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Fender Lenny SRV CS By Todd Krauss Stevie Ray Vaughan
Estimated price for orientation: 4 500 $
Category: Electric Guitar
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Description Condition: New other (see details): A new, unused item with absolutely no signs of wear. The item may be missing the original packaging, or in the original packaging but not sealed. The item may be a factory second or a new, unused item with defects. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition Marque: Fender Dextérité: Droitier Numéro de pièce fabricant: L81409
The guitar itself has an almost mystical heritage that can be traced back to the very beginning of Vaughan's rise to stardom.Lenny's body is similarly storied; its most notable feature is a batwing-shaped inlay believed to be from a 1910 mandolin pickguard and reproduced in exact detail for the replica. The original sunburst finish was removed by heavy sanding, giving Lenny a much more rounded, smoother and softer contoured body than any Strat before or since. Subsequently refinished, the original sunburst finish still peeks through the clear mahogany lacquer. It's easy to imagine Vaughan pulling into a truck stop and adding the SRV stickers to the shrunken, warped and cracked pickguard. The pickguard hides yet more treasures - a humbucking pickup cavity, unusually routed in the middle position, and a haphazardly wired control pot assembly with tone pots mounted in reverse. Re-creating the non-original bridge and strap-lock hardware is further evidence of the fastidious attention to detail. Ultimately, however, it's all about Vaughan's music, and he summed Lenny up best when he said, "It's always meant a lot to me. And I love what it sounds like." Stevie Ray Vaughan was just a struggling young guitarist in Austin, Texas, in 1980, when his wife, Lenora 'Lenny' Vaughan, gave him a used Stratocaster that had recently caught his eye in a local pawnshop. It was a 1965 Fender Stratocaster guitar with the original pickups that, from the look of it, had seen better days. Nonetheless, there was something about it that clearly and immediately resonated deeply with Vaughan. As Vaughan himself said during an interview published in the Feb. 1990 issue of Guitar Player magazine: It's called Lenny. It's always meant a lot to me. And I love what it sounds like. He was thrilled. He took the guitar home and, sometime that night, as Lenora slept, wrote a new song on it. He played her the song he had written that night, "Lenny." The song later became one of Vaughan's most well-known instrumental pieces, and he continued to perform it exclusively on the Lenny guitar. Without a baseball or bat nearby, Stevie offered up his beloved guitar to be touched with the magic of the American sporting legend
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| Condition: | New other (see details): A new, unused item with absolutely no signs of wear. The item may be missing the original packaging, or in the original packaging but not sealed. The item may be a factory second or a new, unused item with defects. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition | Marque: | Fender |
| Dextérité: | Droitier | Numéro de pièce fabricant: | L81409 |
The guitar itself has an almost mystical heritage that can be traced back to the very beginning of Vaughan's rise to stardom.Lenny's body is similarly storied; its most notable feature is a batwing-shaped inlay believed to be from a 1910 mandolin pickguard and reproduced in exact detail for the replica. The original sunburst finish was removed by heavy sanding, giving Lenny a much more rounded, smoother and softer contoured body than any Strat before or since. Subsequently refinished, the original sunburst finish still peeks through the clear mahogany lacquer. It's easy to imagine Vaughan pulling into a truck stop and adding the SRV stickers to the shrunken, warped and cracked pickguard. The pickguard hides yet more treasures - a humbucking pickup cavity, unusually routed in the middle position, and a haphazardly wired control pot assembly with tone pots mounted in reverse. Re-creating the non-original bridge and strap-lock hardware is further evidence of the fastidious attention to detail. Ultimately, however, it's all about Vaughan's music, and he summed Lenny up best when he said, "It's always meant a lot to me. And I love what it sounds like." Stevie Ray Vaughan was just a struggling young guitarist in Austin, Texas, in 1980, when his wife, Lenora 'Lenny' Vaughan, gave him a used Stratocaster that had recently caught his eye in a local pawnshop. It was a 1965 Fender Stratocaster guitar with the original pickups that, from the look of it, had seen better days. Nonetheless, there was something about it that clearly and immediately resonated deeply with Vaughan. As Vaughan himself said during an interview published in the Feb. 1990 issue of Guitar Player magazine: It's called Lenny. It's always meant a lot to me. And I love what it sounds like. He was thrilled. He took the guitar home and, sometime that night, as Lenora slept, wrote a new song on it. He played her the song he had written that night, "Lenny." The song later became one of Vaughan's most well-known instrumental pieces, and he continued to perform it exclusively on the Lenny guitar. Without a baseball or bat nearby, Stevie offered up his beloved guitar to be touched with the magic of the American sporting legend