When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Though he famously used heavy strings and a high action on his guitars, this isn’t essential to ...

Though he’d typically flip to the neck/middle position pickup for glassy cleans, the quintessential SRV tone can be heard on Pride And Joy – a medium gain tone delivered in his Strat's neck position ...

The legacy of Stevie Ray Vaughan is not in his guitar playing. It’s in his heart. The blues was not born with the Texan guitarist, but it was given a second life. Twenty-five years after his death at ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Stevie Ray Vaughan was among the most successful and revered blues guitarists in history when he died in a helicopter crash on his way to Chicago on August 27, 1990. "You don't find ...

An electric guitar Stevie Ray Vaughan was given as a youth by his brother is expected to sell for about $400,000 at auction Sunday in their hometown of Dallas. Heritage Auctions will offer the 1951 ...

Despite only spending a mere seven and a half years as a guitar player on the world stage, Texas guitar maven Stevie Ray Vaughan left quite the mark. In that relative blink of an eye, Vaughan ...

On this day (August 27) in 1990, the music world lost the masterful blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. Vaughan, who was 35, was killed in a helicopter crash after jamming with Eric Clapton and his ...

A new documentary on the remarkable careers of blues guitar legends (and brothers) Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan is now available to watch on streaming. Along the way, Brothers In Blues features ...

The electric guitar that Stevie Ray Vaughan used in his first studio recording and early performances was given to him as a gift by his brother Jimmie. "Jimbo" is carved on the back.(Emily Clemens / ...