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Stevie used Fender amps, amps created by Charlie Dumble, a Texas amp builder, and played Fender Strats. He called his recording studio amp setup 'the wall of doom' because there were so many different amps, and he kept his amp tech busy , as he stated, cause there wasn't a day that went by that he didn't have one blow up. His legendary sound also was created by his noted use of heavy gauge strings, not of the typical 9/42 or 10/46, but something like(trying to remember)12?/62 that coupled with his mid boosted sound presented a sound, like Stevie, was larger than life itself. He displayed a ferocity onstage, a true passion for the blues. I remember reading an article about his 'skin patches', where he would put super glue on his fingers and apply them to his forearm to literally 'patch' the tips of his fingers. He had finally come full circle, exorcised his demons, embraced sobriety, and was in the prime of his life, when it tragically ended.......RIP, SRV.......Tom

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He used a right-handed Fender strat with filed down strings that were restrung upside down so that he could play left-handed.

The last guitar of Hendrix's was found with 0.8's! Very light !

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He used 13 gauge strings, notably ghs boomers. He was known at one point to have been at 18 gauge strings. His technician kept telling him to bump down a few gauges because his fingers would come to point of the tips litteraly comming off.

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He has two that I know of, a Fender Strat that I have seen him play on stage, and a custom built Hamiltone (not Hamilton) with his name enscribed in the neck.

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He used medium Fender picks upside down. That is, he used the thick round part instead of the sharp thin part.

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Primarily Fender Stratocasters.

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