Why Stevie Ray Vaughan's Stratocaster Sounded Impossible

Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar didn't sound like an instrument - it sounded like a freight train coming through your speakers. The secret wasn't a studio trick or hot electronics. It was a battered mutt of a Stratocaster, strung so heavy it was almost too much to play. In this video: The beat-up Sunburst Strat nobody wanted in a 1974 Austin music shop - the guitar Stevie called his "first wife" Strings like telephone cable, and the superglue his tech Rene Martinez carried to keep Stevie's fingers together Bass-guitar frets, and the Hendrix-style left-handed tremolo drilled into a right-handed body Why mellow, lightly wound pickups made Number One sound bigger, not smaller The lighting rig that snapped the neck in half - and why Stevie refused to retire it SOURCES & CREDITS Interview footage: "RAY HENNIG ON LEGENDARY GUITARIST Stevie Ray Vaughan" - Jeffrey Tunches    • RAY HENNIG ON LEGENDARY GUITARIST Stevie R...   "Rene Martinez Clinic" - Mojotone    • Rene Martinez Clinic   "René Martinez - Texasguitarwhiz Chapter 6: Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Setup" - Mojotone    • René Martinez - Texasguitarwhiz Chapter 6:...   Music footage: "Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Change It" - stevierayvaughnVEVO    • Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Chan...   "Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Love Struck Baby (Official Video)" - stevierayvaughnVEVO    • Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Love...   "Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Pride And Joy (Live at Montreux 1982)" - stevierayvaughnVEVO    • Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Prid...   "Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Superstition" - stevierayvaughnVEVO    • Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Supe...   "Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Tightrope (Live From Austin, TX)" - stevierayvaughnVEVO    • Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Tigh...   "Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood (Live at the El Mocambo)" - stevierayvaughnVEVO    • Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood (Live at ...   All clips are used for commentary, criticism and review. #StevieRayVaughan #SRV #Stratocaster