Red
In late 1983, Vaughan purchased a 1962 sunburst Fender Stratocaster from Charley's Guitar Shop, though he had it repainted by Fender in fiesta red as a custom color option, and simply named the guitar "Red." The guitar remained stock until 1986, when a left-handed neck was installed and "SRV" stickers were applied to the pickguard. At the same time, the neck on "Number One" was unable to withstand more re-fret jobs, replacing it with the original neck from "Red." The next year, following a concert at the Garden State Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey, a stanchion fell onto Vaughan's rack of guitars, splitting the neck from "Red" that was installed on "Number One." The neck was replaced the next night.
Stevie usually used this guitar on "Lookin' Out the Window", and sometimes "Love Struck Baby", and "Willie The Wimp".
Read more about this topic: Stevie Ray Vaughan's Musical Instruments
Famous quotes containing the word red:
“It might become a wheel spoked red and white
In alternate stripes converging at a point
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Through weltering illuminations, humps
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—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
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—Jean Toomer (1894–1967)