Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Jim Suhler on the first time he met SRV – and the profound advice he received
By Phil Weller published
Suhler crossed paths with the blues great entirely by chance when he visited the family’s jewelry shop in 1989
Pedal Pawn’s Cowboy King is a “Tube Screamer on steroids” based on Stevie Ray Vaughan’s personal TS9
By Phil Weller published
One half of the firm’s fan-favorite BluesPrint Dual Overdrive has been saddled up solo – and it promises to power up amps like no other Tube Screamer
Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Twin Reverb amp, used in sessions for Texas Flood and David Bowie is up for sale
By Matt Owen published
The 1967 Twin is fitted with distinctive Electro Voice SRO 'coffee can' speakers, and was used by SRV during his Las Colinas rehearsals with David Bowie
Grace Bowers trades her Gibson SG for a Fender Strat to cover Stevie Ray Vaughan classics
By Janelle Borg published
The young blues virtuoso and her band The Hodge Podge pay homage to Vaughan with their own takes on Lenny and Scuttle Buttin’
Stevie Ray Vaughan stuns David Letterman in newly uploaded footage of his Late Night show debut
By Matt Parker published
The recently unearthed clip catches the guitar hero in the form of his life, three years sober and following the recording of his Grammy-winning album, In Step
This 16-year-old guitar prodigy suffered extreme anxiety, now he's shared a stage with Buddy Guy
By Matt Owen published
Rhys John Stygal's story has been highlighted as part of a new campaign from UK retailer guitarguitar, which puts the spotlight on 20 inspirational guitar stories
Meet Rocky Athas, the guitarist who went to school with Stevie Ray Vaughan and inspired Brian May to tap
By Andrew Daly published
The Texan player recalls how Queen witnessed his trick-filled live show, jamming with Double Trouble and filling Clapton’s shoes in John Mayall’s band
The Tube Screamer that Stevie Ray Vaughan really used – and why it may not be the one you expect
By Chris Gill published
The iconic Ibanez overdrive pedal SRV used to create his timeless tone – and the settings he used to do it
Larkin Poe's Rebecca Lovell on why the secret to great Strat tone is in the right hand
By Janelle Borg published
From blues riffs to heavier rock tones, Lovell reveals how she leverages the Strat to create a distinctive sound for Larkin Poe
“Stevie wasn’t a fluent songwriter”: The making of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Couldn’t Stand the Weather
By Alan Paul published
In 1984, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble needed new tunes and needed them bad, and necessity became the mother of invention as they put together a bona fide blues classic
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