Stevie Ray Vaughan – Couldn't Stand The Weather
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1984 album Couldn't Stand The Weather.
Music from Couldn't Stand The Weather
Artists on Couldn't Stand The Weather
Gear Used On Couldn't Stand The Weather
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Stevie Ray Vaughan – Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Amplifiers used by Stevie Ray Vaughan on Couldn't Stand The Weather
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In this interview, Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar tech says, "We also had two black-face, EV-loaded Super Reverbs. In addition, we used an EV-loaded Fender Vibroverb, and it powered the Fender Vibratone Leslie speaker."
Studio Equipment used by Stevie Ray Vaughan on Couldn't Stand The Weather
According to Guitar World:
Although Vaughan didn’t use the Roland Dimension D in his live rig, it was a secret weapon in the studio, where he often added it to his guitar tracks during mixing. Vaughan first discovered the Dimension D while mixing his guitar tracks on David Bowie’s Let’s Dance, and he liked how its subtle chorus effect thickened his guitar sound without changing his natural tone significantly like other chorus effects frequently do.
The Dimension D was used on the solos to “Mary Had a Little Lamb” and “Pride and Joy” on Texas Flood and most of the solos on Couldn’t Stand the Weather. During mixing, Vaughan would add the Dimension D effects himself via the effects send/return controls on the mixing console." – March 2013 issue of Guitar World, page 65.
2003 interview with Richard Mullen (Vaughan's audio engineer, published in December 2022 issue of Guitar World) recalls the use of Dimension D:
One effect he used when we mixedTexas Flood was this Roland delay/chorus [Dimension D] that gave a little bit of a growl sound. It was a stereo device that created phasing effects, which you can hear on the solo to “Mary Had a Little Lamb” and the end solo on “Pride and Joy.” Stevie sat at the board and brought that effect in and out as the song progressed. He used the same effect on Couldn’t Stand the Weather, too.
Guitars used by Stevie Ray Vaughan on Couldn't Stand The Weather
Fender Stevie Ray Vaughan's “Yellow” Stratocaster 1959
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This guitar was previously owned by Vince Martell, Vanilla Fudge’s lead guitarist, who sold it to Charley Wirz of Charley’s Guitar Shop in Dallas. The previous owner had hollowed out the body to mount four humbuckers but Wirz removed those and installed a new pickguard in which he placed a Fender single-coil pickup in the neck position. He also painted the whole body yellow, and installed Charvel brass tremolo system. Charley then gave the guitar to Stevie in early 1981, who added SRV decals where the two pickups would normally be placed, just under the strings. This was supposedly the guitar Stevie played on the album versions of “Honey Bee” and “Tell Me”, and live on DVD “Live at Montreux” for the last song on the set – “Collins Shuffle”.
Yellow was ultimately stolen in 1985 at the Albany International Airport in New York, and never recovered.
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Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
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Stevie used the hollowbody Gibson Johnny Smith on the classic jazzy track "Stangs Swang" on the 1984 "Couldn't Stand The Weather" album.