Just ran across this video - Stevie Ray breaks his B string and his roadie swaps his guitar mighty quickly!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HPlYFBzD8o
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HPlYFBzD8o
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Stevie Ray - the fastest guitar swap ever?
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wow, that is impressive!
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The pros make it look so easy...... LOL!! :encouragement:
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Amazing to me is that the string broke well before the change occurred, yet he was able to continue playing like it never happened.
The question is how did he break it in the first place? He is legendary for using very heavy gauge strings.
From "Premiere Guitar" magazine:
"Some myths are meant to be explored, so let’s look at some of the great players and the gauge strings they used. Starting with Stevie Ray, we find that, according to most available published information, he did indeed play some of the heaviest gauges available, most consistently 13s. He even went thicker, an astounding .018-.072 at one point. However, on the brown ‘63 Strat known as Lenny, SRV switched to lighter strings to get a lighter tone. Some nights when his fingers were thrashed he’d go down as light as 11s—back into mere mortal territory. It was rumored that he went to lighter strings later in his life, but this has not been substantiated".
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From "Premiere Guitar" magazine:
"Some myths are meant to be explored, so let’s look at some of the great players and the gauge strings they used. Starting with Stevie Ray, we find that, according to most available published information, he did indeed play some of the heaviest gauges available, most consistently 13s. He even went thicker, an astounding .018-.072 at one point. However, on the brown ‘63 Strat known as Lenny, SRV switched to lighter strings to get a lighter tone. Some nights when his fingers were thrashed he’d go down as light as 11s—back into mere mortal territory. It was rumored that he went to lighter strings later in his life, but this has not been substantiated".
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