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How To Get A Stevie Ray Vaughan Tone

by on 26. Jul, 2010 in Amps, Blues, Effects, Gear, Guitars, Styles

Possibly one of the most sort after guitar tones, Stevie Ray Vaughan’s signature sound is an ongoing debate in the musical world today. Being introduced to SRV and Double Trouble, and after recovering from my face melt by Stevie’s pure natural guitaring abilities, the facet that most captured mine (and most first time listeners’) attention [...]

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Fender Stratocaster: The Industry Standard Guitar?

by on 14. Apr, 2010 in Guitars

The Fender ‘Strat’ has been with us for quite a while now. Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares designed the Stratocaster in 1954 as a follow-up model to the Telecaster. It incorporated more ‘space-age’, futuristic elements than the flat slab of the ‘Tele’: a double-cutaway, a contoured body for comfort and three pickup options. [...]

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