You could just walk into his shop on S Lamar,spend a whole minute,and walk out a better guitarist. It just happened,Ray Henning Magic! Last time I was in there,I had the joy of some cat walking up beside me at the counter and soon as he started speaking I knew it was Tommy Shannon. He was wearing that necklace of Stevie's...
It’s so crazy that not only was Stevie’s #1 first owned by Christopher Cross, but that Cross had also been recording at Jackson Browne’s studio at the same time Stevie and the band recorded Texas Flood, with Stevie plugging into the amp Cross was using for his session which was Browne’s Dumbleland!
Mike Krause Dumbleland is a specific amp model that Dumble made, like the Steel String Singer, Overdrive Special, Overdrive Reveb, a Dumbleland is another type of Dumble amp
God bless you Mr.Hennig for being a friend to Stevie Ray Vaughan in a period of his young life and For all the help you gave Stevie..you will be remembered and not forgotten..Stevie Ray Vaughan was a sensational blue's and rock guitar genius and went even further..
Stevie Ray Vaughan took the worst guitars and made into legends just like hisself..The best guitar player that was from and lived in Texas..Stevie was one of a kind like the guitars and was sensational in his life and didn't give up on music..RIP Stevie..your still awesome in my world of music..never forgotten
I'm pretty sure stevie was on his way to being a money spender inevitably.He was definately humble enough to remember the people who impacted his life and love of music.
Talking Christianity with Stevie. Those talks save his immortal soul. When he cleaned up I would lay money on it that it was those talks that helped motivate his new life. What a great segment. Thanks for posting this.👍
I'm watching this on Sunday oh, what a nice gifts from our father in Heaven. I don't know if that gentleman is still with us but thank God he was friends was Stevie and Jimmie he a men.
Agreed, I'm looking for a video of Stevie sharing his testimony of salvation. I can't remember if it was part of a documentary or what but I remember watching it around 06 ?? Haven't had any luck on RUclips. Any information would be greatly appreciated..
Why was stevie so good? Because all he did from the time he woke till the time he slept was eat sleep and dream guitars and nothing else. Devotion on an insane level but not for him.it was his oxygen.
I knew a guy like that. He was a walking juke box and made good money playing on the street. He didn't usually pick up his guitar until maybe 2 in the afternoon. Once he picked it up though he didn't put it down. He played on average about 10 hours a day. He was good enough that James Cotton whose guitar player couldn't clear customs hired my buddy off the street. The band Blues Traveler did the same thing hiring him off the street.
Love these genuine blokes no airs or graces just genuine 👍🏻 saw Stevie at the Hammersmith Palliais in London 1984 and the year later 85 at Hammersmith Odeon , still have the stubs awesome gigs 🇬🇧
Wow.... Hearing Ray talk about Stevie was very interesting and much enjoyed! It would be so cool to go back in time and see Stevie in Ray's store playing a Strat. R.I.P. Stevie!
During the 80's I spent a lot of time in Ray's Heart Of Texas Music on South Lamar in Austin. Stevie wasn't the only great that would frequent the store. I saw Eric Johnson many times in there trying out guitars, amps, and other gear.
Same here Brett. Was a wonderful time. I lived down the street in an efficiency apartment near South Austin Music. Between Goodwill, S.A.M., Ray’s, Doc Holidays Pawn, and Musicmakers... you could find just about anything you wanted on S. Lamar.
I walked into Austin vintage years ago when it was around the corner from Ray's and I heard a guy in the back doing his best impersonation of Eric Johnson. After awhile Eric Johnson walked out. It was actually him. I think they were doing some work on an amp for him and he was testing it or something. Neat happening.
I was at Jennings music in '89 or 90. I met a young texas guitarist named Ian Moore.i remember he was sitting on an old black face fender super reverb amp playing some amazing riffs.a few years later his album came out.and of course he was in the movie sling blade.great memories. Wonder what ever became of ian?
I bought and or traded 3 guitars there in the eighties. I trip into town scouring pawn shops wasn't complete without going to HoT music and getting a burger at the Short Stop. I remember when Stevie started to get big we would often see his cabinets with his name stencilled on them back in the keyboard/p.a./ repair part of the store.
He was technically excellent covering other peoples styles, albert king, hendrix but not original unfortunately but certainly attracted new fans through his music through covers and good tonality
@@djizzah Perhaps he wasn't a virtuoso ..but nobody has ever obtained, let alone surpassed his pure power, technique & authentic flow in execution. Doubt anyone ever will.
There's not a lot of originality in blues music. It's always. music handed down through the many years & everyone took licks & riffs from others & made it their own. SRV was a master class practitioner & he certainly made it his own! RIP
It was a '63 Strat with a '62 neck and '59 pups. Stevie always thought it was a '59 because of the pups, but later was discovered (after his passing) to officially be a 1963 Stratocaster.
I love what he said , most won’t pay any attention to . You going to meet the Lord . Look What happen to SRV . Nobody knows the day or hour . We will all , whether you choose to believe or not . It’s real !
I was at Ft Hood in 82-83. I’d go to Austin on weekends. I’ve been in his place. I’d seen a guy in there one Saturday tearing it up . I didn’t know who it was. Next Saturday a buddy of mine and me went back I asked who it was. He said Stevie he is at Steamboat tonight with Rank and File. We went and the line wrapped around the corner of 6th Street . A year later in Germany someone in the barracks had his debut lp playing.
Ken O, yeah I member my 1st couple years here, Ray was as accessible as any other sales guy in the place. It helped I'd moved in only 2 blocks away from his store. Less than half a year later, I got to play on the Steamboat stage the last week it was open. Magic Times. It's a fuckin mall now.
The original Temple location was in the strip mall next to Cavenders off I-35. Used to get guitar lessons there and recall seeing Mr. Hennig a few times. Nice guy. The 31st location is shut down unfortunately. Sure they're having nice chats in Heaven now
yeah it was! blew much money there! good times! the story was with those two cats at the counter, Jimmie Vaughan had been to that location before! anyhow, back when Marshalls were being sold in Texas, cats were going from Austin to Temple frickin' Texas to buy Marshall amps cuz Ray was selling them there! before the 35 flyover, before Mac Haik Dodge bought them out! the Temple Tx RHHOTM played an integral part in Texas music history, just as much as those stories from their S Lamar location!
"How about I trade this guitar you learnt me for that old beat up 59' strat?" Answer "sure. I'd be happy to trade that newer guitar for that old beat up thing".
I miss this place, for awhile I lived on south lamar in some apts right next to the south austin music and they saxon pub. I used to walk a few blocks over to Ray’s and admire all the guitars. For awhile that building also housed austin vintage guitars and a custom amp shop too!
Erin Ramona Martinez that building is gone, leveled, and an Alamo Drafthouse Theater is in its place, surrounded by multilevel condos filled with hipsters. South Austin Music is still there as is Saxon Pub.
bought a Fender Pro Junior at his location on S Lamar in early '96.....my first tube amp ever! it cost just a shade over 200 bucks. bought a Rotovibe from Ray himself! he screwed the 9 volt battery into the chassis and put it back into it's box for me. I can't forget the fact that he put one of his guys name on the receipt so they would get credit for the sale! he was a class cat! a part of Texas music history!
I am 43 now but because of my pop knowing Rene Martinez,Seymour Duncan,The Vaughan Bros and Charley Wirz..Along with my pop having a # of old Strats which at 74 we still and 4 records he still has all of them..Anyway..Rene always told Stevie the guitar was a 11/63 which is still quite visible in the trem cavity..The only thing 59 WAS the pups..Stevie just ignored that fact and Rene didnt want to keep on telling him. Whatever made him happy I guess..Good people.
Big business has dominated small local music stores pretty much. There still are some but it's hard to compete with big music stores like Guitar Center.
Awesome video!! Love see how many really do love this TRUE LEGEND!!! I recently posted a passion project - a tribute to the one & only SRV!! I grew up listening my dads SRV vinyl collection & just visited SRV’s grave…such a great man, being one of the best guitarist who left us all so early at 35…We love your Stevie…a True Legend in every way!!
That guitar is like Stevie. Its life is all over it. Its scars. Its travels. The countless hours of playing. A lot of life seeped into its grain. They were both perfect together.
He squeezed life out of it and he squeezed his dna into that guitar. Playing that thing with 13’s on it and the action set higher than a cheap acoustic, his hands were so strong he cracked the neck on it more than once and had it replaced. People that don’t play the instrument can’t understand that. There aren’t many players who ever lived that could play that thing. It would be like a chainsaw to the fingers of any mere mortal. You couldn’t get thru one song. Stevie Ray literally bent an unplayable rig to his will. And made it sound like that. You’re lucky to see something like that once in a lifetime. Don’t blink.
@@tonym2513 You're right about the action. I saw the guitar up close a few years ago. Got some good pictures and video. The action was not low. But, it was the original neck. The fingerboard wear is unbelievable. The frets were holding on for dear life.
@@e.l.norton I think I did read somewhere that they ended up putting the original neck back on it after he died? But I’ve also read that it never had the original neck. That it was a partscaster from the time he got it. This’ll be a good reason to do another SRV deep dive, for me.
@@e.l.norton yeah I went back and double checked. From the time he got it, it was a ‘62 neck on a ‘63 body with ‘59 pickups. Stevie always said it was a ‘59. I can’t find the story about him cracking necks, so maybe that’s bs. But it does verify that after he died, his wife had the original neck (had become unplayable due to frequent fret bar replacement) put back on it and gave it to the family. Jimmie owns it now.
@@tonym2513 Well, It was original in that it was the neck it had when he bought it. I'd imagine it was the same neck that Christopher Cross had on it when he got it, as well. But, that neck has mojo, man. It drips from it.
I'd like to say that I really looked up to this guy growing up in Austin, and as a young teen in a blues band...I grabbed a new stock strat off the rack and he literally came and took it out of my hands and said if you're not gonna buy it don't touch it. I went in there a few other times thinking maybe it was a misunderstanding, and he was always rude.
That's so unbelievable that it was Christopher Cross old guitar. Later on Stevie would record the Texas flood record on the amplifier that Chris had left in the studio. What a connection they had, without really knowing
I loved Stevie, loved HIS Playing. Tired of every gun-slingin white boy "Entering into Blues by SRV! They "Don't Know The Genre" and Don't Have A Chord Vocabulary. What I Do Appreciate, is your "Witnessing To Stevie!" R.I.P. SRV!
Cristopher Cross also owned Duane Allman's first Les Paul Burst the cherry burst. He traded it for Duane's Goldtop and some cash but Duane had his roadies switch pickups before the trade and kept the Goldtop's pickups
I used to hang out in Guitar Shops too. But after a while the owners would be so annoyed that I didn't BUY anything they became hostile. Wish I grew up in Austin TX!
They knew each other for years. That story is likely a condensed version on their many conversations. I was at that store only once when traveling through Austin and I'll say without a doubt that it was unlike any guitar store I'd ever been in. It had the feel of what guitar players want in a guitar shop. No idiots, no corporate bullshit, no junk and no attitude. It was a totally genuine store. Not sure what it is now but just the vibe from that place made the drive worth it.
@@Slugg-O Sorry to let you know that the building has since been torn down and replaced with a plaza. I was there about a year before it was destroyed; I was in town for a Jimmie Vaughan concert at Antone's.
The greatest thing ever was that Ray shared The Gospel with Stevie!!!!
Praise The Lord 🕊️
You could just walk into his shop on S Lamar,spend a whole minute,and walk out a better guitarist. It just happened,Ray Henning Magic! Last time I was in there,I had the joy of some cat walking up beside me at the counter and soon as he started speaking I knew it was Tommy Shannon. He was wearing that necklace of Stevie's...
Cool story mate. 🤘🤘
Whoa, amazing! 👌
😮 cool
This was a very fine man.
yes, someone you'd be proud to know
It’s so crazy that not only was Stevie’s #1 first owned by Christopher Cross, but that Cross had also been recording at Jackson Browne’s studio at the same time Stevie and the band recorded Texas Flood, with Stevie plugging into the amp Cross was using for his session which was Browne’s Dumbleland!
Whats a Dumbleland? I know what a Dumble is... Never heard it called a Dumbleland
Mike Krause Dumbleland is a specific amp model that Dumble made, like the Steel String Singer, Overdrive Special, Overdrive Reveb, a Dumbleland is another type of Dumble amp
Just a couple pieces of wood, some plastic and metal. Thousands of them out there. It was Stevie's spirit that energized it and made it what it was.
bigblocklawyer I could give Stevie my guitar and he would make it sound like Beethoven
@@lagoonrd4173 or SRV.
Too bad Stevie's spirit didn't energize his other guitars. None of them sounded even close to the #1
Some credit must go to Rene Martinez, Stevie's guitar tech, for keeping that old girl playing.
Rene Martinez, and Byron Barr before him. Both very good techs and nice guys too.
God bless you Mr.Hennig for being a friend to Stevie Ray Vaughan in a period of his young life and For all the help you gave Stevie..you will be remembered and not forgotten..Stevie Ray Vaughan was a sensational blue's and rock guitar genius and went even further..
I have known Ray Hennig for 50 years he sold me my DC16GTE Prem. he will be missed greatly.
Stevie Ray Vaughan took the worst guitars and made into legends just like hisself..The best guitar player that was from and lived in Texas..Stevie was one of a kind like the guitars and was sensational in his life and didn't give up on music..RIP Stevie..your still awesome in my world of music..never forgotten
Worst???? Stevie’s number 1 was a pre-cbs strat, any guitar from those years is unmatchably good sounding and everyone knows it
What about Dime?
@@_KerinR_ some people are just stupid my friend.👊
bro thinks that a beat up guitar = a bad guitar
I'm pretty sure stevie was on his way to being a money spender inevitably.He was definately humble enough to remember the people who impacted his life and love of music.
Again. Just when you think you couldn't love Stevie anymore than you already do----you listen to this. What a wonderful story.
One of the greatest interviews I’ve ever heard
@Willie Winyl ok what would you call it?
There will never be another like Stevie
There Will never be Another thrresha
Talking Christianity with Stevie. Those talks save his immortal soul. When he cleaned up I would lay money on it that it was those talks that helped motivate his new life. What a great segment. Thanks for posting this.👍
I was thinking the same.
amen to that
I'm watching this on Sunday oh, what a nice gifts from our father in Heaven. I don't know if that gentleman is still with us but thank God he was friends was Stevie and Jimmie he a men.
I was so glad to hear him say that
Agreed, I'm looking for a video of Stevie sharing his testimony of salvation. I can't remember if it was part of a documentary or what but I remember watching it around 06 ?? Haven't had any luck on RUclips.
Any information would be greatly appreciated..
Why was stevie so good? Because all he did from the time he woke till the time he slept was eat sleep and dream guitars and nothing else. Devotion on an insane level but not for him.it was his oxygen.
I knew a guy like that. He was a walking juke box and made good money playing on the street. He didn't usually pick up his guitar until maybe 2 in the afternoon. Once he picked it up though he didn't put it down. He played on average about 10 hours a day. He was good enough that James Cotton whose guitar player couldn't clear customs hired my buddy off the street. The band Blues Traveler did the same thing hiring him off the street.
Love these genuine blokes no airs or graces just genuine 👍🏻 saw Stevie at the Hammersmith Palliais in London 1984 and the year later 85 at Hammersmith Odeon , still have the stubs awesome gigs 🇬🇧
God bless you Mr. Hennig for putting up with the racket... you helped that kid go out and change the world.
Who would’ve thought #1 belonged to Christopher cross at one time.
I use to go to Heart of Texas all the time back in 80/90 ;
🇨🇱 Awesome story thanks for posting. Man I miss the old Ray Hinnig's Heart of Texas music in WACO! Tom Rays brother ran it. GREAT people!🇨🇱
Thank you Ray. That was priceless
Wow.... Hearing Ray talk about Stevie was very interesting and much enjoyed! It would be so cool to go back in time and see Stevie in Ray's store playing a Strat. R.I.P. Stevie!
Thank you for sharing the Gospel with Stevie Ray Vaughan. It is the most important thing. I think it took root.
During the 80's I spent a lot of time in Ray's Heart Of Texas Music on South Lamar in Austin. Stevie wasn't the only great that would frequent the store. I saw Eric Johnson many times in there trying out guitars, amps, and other gear.
Same here Brett. Was a wonderful time. I lived down the street in an efficiency apartment near South Austin Music. Between Goodwill, S.A.M., Ray’s, Doc Holidays Pawn, and Musicmakers... you could find just about anything you wanted on S. Lamar.
I walked into Austin vintage years ago when it was around the corner from Ray's and I heard a guy in the back doing his best impersonation of Eric Johnson. After awhile Eric Johnson walked out. It was actually him. I think they were doing some work on an amp for him and he was testing it or something. Neat happening.
I was at Jennings music in '89 or 90. I met a young texas guitarist named Ian Moore.i remember he was sitting on an old black face fender super reverb amp playing some amazing riffs.a few years later his album came out.and of course he was in the movie sling blade.great memories. Wonder what ever became of ian?
@@shotgunrebels yes, was a great era. Strait Music, Ray Hennings, South Austin Music, Musicmakers, etc. That describes my Saturday during that time.
I bought and or traded 3 guitars there in the eighties. I trip into town scouring pawn shops wasn't complete without going to HoT music and getting a burger at the Short Stop. I remember when Stevie started to get big we would often see his cabinets with his name stencilled on them back in the keyboard/p.a./ repair part of the store.
Ray Henning Is a legend in his own right. Stevie is my fave ever
#1 is the most beautiful guitar in the world. I ❤️ it.
This is the best youtube video of all time.
No-one can say that SRV didn't live, or amount, to a true bluesman... No one... He most certainly was in the truest sense...
He was technically excellent covering other peoples styles, albert king, hendrix but not original unfortunately but certainly attracted new fans through his music through covers and good tonality
@@djizzah Perhaps he wasn't a virtuoso ..but nobody has ever obtained, let alone surpassed his pure power, technique & authentic flow in execution. Doubt anyone ever will.
There's not a lot of originality in blues music. It's always. music handed down through the many years & everyone took licks & riffs from others & made it their own. SRV was a master class practitioner & he certainly made it his own! RIP
It was a '63 Strat with a '62 neck and '59 pups. Stevie always thought it was a '59 because of the pups, but later was discovered (after his passing) to officially be a 1963 Stratocaster.
Rene said the 59 was actually 5.9 pup outputs, were really 63's.
@@stingylizard You're saying the pups themselves were 63's?
@@51MontyPython Yes, I READ that but didn't hear it out of Rene's mouth,so...
I love what he said , most won’t pay any attention to . You going to meet the Lord . Look
What happen to SRV . Nobody knows the day or hour . We will all , whether you choose to believe or not . It’s real !
Lovely video....the calm of reality before the storm of Stevie being recognised as the legend he was becoming ❤️❤️🤘🏼 RIP
THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO, ALL THE INFO IS ENLIGHTENING, R.I.P. STEVIE, YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN, COUSIN FIGEL
Valuable peice of Music history right here
What great story from Stevie's humble friend and brother in music ❣️ 🎶🎸
Stevie himself said it was that guitar that made him. They have a memory and history unique to themselves. RIP SRV.
I was at Ft Hood in 82-83. I’d go to Austin on weekends. I’ve been in his place. I’d seen a guy in there one Saturday tearing it up . I didn’t know who it was. Next Saturday a buddy of mine and me went back I asked who it was. He said Stevie he is at Steamboat tonight with Rank and File. We went and the line wrapped around the corner of 6th Street . A year later in Germany someone in the barracks had his debut lp playing.
I saw S.R.V. in 1990 as a guest at an Erik Clapton show in Mishigan. He was, and still is one of the most
I was there also. It was an Easter Sunday. Stevie played in Ann Arbor Saturday. Came out without his hat! What a fantastic surprise!!!
I love when he says at 0.47 : They weren't big money spenders , I guess because they didn't have much money to spend.
God bless Texas
what a bluesy incredible story... for a movie... I feel the same for all of a my Guitars, the y are old, they are not so fine... but they have Soul...
"... I didn't mind, I liked Stevie". Brought a little tear to me eye.
Ken O, yeah I member my 1st couple years here, Ray was as accessible as any other sales guy in the place. It helped I'd moved in only 2 blocks away from his store. Less than half a year later, I got to play on the Steamboat stage the last week it was open. Magic Times. It's a fuckin mall now.
Ray Hennig's Heart of Texas Music moved to 808 S 31st in Temple,TX
The original Temple location was in the strip mall next to Cavenders off I-35. Used to get guitar lessons there and recall seeing Mr. Hennig a few times. Nice guy. The 31st location is shut down unfortunately. Sure they're having nice chats in Heaven now
yeah it was!
blew much money there! good times! the story was with those two cats at the counter, Jimmie Vaughan had been to that location before!
anyhow, back when Marshalls were being sold in Texas, cats were going from Austin to Temple frickin' Texas to buy Marshall amps cuz Ray was selling them there! before the 35 flyover, before Mac Haik Dodge bought them out!
the Temple Tx RHHOTM played an integral part in Texas music history, just as much as those stories from their S Lamar location!
"How about I trade this guitar you learnt me for that old beat up 59' strat?" Answer "sure. I'd be happy to trade that newer guitar for that old beat up thing".
This man picked out my first ever electric guitar and sold it for way cheaper than he should have. Ray was one of the best people I’ve known.
I miss this place, for awhile I lived on south lamar in some apts right next to the south austin music and they saxon pub. I used to walk a few blocks over to Ray’s and admire all the guitars. For awhile that building also housed austin vintage guitars and a custom amp shop too!
Erin Ramona Martinez that building is gone, leveled, and an Alamo Drafthouse Theater is in its place, surrounded by multilevel condos filled with hipsters. South Austin Music is still there as is Saxon Pub.
The Good Old Daze!
bought a Fender Pro Junior at his location on S Lamar in early '96.....my first tube amp ever!
it cost just a shade over 200 bucks.
bought a Rotovibe from Ray himself! he screwed the 9 volt battery into the chassis and put it back into it's box for me. I can't forget the fact that he put one of his guys name on the receipt so they would get credit for the sale!
he was a class cat!
a part of Texas music history!
Priceless!
Fabulous telling.
What a wonderful story...so glad i found this💞💞💞💞💞💞
I am 43 now but because of my pop knowing Rene Martinez,Seymour Duncan,The Vaughan Bros and Charley Wirz..Along with my pop having a # of old Strats which at 74 we still and 4 records he still has all of them..Anyway..Rene always told Stevie the guitar was a 11/63 which is still quite visible in the trem cavity..The only thing 59 WAS the pups..Stevie just ignored that fact and Rene didnt want to keep on telling him. Whatever made him happy I guess..Good people.
So, how about that pussy?!
Knew them both, miss Austin, wish we could get it back...
You mean it wasn't always the S.F. of Texas? ;)
Cheers ,what a great vid ,SRV still soars,way up in that STRATOSPHERE
Wow that was an amazing story, I wish we had guitar shops like this one here in NJ . All I see around here are Guitar centers.
Kervin Rodriguez Word.
Big business has dominated small local music stores pretty much. There still are some but it's hard to compete with big music stores like Guitar Center.
Wow....amazing to hear that.
RIP Stevie!
What an awsome story,
AWESOME STORY!
SRV didn't play a guitar. He attacked it.
With ferocity and swagger
Awesome video!! Love see how many really do love this TRUE LEGEND!!! I recently posted a passion project - a tribute to the one & only SRV!! I grew up listening my dads SRV vinyl collection & just visited SRV’s grave…such a great man, being one of the best guitarist who left us all so early at 35…We love your Stevie…a True Legend in every way!!
2.39. ‘. Why should you want something that beat up and tore up? “
2019: paying couple thousands on relic’ ed guitars :-D
melkkoe that's exactly what I was thinking lol! I'd much rather take the beat up one, it has all that character and now they're all so much money 😭
That guitar is like Stevie. Its life is all over it. Its scars. Its travels. The countless hours of playing. A lot of life seeped into its grain. They were both perfect together.
He squeezed life out of it and he squeezed his dna into that guitar.
Playing that thing with 13’s on it and the action set higher than a cheap acoustic, his hands were so strong he cracked the neck on it more than once and had it replaced.
People that don’t play the instrument can’t understand that. There aren’t many players who ever lived that could play that thing. It would be like a chainsaw to the fingers of any mere mortal. You couldn’t get thru one song.
Stevie Ray literally bent an unplayable rig to his will. And made it sound like that.
You’re lucky to see something like that once in a lifetime. Don’t blink.
@@tonym2513 You're right about the action. I saw the guitar up close a few years ago. Got some good pictures and video. The action was not low. But, it was the original neck. The fingerboard wear is unbelievable. The frets were holding on for dear life.
@@e.l.norton I think I did read somewhere that they ended up putting the original neck back on it after he died? But I’ve also read that it never had the original neck. That it was a partscaster from the time he got it.
This’ll be a good reason to do another SRV deep dive, for me.
@@e.l.norton yeah I went back and double checked. From the time he got it, it was a ‘62 neck on a ‘63 body with ‘59 pickups. Stevie always said it was a ‘59.
I can’t find the story about him cracking necks, so maybe that’s bs. But it does verify that after he died, his wife had the original neck (had become unplayable due to frequent fret bar replacement) put back on it and gave it to the family. Jimmie owns it now.
@@tonym2513 Well, It was original in that it was the neck it had when he bought it. I'd imagine it was the same neck that Christopher Cross had on it when he got it, as well. But, that neck has mojo, man. It drips from it.
I'm freaking out. Wow. Buddy. Jimbo😇😎💪✌🙌🙏🎶🎵🎼🎤🎸
Good story love SRV
Long live srv 👑👑👁️🔥🔥
Thanks Ray.
AWESOME STORY! Thanks for the upload.
I'd like to say that I really looked up to this guy growing up in Austin, and as a young teen in a blues band...I grabbed a new stock strat off the rack and he literally came and took it out of my hands and said if you're not gonna buy it don't touch it. I went in there a few other times thinking maybe it was a misunderstanding, and he was always rude.
That's so unbelievable that it was Christopher Cross old guitar. Later on Stevie would record the Texas flood record on the amplifier that Chris had left in the studio. What a connection they had, without really knowing
I loved Stevie, loved HIS Playing.
Tired of every gun-slingin white boy "Entering into Blues by SRV!
They "Don't Know The Genre" and Don't Have A Chord Vocabulary.
What I Do Appreciate, is your "Witnessing To Stevie!" R.I.P. SRV!
Man I miss that shop.....
Very interesting story 🎶😊
Cristopher Cross also owned Duane Allman's first Les Paul Burst the cherry burst. He traded it for Duane's Goldtop and some cash but Duane had his roadies switch pickups before the trade and kept the Goldtop's pickups
RIP Mr. HENNIG
i wonder if john dawson winter ever went there.
😲 omg. Run like the wind. Flamingo
I used to hang out in Guitar Shops too. But after a while the owners would be so annoyed that I didn't BUY anything they became hostile. Wish I grew up in Austin TX!
Great video
Cool😀
... too cool
Will Go he passed on
good video
Holy Grail style 100%
I wonder how old Ray is doing?
I believe he passed away last year
SRV could make a broom sing
Met Jimmie at his store..
get-tar
Ok..is this the oldest turtle in the world ?
I love this story !!! But most of this sounds like bullshitt !!
Creative storytelling.
Bmf Dan - why would he lie? This story pretty much matches Stevie's own
Gotta remember he's a Texan. I guarantee all the facts are true, albeit slightly embellished.
They knew each other for years. That story is likely a condensed version on their many conversations.
I was at that store only once when traveling through Austin and I'll say without a doubt that it was unlike any guitar store I'd ever been in. It had the feel of what guitar players want in a guitar shop. No idiots, no corporate bullshit, no junk and no attitude. It was a totally genuine store. Not sure what it is now but just the vibe from that place made the drive worth it.
@@Slugg-O Sorry to let you know that the building has since been torn down and replaced with a plaza. I was there about a year before it was destroyed; I was in town for a Jimmie Vaughan concert at Antone's.
This dude looks more wirery than a coyote!