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NAIL STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN’S TONE ON A BUDGET

tevie Ray Vaughan has reference-quality blues god tone, but don’t let that stop you from trying to recreate it at home. Huge heart and a ferocious picking hand are essential. So too a Stratocaster. This was the foundation. Famously preferring heavy strings – as heavy as the fingers will allow – his playing was physical. His amps were bruisers, too. Vintage Fender for dynamics

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