Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stevie Ray Vaughan short impromptu jam session with a Gibson Flying V, accompanied by Chris Layton on "couch" for MTV Japan from 1985.

In this video at 0:30, Vaughan can be seen holding what appears to be a Gibson L-1 Acoustic, he begins playing at 1:11.

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

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.

This one-off doubleneck Stratocaster-Style guitar was used for the song "Pipeline" by Stevie Ray Vaughan and his brother Jimmie Vaughan.

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

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

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.

In "https://srvarchive.com/guitars":

1980 Hendrix Tribute Stratocaster (Prototype) This guitar was purchased by Stevie in 1985, from Pete's Guitars in St Paul, MN. Fender made 4 prototypes for a guitar that they hoped to put into production. According to one source Fender could not get clearance from Hendrix's Estate, so the project was abandoned. However according to Mark Page, who worked for Fender, 25 of these guitars were made as a special run, for sale by guitar dealers in Texas.

Stevie's prototype was the second of 4 made. He can be seen using it for "Superstition" and "Willie the Wimp"at the 1987 Daytona Beach, FL show.

In the video, Stevie Ray Vaughan is seen playing a semi-hollow green Fender Stratocaster equipped with lipstick pickups, identified as a Benedict Groovemaster.

Stevie Ray Vaughan occasionally played a 1963 Epiphone Riviera Hollowbody Guitar, notably during performances of "Hideaway." Images from a Google search provide visual evidence of this usage.

SRV can be seen holding a national guitar in this picture

In this picture with his bassist Tommy Shannon, SRV can be ssen holding a guitar made by Kurt Hendrick

Stevie Ray Vaughn bought this Japanese made 'Diplomat' guitar while touring New Zealand in the mid 1980's. He ended up giving it to his girlfriend. Diplomats were mid range guitars manufactured for the New Zealand market only in the late 60's to early 70's. They are sought after within NZ today. They are what is referred to now as 'Law Suit' era guitars. (Information from stevieray.com).

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.

source: https://www.groundguitar.com/stevie-ray-vaughan-gear/

Stevie Ray Vaughan is associated with the Shure PE54D dynamic microphone, as evidenced by entries in guitar shop ledgers documenting some of his early purchases. A user-uploaded photo of these ledgers is available at srvarchive.com/miscellaneous.

SRV can be seen playing this odd guitar in this picture

In this backstage picture from his time with Double Trouble, SRV can be seen playing a Danelectro doubleneck guitar

Stevie used the hollowbody Gibson Johnny Smith on the classic jazzy track "Stangs Swang" on the 1984 "Couldn't Stand The Weather" album.

Stevie Ray Vaughan used two 1964 Vibroverb amps from the start of his career to the early 80's, replacing them later with a multitude of much louder and larger amps already listed here. The two Vibroverb amps he originally had were later modified by César Díaz, who added in rectifiers to give extra headroom and provide stability for SRV's extremely loud performances. The Vibroverb amps became an iconic staple of early Stevie Ray Vaughan's career and contributed to the legendary tone heard on his debut album, Texas Flood. More specific information and pictures regarding his Fender Vibroverbs and other gear can be found here:http://www.voodooguitar.net/2016/09/the-srv-gear-guide.html

In this image, Vaughan can be seen playing a Rickenbacker 360 Capri hollowbody.

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

Stevie Ray Vaughan frequently played a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar throughout his career, as evidenced in the photo linked.

Vaughan prefered using Fender Medium gauge picks, playing with one of the broader, shoulders of the pick to get a smoother or harder tone depending on if he held the pick at a 45 or a 90 degree angle to the strings.

"Stevie usually used Fender medium picks, and he played with the “fat” end."

"There are 17 verified variations of Stevie's custom picks, but he also used plain Fender picks, and freebies he picked up from guitar shops."

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.

Vaughn can be seen playing a Danelectro Longhorn Baritone in this live photo.

Mentioned as microphones which were used for micing Vaughan's Fender Vibraverb and Dumble amplifiers in a 2003 interview with Richard Mullen, Vaughan's producer/audio engineer (published in a December 2022 Guitar World issue).

According to SRV Archive, this effect was used on Riviera Paradise.

The source from Rockhurstauctions suggests a connection between Stevie Ray Vaughan and a Yamaha FG412SB acoustic guitar, highlighting a signed backstage pass on the guitar. However, there is no documented evidence supporting that Vaughan ever used or owned this model. His equipment is extensively cataloged, making this claim unlikely.

In this picture from srvarchive.com you can clearly see holding a Gibson Flying V guitar. You can tell it's specfically the medallion edition by the specific cherry coloration of the guitar and the gold medallion on the end of the v.