Fender Stevie Ray Vaughan Stratocaster
£1,737
www.Fender.com
At NAMM 2004, Fender debuted a limited run of 400 Tribute Strats made by master builder John Cruz. The less well-heeled SRV devotee will still surely be delighted with the Fender Stevie Ray Vaughan Stratocaster, a fine guitar in its own right – sporting an inverted vintage trem, oval neck profile and overwound Fender Texas Special pickups.
Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
£175
www.Ibanez.com
An original claimed by its owner to have been used by SRV himself recently appeared on Ebay. If you’re less fussy about authenticity you can pick up a vital component of the Stevie sound relatively cheaply in its TS-808, TS-9 or TS-10 incarnations.
Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere Mk II
Assuming you don’t have a Fender Vibratone for those Cold Shot moments, you could either rely, as SRV sometimes did, on a Dunlop Uni-Vibe, or take the plunge with Hughes & Kettner’s authentic sounding Rotosphere pedal.
Fender Custom Vibrolux Reverb
£1,326
www.Fender.com
Along with an array of Marshalls and Dumbles, maxed-out Fender amps were a mainstay of classic SRV tone, and characterise his early recordings. If you can’t track down the now-discontinued ’64 Reissue Vibroverb and can’t crank a Twin or Bassman, you could always audition the Vibrolux: a 40-watt, two-channel, 2 x 10 all-tube (6L6 and 12AX7s) combo.
Jim Dunlop JH-F1 Jimi Hendrix Fuzz Face
For Hendrixy moments, SRV used classic Fuzz Faces. Guitar tech César Diaz also built a circuit into
an old Fuzz Face which went on to form the basis of the Diaz Texas Square Face Fuzz. If you can’t find one of those, a JH-F1 Jimi Hendrix model will fuzz you up just as nicely.
Vox V845 Wah
The new version of Stevie’s preferred wah has AC power support, and its tough all-black casing houses a circuit based on the original Vox Wahs of the sixties. And you get change from £70 – say what?
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“One of the most important guitars in rock and roll history and formative to The Beatles’ sound, has made history”: George Harrison’s Futurama electric sells for a record $1.27 million at auction
“It came out exciting, almost attacking, which fit the James Bond image”: Vic Flick, who played the Bond theme guitar riff, dies aged 87
“One of the most important guitars in rock and roll history and formative to The Beatles’ sound, has made history”: George Harrison’s Futurama electric sells for a record $1.27 million at auction
“It came out exciting, almost attacking, which fit the James Bond image”: Vic Flick, who played the Bond theme guitar riff, dies aged 87
