Famously, it popped back up on video over a decade after Stevie first played it in a fiery live version of âHideawayâ with two pickguards â one for the top and one for the bottom.Left: An early photo of Stevie and during a concert with BB King. Stevie decided to replace the neck with the mid-â50s-style maple neck given to him by Billy Gibbons. John Priest is the owner of Peach Guitars in Colchester, but in addition to being the custodian of Britain’s largest guitar showroom, his passion is Stevie Ray Vaughan.John was first bitten by SRV’s bug as a kid, and summarily has, “spent years and years trying to nail that tone”. Stevie sketched out the shape and prototype design of the guitar in 1982 and consulted with experts on the technical limitations he'd have to overcome to bring it to life. It was to be a prize at one of Stevie's shows, but he liked the guitar so much, he gave away another one of his guitars.This guitar has a butterscotch colored finish and originally had a plain white pick guard, which was later replaced with a non-original tiger-striped pickguard made by Rene Martinez, Vaughan's guitar tech.The guitar was stock except for the tiger-striped pickguard which resembled the same pickguard Buddy Guy had on his butter-colored guitar at the time.The guitar, with the original pickguard can be seen on the front of the Live Alive album cover.Stevie used this guitar when having problems with Number One, or regardless from that â live for songs such as âLeave My Girl Aloneâ and âSuperstitionâ. Fender Custom Shop Stevie Ray Vaughan Signature Relic Strat #CZ543968 - Become an icon. Stevie Ray Vaughan was just a struggling young guitarist in Austin, Texas, in 1980, when his wife, Lenora 'Lenny' Vaughan, gave him a used Stratocaster that had recently caught his eye in a local pawnshop. Originally released in 1989, this Grammy Award–winning album is Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's fourth studio album. If there were a Mount Rushmore of Stratocaster Masters, Stevie Ray Vaughan would be one of the greats enshrined there. This was a custom Stratocaster-style guitar made for Stevie by James Hamilton in Buffalo, NY. The neck was replaced in time for the next night's gig. When Stevie Ray Vaughan was looking for a guitar tech, he knew just the man: Rene Martinez. John Priest is thinking back to the moment that he first encountered Stevie Ray Vaughan’s guitar playing, but for a man who has subsequently devoted a fair amount of time, effort and hard-earned cash in the pursuit of nailing that most sought-after tone, he wasn’t as hooked as you’d expect. Guitar Center & Fender Introduce: SRVs Lenny Throughout the years, the story of how Lenny came into Stevie Ray Vaughan’s possession has taken on an almost mythical status, but the real story is actually fairly simple, and one that many struggling musicians understand all too well: boy meets girl, boy falls for girl, boy falls for a guitar that he can’t afford, girl gets guitar for boy. It's the same guitar type which Vaughan himself used to create his electrifying blues licks - now it's your turn. To deliver that signature SRV tone, this guitar comes with a matched set of Texas Special single-coil pickups, so you can go from the classic Strat spank to a screaming, red-hot lead sound with ease. He asked for the 4-string bass neck to be converted to a 6-string neck prior to delivery.He played the guitar at the Pacific Amphitheatre show in Costa Mesa, California on 2nd October 1988, where he was joined on stage with Carlos Santana, and The Fabulous Thunderbirds.Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoclvCQJKig&t=2s, A very rare occurrence with Stevie playing the 6 string bass version of the Danelectro Longhorn.