so this is the guy responsible for the sru on stevies pickguard

He is hero. He created end of the road

Stevie suffered for you and me.

Getting "guitar tech" tips from Rene Martinez (w/SRV) himself, is like getting "nunchuk" tips from the maker of Bruce Lee's nunchuks!!!!

🤘👽👽👽🎸

A very good fellow, apart from a nice being and a likeable buddy, not to mention a great pal

Awesome man

Would you do the same on an acoustic ?

I don't even go back under the string. I just lock it the same directions around the machine and I have never lost tune. Ever. 2-3 wraps. Nothing more. That's it. I also break the string off. Zero tools.

Wow. How did Renee refinish #1?

lol no way the letters on stevie's guitar were stickers that they bought at truck stops that's hilarious

I could hear him tell stories all day

“You know”

I was fortunate enough to watch Rene' do this on Stevie's guitars......live and in person in front of me !! But I never thought of grabbing a set of Stevie's strings he cut off when he did the change out......in retrospect.

Started stringing like this back in the early 70s, ,never had tuning problems with my strat trem ever. Angling the spring claw to balance string pull also helped a great deal.

Rene, put my first WARMOTH GUITAR together at EUGENES GUITAR Oak Cliff Tx in 1986! Sure wish i still had it it...... got stolen at my apt, played too loud! lol

I know about this thing called Truck Stops back then..its because them Truck Stops had women that worked there in rooms for horny men..that's right..u heard me right! And I know this is true because I lived not far from these so called Truck Stops joints and men knew where to go that were hot and needed a cooling down time..r u with me..so..Stevie Ray Vaughan knew where to go and truck stops was right where Stevie headed too on many of his trips..

Thanks good Texan

I use this technique with zero slack it works perfect and looks clean. I can go to drop C and strings won't come loose so the whole slack thing is nonse.

People don’t seem to realize that all electric guitars in the 1950s and early ‘60s came stock with 12 or 13 gauge strings, with a WOUND G! That was standard back then. They didn’t even make 9 gauge E strings until guys like Jimmy Page were buying banjo strings for the High E and then using the standard E as their B, the B for a G, etc... and throwing away the Low E. Stevie wasn’t doing anything new, he was playing “old school” strings like his heroes used.

I see a pair of Avalon compressors behind Rene. Nice

Cool interview but I’m confused. I’m very familiar with his appearance on The Tonight Show, and I never would have known that he wasn’t playing his #1! Was the prototype relic’d? If so, they did a great job! kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5KYna2He7WesLc

Stevie asks for my skin.... take it bru, from wherever you want!

Thank you Rene for sharing this information about Stevie! I still go back to watch Stevie play live as often as i can. Every time i watch him play it inspires me!!!!

That was sensational ..Stevie Ray Vaughan is sensational.

Does this technique still apply to vintage style tuners?

The best

Babyface top engineer!!🎼🎧🎤🎹🤟🏻👍✌️🎧

His R&B mixes are pure class. To me, he had Babyface’s signature sounds.

Haha Stevie playing those early boomers

You only really "need" to do it with round core strings....the newer hex core like d'Addario and Ernie balls are hex

Yo Renè, hope all is well!

When not using vintage Kluson type tuners or locking tuners obviously, this is the best way to string regular tuners especially on the B and high E. It locks the string into place and doesn't allow it to slip. With the high E and depending on the gauge, they can easily slip with only 2 or 3 winds so generally you have to put several winds on it so it doesn't pull out. Not when you lock it. You can lock the high E, put 3 winds on it and you're good to go. No slipping at all. There's also a locking method for vintage Kluson style tuners as well that works great for the higher strings. Even though you're sticking the end down into the tuning key, they can still slip. So locking the strings even on Kluson style tuners works great as well.

Hey Rene - on behalf of the world may I say that what you did for Stevie that day was the bomb!!!!!

27 times he says "ya know" ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, great interview ya know

I use 12 gauge strings on my strat and i play alot of srv so thats y my fingers hurt and get raw so much thx rene for the super glue trick

Oh it makes me feel so good to know that I already string up the exact same way as Rene Martinez for years now. Such a pro moment for my little hobbyist ass. :) I love how most people would cut their string ends automatically, but he explains WHY it is so important to do so. Just in case. Sign of a great teacher, they cover every caveat.

I play heavies for the depth of sound, but I'm also a hobbyist, so it's not like I play nightly or anything. Fingernails are the worst part, especially when they split right down the middle.

I watch this, and think "He used to change Stevie Ray Vaughn's strings, he's an expert"... but after watching SRV break strings at every concert, especially thick strings tuned down a half step, sometimes more than once and sometimes more than one at a time, I wonder if maybe Rene's been doing it wrong the whole time...

Well I just broke my high e string

Joe Vitale's brother?

I wonder how much he gets paid?

How important are string trees for the Strat?

Its the same with g,b, and e strings?, i feel like i will broke them :C

Thanks Rene! Your the best! I could sit & talk with you for days! Hope all is well for my fellow Texan!

So it no wonder my wimpy ass isn't wailing on guitar..

Thanks for the tips Renee.

Thanks for sharing your history Rene!

I heard that at one point SRV would start tours with 11's and work his way up to 14's by the end of the tour.

love ya was just thinking of u worked with u couple times in indy and what a wonderful man you was to get the sound for him.You are amazing