All the Strats have personalities of their own and feel completely different.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANI don’t play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I’m breaking out of jail!
More Stevie Ray Vaughan Quotes
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What I am trying to get across to you; is please take of yourselves and those that you love; because that is what we are hear for, that’s all we got, and that is all we can take with us. Are you with me?
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I was taught to think the next week or month or year will only get better than it is today. So I just keep waiting to see how great it will get!
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Even though there’s reasons to try things that may or may not work, it’s still a real intimate way to finish the song with everybody right there in the band just locked in.
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I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put ’58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.
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When I play from my mind I get in trouble.
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That’s how it happens, livin life by the drop.
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The way people come into your life when you need them, it’s wonderful and it happens in so many ways. It’s like having an angel. Somebody comes along and helps you get right.
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You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other – our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That’s to help each other, not hurt each other.
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So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I’d try it too.
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I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That’s technical talk.
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I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn’t have any drums.
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Your sound is in your hands as much as anything. It’s the way you pick, and the way you hold the guitar, more than it is the amp or the guitar you use.
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I mainly use Stratocasters. I like a lot of different kinds of guitars, but for what I do, it seems that a Stratocaster is the most versatile. I can pretty much get any sound out of it, and I use stock pickups.
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The problem with taking amps to a shop is that they come back sounding like another amp.
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