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Another Stratocaster~~ and Lenny
SRV. The initials are for Stevie, Ray and Vaughan. You non-loving blues people wouldn't know em. He is the blues guitarist who inspired John Mayer to begin a musical career. His story is very very long. But I rather explain the guitar.
Specs:
Colour: 3-colour Sunburst
Pick-ups: 3 Texas Special Single Coil Strat Pickups
Hardware: Gold-plated
Pickguard: 3-ply Black with engraved SRV
And blah-blah-blah. But a signature model is nothing without the basis of the original guitar. A 1965 Strat that was used during most of his entire career.
The guitar called Lenny
SRV found the guitar at a pawnshop between the years 1975-76. He wanted it but didn't buy it. BUT he received Lenny as a birthday gift in 1976.
The guitar can be first heard on the album "Texas Flood" (1983) where SRV dedicated a song called Lenny for his wife, Lenora.
From the picture, you can see that the neck is maple. Originally it was a thin rosewood. But SRV replaced it with a thicker neck. However, he didn't used a Fender neck.
The guitar was eventually donated to EC (guess who) for the Crossroads Antigua Auction by SRV's brother, Jimmy. It was said that the guitar fetched a price of more than $600,000.
# posted by Spunky @ 21:21 
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you're wrong, and not smart.
People who don't know Stevie Ray Vaughan are musically challenged, he's not for blues loving people only, but any music lovers who were around in the 80s.
Second, the signature guitar isn't based on lenny, and that wasn't the guitar he used for most of his career.
He used his "Number One" or "First Wife" guitar, which was a '58 ish strat. His signature model really isn't based on any of the guitars he played, its just meant to deliver his tone and be a decent tribute to him, which it is.
Lenny was only played on select songs. Those being 'Lenny' (obviously) and 'Riviera Paradise'. The maple neck was given to SRV by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.
Lenny is a beautiful instrument, but the SRV strat isn't based on it. There are custom shop recreations that go for about $17,000, those are absolutely gorgeous, but theres less than fifty in the world now.
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People who don't know Stevie Ray Vaughan are musically challenged, he's not for blues loving people only, but any music lovers who were around in the 80s.
Second, the signature guitar isn't based on lenny, and that wasn't the guitar he used for most of his career.
He used his "Number One" or "First Wife" guitar, which was a '58 ish strat. His signature model really isn't based on any of the guitars he played, its just meant to deliver his tone and be a decent tribute to him, which it is.
Lenny was only played on select songs. Those being 'Lenny' (obviously) and 'Riviera Paradise'. The maple neck was given to SRV by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.
Lenny is a beautiful instrument, but the SRV strat isn't based on it. There are custom shop recreations that go for about $17,000, those are absolutely gorgeous, but theres less than fifty in the world now.
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