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SRV Strat?

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12/7/1999 1:02 AM

Anybody know what models of strat SRV used? All of the pictures I've seen show him with either a red one or an old beaten up tobbaco sunbburst.

Any funky mods? you know like phantom coils or gold plated grasshoppers in the tone circuit, that kind of stuff?

It is obvious, from the photos, that he had a very high string action. Combined with those fat, fat strings he must have had titanium fingers to bend the way he did.

Thanks guys
Seeya

AustinC

12/7/1999 8:32 AM
anonymous	Check this link out , I Think there's all what you want to know about Stevie's guitars http://www.texasflood.com/linkpage.html Jukka

12/8/1999 2:25 AM
John G	Main axe 59 alder body,62 neck, stock pickups reverse twang bar,(cus jimi hendrix played righty strat,lefty) ultra heavy gauge stings .013's. I also thought I read somewhere a wrapped G! Take a tip from "anonymous" lots of info at that site.

12/12/1999 1:10 AM
Left Lane(Moode Swing)	I`m sure he had incredibly strong fingers but he also tuned down.

12/15/1999 5:14 PM
Tailpiece	Not to stir up a hornet's nest, but didn't SRV's tech say that his main axe was just a stock '62? I remember an interview in GP not to long ago with him where he said Stevie just told people it had a '59 neck to add to its mystique. Tail

12/16/1999 10:07 PM
Tailpiece	OK, got my neck and body dates (or should I say Stevie's) mixed up. But what about that GP interview? He made it VERY plain that the rumor was false. Tail

12/30/1999 12:58 PM
RJ	I thought I read Rene Martinez say the guitar was a 62 with 59 p'ups.

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