Stevie Ray Vaughan's MAIN Recording and Live Amplifier - 1967 Fender Twin Reverb Electro Voice SRO

[Menehune]

Now half price! Looks like someone got a margin call on Euronext Amsterdam =0

https://reverb.com/item/83503181-stevie-ray-vaughan-s-main-recording-and-live-amplifier-1967-fender-twin-reverb-electro-voice-sro

Documentation accompanying the listing is an interesting read.

 

[1 bottlerocket]

I remember an article about one of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s amplifiers turning up in a storage container. It was later covered by ToneQuest Magazine, who got a chance to test it.

Their takeaway was interesting—it didn’t sound particularly great on its own, but it made a lot more sense in a live mix.

[shankyboy]

6 hours ago, 1 bottlerocket said:

I remember an article about one of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s amplifiers turning up in a storage container. It was later covered by ToneQuest Magazine, who got a chance to test it.

Their takeaway was interesting—it didn’t sound particularly great on its own, but it made a lot more sense in a live mix.

Was that the one that was stolen from Jimmy's warehouse that they ended up selling back to him?

[1 bottlerocket]

I would have to read the TQR article again for the details but going on memory I believe you are correct. I think it was connected to the 2007 storage unit thefts.

[santellavision]

That's 1,135 x Tree-Fiddy.

Edited April 13 by santellavision

[hamerhead]

If only my wife and I could live in an amp that size......

[ARM OF HAMER]

                                                The sound was in his hands,not in his equipment.

[ARM OF HAMER]

                                                

 

Edited April 13 by ARM OF HAMER

[santellavision]

12 minutes ago, ARM OF HAMER said:

                                                The sound was in his hands, not in his equipment.

We've all heard about guys playing some other players rigs and they never sound like them.

The only time this might hold up is if the gear is special for some reason. Like, Chris Squire's broken Rickenbacker bass. It had a unique tone due to one of the pickups being defective. Or, maybe a custom-made guitar like Jerry Garcia with all that wacky electronics etc. 

One other thing though, If you've played through a Modeler, sometimes, the tone is crazy close. Like a Brian May Vox patch or a Boston Rockman tone.  I just say that as I picked up a used ToneX pedal and damn, if some of the amp captures don't sound amazing. As soon as I played the Hiwatt patches, I was right there Live at Leeds. Very cool.

 

Edited April 13 by santellavision

[bry4321]

It’s the 69 cents that blows my mind. 
 

[DarkHammer]

1 hour ago, bry4321 said:

It’s the 69 cents that blows my mind. 
 

It's because of currency conversion (seller is in Europe, I bet listing price was not in USD).

[bry4321]

7 hours ago, DarkHammer said:

It's because of currency conversion (seller is in Europe, I bet listing price was not in USD).

Oh! That explains it, thank you!

[bubs_42]

I’ll save you some money, I have a pair of SRO’s. 

[Jakeboy]

I LOVE SROs….King of the Alnicos!

I found this somewhat confusing…I have always red that SRV was all about Super Reverbs, Vibroverbs,etc. mixed with a Marshall. When I saw his exhibit at the Grammy museum there was  also a tweed Bassman and a plexi stack that was beat to crap. I didn’t know he played through a Twin Reverb. And the EVs I heard he liked were 12Ls…or so I apparently wrongly assumed.

Further, Tommy Shannon went on record saying that SRV fell immediately in love with JB’s Dumble and recorded all tracks on Texas Flood through “Mother Dumble”  straight in….

SRV was so very good. I refused to play a Strat for 20 years because every time I did,  all I would do is play his licks and emulate him. And that didn’t happen on any other guitar and I wanted to craft my own sound. Now I grab a Strat and launch into his songs and just giggle. I’m able to do it now.