmed hat and white patterened shirt as he plays his signature salmon-colored PRS signature guitar.
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

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American musician and lead singer Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990) of the group Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, plays on stage with American bass guitarist Tommy Shannon during the Soul to Soul Tour on September 27, 1985 at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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

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Left-Carlos Santana during Santana Live in Concert at Madison Square Garden - June 15, 2005 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, United States; Right- Stevie Ray Vaughan is performing at the Community Center in Sacramento, CA on July 2. 1987
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...

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Rhys John Stygal playing a Fender Stratocaster
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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Photo of DOUBLE TROUBLE (SRV) and Stevie Ray VAUGHAN; with Double Trouble. L to R. Reese Wynans, Chris Layton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Tommy Shannon
How Stevie Ray Vaughan's biggest hit benefitted from one of the baddest rhythm sections in blues history

By Jonathan Herrera Published

Also known as Double Trouble, Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton laid down an unfaltering groove for SRV’s 1983 debut

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Stevie Ray Vaughan (left) plays his iconic #1 Strat onstage, Nile Rodgers, seated, holds an ESP guitar
Nile Rodgers on overseeing Stevie Ray Vaughan's final recording session

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Having first met the Lone Star State guitar king during the sessions for David Bowie's 1983 blockbuster Let's Dance, Rodgers later produced Family Style, Stevie Ray's posthumously released collaboration with his brother, Jimmie

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Stevie Ray Vaughan smiles as he plays on a brightly lit stage. He plays a white Strat, with a thick white strap with musical notes and wears a wide-brimmed white hat.
The inside story of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble’s Soul to Soul

By Alan Paul Published

Chris Layton, Reese Wynans, Tommy Shannon, and Joe Sublett recall the difficult birth of the 1985 classic of Texas blues, as cocaine, whiskey, and fatigue took their toll

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