The Guitarists of the Past & Present: Stevie Ray Vaughan

GADGETS

GUITARS

Brand/Model - Fender Stratocaster
Year - 1959 - 1962 - 1963 See neck, body & pickups for clarification
Neck - 1962 D shaped Maple neck, fattest neck Fender made. Replaced in 1990
Fingerboard - Rosewood Veneer, compound radius flatter than standard 7.25". Radius flatness due to refret work
Frets/Nut - Jumbo size Fretwire, NOT bass frets as rumored, Nut replaced with Fender style made of bone
Body - 1963 Solid Alder wood
Color - 3-color sunburst front and back
Pickups - Fender 3-single coil 1959 (which is why Stevie thought the guitar was a '59 model)
Bridge-Tremolo - 'Left handed steel Fender Synchronized Tremolo, Gold plated hardware added in 1986. Stevie used 5 springs

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