Stevie Ray Vaughan's Effects Pedals

An early Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer effects pedal was placed at Stevie Ray Vaughans pedalboard.

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In the 1989 live performance of "One Night in Texas," Stevie Ray Vaughan is seen using the Ibanez TS10 Tube Screamer Classic, following his progression from earlier models like the TS808 and TS9.

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The MXR Loop Selector played also a part in Stevie Ray Vaughans pedalboard.

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According to Guitar World: "Another key effect that Vaughan used to emulate Hendrix tones was an Octavia fuzz pedal that produces octave-up effects. Vaughan initially used Roger Mayer Octavia pedals (housed in distinctive “spaceship” metal boxes), but when Diaz located three New Old Stock Tycobrahe Octavia pedals, Vaughan switched to those.

His guitar tech, Rene Martinez, says that Stevie thought the Tycobrahe pedal produced the best Octavia effect he had ever heard. Vaughan especially liked how the Octavia sounded when used along with a Tube Screamer." March 2013 Issue, page 65.

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"Vaughan’s wah pedal of choice was a Vox V846 from the Sixties that originally belonged to Jimi Hendrix. Jimmie Vaughan, Stevie’s brother, acquired the pedal from Hendrix when Jimmie’s band shared a bill with the Experience in Fort Worth. Vaughan owned several other Vox wah pedals and was allegedly very fond of an early Seventies version with a Japanese TDK inductor.

Vaughan used the Vox wah on his Hendrix covers and 'Telephone Song' on the Vaughan Brothers’ Family Style, and he famously used two wahs at once to record 'Say What.'"

Photos of the V846 in Vaughan's rig can be found here.

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This original Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer was used by the late Stevie Ray Vaughan. According to a 2003 interview with Richard Mullen (Vaughan's audio engineer, the interview was later published in Guitar World, December 2022 issue), it was the only pedal Vaughan used while recording the "Texas Flood" album.

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Used for a solo at 3:06 in this March 25, 1987 performance of "Cold Shot" at Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. Despite the low resolution of the video, Electro-Harmonix confirms the vintage Hot Tubes in this July 10, 2012 blog post and this September 2, 2013 Twitter post.

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This is Stevie Ray Vaughan's 1970's Uni-Vibe, displayed in Austin, TX.

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This is a Dunlop Cry Baby owned by Stevie Ray Vaughan. It is owned by Guitar Center and displayed in Austin, Texas.

Stevie's guitar tech Rene Martinez mentioned he did use a Crybaby wah during his career, but it was never his main wah pedal.

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On display with other equipment owned by SRV, this Fuzz Face is displayed at Guitar Center in Austin, Texas.

Stevie Ray Vaughan Dallas Arbiter-era Fuzz Face, owned by artist

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The Octavia can be seen on the very end of his pedal chain (far left).

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Auctioned via Julien's on October 25, 2019.

A vintage Thomas Organ Co. Cry-Baby Stereo Fuzz-Wah effects pedal, model number 9-3701, signed and inscribed by Stevie Ray Vaughan "Larry, Soul to Soul! 84." The pedal appears to have been production used by Vaughan and his crew.

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Stevie Ray Vaughan used a Fender Vibrato & Reverb Footswitch, as evidenced in the pedalboard image featured on Srvarchive.

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The Texas Square face was originally designed as a replacement for Stevie's fuzz faces, which were always dying. Cesar Diaz built his circuit into one of Stevie's dead fuzz face boxes and Stevie used it until his unfortunate death.

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