Jimmie Vaughan

The 4x10s, you know. The classics. I’ve had Matchless amps for years and years. I had a 4x10 and then I had a 4x12 tall combo, and then I had a 4x12 and a head, and I loved those a lot, and I wore them out. And then the company went out [in 1998, before its 2000 comeback], and I couldn’t get those exact components, so when I had them fixed, they changed. So I started fooling around with Fenders again, and that’s when the ’59 Bassman came out, and it’s hard to beat those.

In the Premier Guitar "Rig Rundown" video, Jimmie Vaughan showcases his Fender Jimmie Vaughan Tex-Mex™ Strat®, specifically highlighting its Olympic White finish, V-shaped neck, and Tex-Mex pickups. This guitar is featured alongside another Stratocaster designed to resemble the one he used with the Thunderbirds.

No. Well … tremolo. Strymon Flint—the black one that has three tremolos and three reverbs. I would recommend anybody that’s into tremolo and reverb try that. There’s nothing like getting that good tremolo where it kinda goes up and down a little bit. They have sort of the Lonnie Mack sound.

Mark Webber who is teching for Jimmie Vaughan recalls that Jimmie Vaughan uses Grammatico Kingsville amps.

While playing alongside Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Phil Palmer and his brother at Alpine Valley in 1990, Jimmie Vaughan played a Pewter Eric Clapton Stratocaster.

Well, I bought an L-5. I forget what the model is, but it’s got a pointy cutaway and it’s with humbuckers. I bought it from Rudy [Pensa, of Rudy’s Music] up in New York. It’s a jazz guitar. And I have a couple of those.

Jimmie Vaughans guitar tech Mark Weber recalls that Jimmie Vaughan uses a Boss TR-2 Tremolo.

Jimmie Vaughan has been seen using a 1967 Fender Coronado II during live performances, as evidenced by photographs on Austinsocialplanner.

Guitar tech Mark Webber points out that Jimmie Vaughan uses a Furman power conditioner which is a very important piece of gear for him.

In a Rig Rundown video by Premier Guitar, Jimmie Vaughan's guitar tech highlights Vaughan's use of a Shubb S1 Deluxe Guitar Capo.

Did you record this with your 1967 Fender Coronado guitar? "No. I found a Japanese knockoff. I don't even know what it is because it doesn't have a name on it. I bought it on eBay for $245. It's a fake Coronado. It looks similar to a Coronado. It's a Coronado knockoff. But the pickups is why I like it. It's got pickups that are similar to Bigsby pickups from the old days. They just sound great. It's the flat-wound strings and the old pickups that work together." https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/jimmie-vaughan-talks-equipment-the-stratocaster-is-the-greatest-guitar-ever-made-10111950

This guitar was donated from Jimmie Vaughan and Fender to Eric Claptons 2004 guitar auction.

This guitar was used for a double neck action between Jimmie Vaughan and his brother Stevie Ray Vaughan for a song called "Pipeline".

“This is the kind of stuff I like,” he said, pulling his fingers across the strings of a worn Gibson L-5. “I like guitars that are old and have a classic sound, like you can’t get out of the ones they make today.”

Jimmie Vaughans guitar tech did report that Jimmie Vaughan uses the Voodoo Lab Amp Selector.

In the source video we have spotted the triple tweed Fender case stand that Jimmie Vaughan's guitar tech, Mark Webber uses for Vaughans guitars.

Jimmie owned/played this guitar while with The Fabulous Thunderbirds.

Do you still have that killer ’50s Barney Kessel Kay with the Kelvinator headstock?

Yes. It’s one of my favorite things. I heard that Barney Kessel, who is one of my favorite guitar players, didn’t like it. I can kinda understand that. You like what you like, you know. And you can have five guitars that look the same, but one of ’em’s gonna work and the other four won’t.Some of them can speak to you and bark better, you know what I mean?

Jimmie Vaughan has been known to use different cut shapes of hotel keys as picks because he feels they perform better than anything he could actually purchase. However, he also uses Fender Medium Gauge Picks when necessary and did so early in his career. This information is supported by Mike Duffy's article "Jimmie Vaughan on the White Strat That Fueled His Pioneering Blues Journey" published by Fender.