LEGENDARY Guitar Swap!!! Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Sister | Meet Arthur Reacts

[@1aleckman1]

I don't know if you've heard this one but, I think you will be impressed. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood (Live at the El Mocambo). Great reaction! Have a great day!

[@briwatson5932]

@@1aleckman1 that was phenomenal

[@ManWithoutThePants]

I'm pretty sure they have seen that, because they seem to be big Stevie fans.

[@jackscott5593]

SRV ~ 🎸🐐 The goatiest goat in all of goatness

[@edwardberry9360]

The transition after the broken string is impressive to be sure, practiced to the level of a F1 team at a pit stop... the TRUE demonstration of his GOAT status is the fact that he transposed the notes to the strings he had left, on the fly... This sounds NO different than the studio version. Absolutely phenomenal.

[@MosaicRose99]

Stevie forever. 🤗❤🎸🎶

[@bluesrock1]

The show he's playing is called Austin City Limits

[@randywissler9923]

SOOOOOOO many all time classic episodes of that show!!!!!

[@wildbillfirehands]

It's just insane !

[@harrietmiller3982]

👏🙌🎸🎶‼️This was Stevie's second appearance on Austin City Limits which is the Public Broadcasting Service, the longest running show they have. The year was 1989 and Stevie had been sober since the fall of 1986. He said that six months into sobriety, he could feel his fingers again and it felt like he had taken off boxing gloves! It removed the last barrier between him and his guitar he hadn't even realized was there. He even went down to 0.11's strings after that! But all those years playing 0.13's, tuned down a half step to help with bending those piano wires, he still managed to break those suckers on a regular basis which is why his tech crew were as practiced as a race car driver's pit crew for speed and accuracy. Great reaction guys💯. For a different sound from him, I hope you check out Riveria Paradise from this same concert. It is Stevie's masterpiece he worked on for years but perfected it after his rehab and recovery. He dedicates it to all those still suffering in any way. It is a warm golden hug from this man's soul and you will hear/see a technique in this one I know you've never seen before cuz no one has! Subbing for more Stevie Ray🎸💙🎶‼️

[@lookmanohands1966]

Glad you fellas are keeping the memory of what a badass SRV was.

[@voodoochile333]

I'm sure it's happened many times before. That's why he doesn't skip a beat.

[@bbb462cid]

Rest easy, bluesman

[@drp2thehill737]

SRV best G.O.A.T all time

[@sylviapotter6328]

Rene Martinez said Stevie kept break strings all the time, so he was thinking about it and told Stevie he found a way to fix his guitar so he wouldn't break so many strings. He took the guitar and stringed different sizes and strings them the opposite way you usually strings I can't remember if it's under or over, but anyway, he could bring him a different guitar have the other one strapped and leave in less than 5 seconds. Stevie had so many calluses on his hand and they would break off while he was playing so Rene took some super glue and glued it on some good skin, take it off and glued it back on the spot it came off on so he had good skin the damaged part. Stevie was the #1 guitarist of all time. He had it all the master skills, voice, and swag. He was humble sweet and very generous. No one else could match. Stevie was the ultimate GOAT.

[@louierivera7512]

AGREED 100%

[@artbagley1406]

This was a performance on the TV music show "Austin City Limits," which has been on public television for around 50 years!!! So many great acts blew audiences away or were introduced to the general public, etc. -- a great launching pad for so many bands!!! "Look at Little Sister" is such a bouncy, happy song, it's almost impossible to keep your foot from tappin' and your head from bobbin'! Glad y'all created this reaction vid! You guys seem very guitar-knowledgeable, so I'll ask about the popped string: did Stevie have to mentally transpose and then play notes to be plucked on the next string up/down from the broken one? True artistry and, as you say, calmness "under fire."

[@michaelmaguire9119]

Thanks for recognizing his amazing greatness. We here in the Dallas / Ft Worth love the man from South Dallas Oakcliff Texas.

[@claireburling8547]

Presto Chango... and the crowd cheers! That's a Voodoo Child. ☮️

[@1aleckman1]

Top Tier Player for sure! Jeff Healey is a blind player that Stevie helped move his career forward. This is them playing Little Sister. Gotta listen to this. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Jeff Healey - Look at Little Sister. Have a good one.

[@WilliamWarlick]

Amazing how strong the hands of a 5 foot 4 inch man had, and those hands were as large as a giants.

[@MoreMeetArthur]

I did not realise he was 5'4!

[@johnbolen8974]

Ain't gonna give up on love, live at capital theater in Passaic new jersey, 1985

[@jasonwalker7916]

The guitar he was first using is called the one I believe. It needed a cigarette break. Lol

[@mrfester42]

Less then 11 seconds from his glance at his guitar tech to when he actually starts playing again.

[@MoreMeetArthur]

Formula 1 speeds!

[@ricblic901]

Stevie Ray Vaughn is Blues, I ran a Blues club in OOB Maine, back in the 90's. This is blues, Cub Koda introduced me to blues, and I love this shit.

[@GinMae]

Thanks, guys! what a great performance.. not just SRV, but also the amazing Reese Wynans on keys... and as noted, the smoothest guitar switch you will ever see.. (didn't matter how thick the strings were... lol) appreciate your reaction!

[@757optim]

RIP SRV. Gone too soon.

[@robertvien5693]

The women talk about his voice...i saw one reactor wishing she was his mic. I was like bwaaat? Also, check out "life without you for a guitar exchange.

[@briwatson5932]

It was Austin City Limits, he wasn't David Biwie's guitarist. He was due to play on the Let's Dance tour but decided against it as they wanted him and not double trouble. He stayed with his band and promoted his own album. The guitar tech was Rene Martinez, a legend in his own right. The trem wasn't locked off, he did use all the springs though. At that point Stevie wasn't playing 13's (he'd played as thick as 15's at carious points in his career). At Rene's request he was then playing 12's as his fingers were getting shredded. He used to carry around a mint tin with super glue and baking soda. He'd use it to give himself skin grafts by gluing his finger tips to his arm when the callouses finally dropped off. That's why Rene insisted he move to lighter strings and Rene modded a fuzz for him. Stevie had possibly had the greatest fuzz tone of all time. SRV, the real deal.

[@Hal-k8p]

93? you nuts? That was 100 for sure.

[@rickriekert866]

The set of string gauges Stevie most commonly used ran: .013, .015, .019 (plain), .028, .038, .058.

[@MoreMeetArthur]

Thank you, it truly is outrageous!

[@RoSaWa386-33]

I've more often heard he used the heavier 14s.

[@rickriekert866]

@@RoSaWa386-33 Here's an excerpt from a 1990 interview with Guitar Player Magazine: GPM: You’re using pretty tough strings. SRV: I’m using a lighter setup now because I’ve got a hole in my finger. Because of the schedule we’ve had, Rene [Martinez] hasn’t had the chance to dress the very edges of my frets, and I just found yesterday that at the points where I play a lot, my calluses were getting ripped off to where it stuck a hole in the finger. Right now I’m using a little bit lighter strings, just until I get my calluses back. GPM: Then you’re going back to an .013 E? SRV: Yeah. I like the sound of them, I really do, even though it’s painful to use them. I used to use a lot heavier. I used to use a .018.

[@vomhausmann]

"Couldn't Stand the Weather" live at the Capital Theatre 1985...actually any song from that performance is fire!

[@japhygoldman8856]

There's a great video of BB King changing a broken string on his guitar while he continues to sing, it's just as cool too

[@MoreMeetArthur]

We wanted to react to this but it got blocked 🥲

[@Tbirdhaynes]

SRV played on Bowie’s album “Let’s Dance” NOT Fame, also Fame isn’t an album it’s a song on his “Young Americans” album just fyi.

[@Hal-k8p]

This particular show that night, he was using "only" 11s. But normally, yeah, 13s.

[@gemurr1]

SRV is the best.

[@Donnagilbert6497]

Austin City Limits!

[@joeyguidry1231]

Live @ Austin City Limits.

[@drp2thehill737]

Be sure to checkout SRV live playing voodoo chile. Live!

[@MoreMeetArthur]

Will do!

[@MrAdopado]

There are some caveats to the string gauge stories with SRV. Firstly he was usually tuned down so the string tension, though still heavy, was reduced. He was also known to vary gauges and did sometimes use strings that were nearer to what mere mortals might play! The macho heavy string reputation added to his justifiable GOAT reputation so he wasn't likely to advertise when he was using something different. He had the most fantastic tone, of course, but then so did BB King yet he (and many others) played 8s!

[@ManWithoutThePants]

I remember reading that he went to lighter strings later in his unfortunately too short career. Maybe to 11s or something like that. I can't remember exactly. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

[@bella-xp7qd]

Resse Wynans is now playing and touring with Joe Bonamassa. Another goat blues player.

[@TheDevnul]

Crew is on point. Stevie plays super heavy string, 13’s. I don’t know how that broke. Must have been a defect in the string. I play 9’s and my fingers hurt after a while. Plays through solo with the string dangling. Cool, calm and collected.

[@randywissler9923]

And that is why Reme Martinez is the GOAT of guitar techs!!!!!

[@mikecoughlin4128]

Reese Wynans, playing keys, plays with Joe Bonamassa a lot these days.

[@srv2217]

Rene Martinez was Stevie's guitar tech and Rene was a BOSS

[@MoreMeetArthur]

Absolutely!

[@RoSaWa386-33]

"How easy..." or how many times he and that guitar-tech have done this over any number of songs in his set-list. This wasn't an every-show event, and sometimes it was twice-a-show.

[@steveshelton5036]

His hand was so strong that he actually snapped the neck of the guitar once !! All they had at the time was a left handed neck. 🤷‍♂️

[@mikecoughlin4128]

I’ve never heard this before. Do you know anymore about it? When, where?

[@steveshelton5036]

@@mikecoughlin4128 www.google.com/search?q=the+strength+of+srv+hand&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

[@robertwalker1803]

Reece Waters on keyboards is now with Joe Bonamassa….

[@robblack5024]

He had really strong farmers hands

[@bryansimmons4550]

Some people don't know that Reese Wynans, the keyboard player here, was the first keyboard player chosen to be in what would become the Allman Brothers Band. But big brother Duane rescued little brother Gregg to be their vocalist, and once Gregg was on board, Reese's services were no longer needed. He is a GREAT keyboard player, though --- better than Gregg, obviously.

[@Rick-or2kq]

Some are not of this earth.

[@FuzzyWCTX]

He didnt need a rhythm player.

[@largemansteve60]

It still amazes me how he was able to play lead and rhythm at the same time...

[@MrAdopado]

Vocabulary ... please ... when describing something that is beyond impressive please try and come up with something other than "insane"! Yes, it WAS insane, but let's throw in a few other choice superlatives rather than just repeating yourself... SRV deserves it after all. 😉

[@Donnagilbert6497]

So happy to see you youngsters loving Stevie! Please check out more from him and his band, Double Trouble. Just a note, Stevie was asked to play on that one Bowie album, but was never officially his guitar player. Also, Stevie dropped out of the tour with Bowie because he didn’t allow Stevie and his band to open as planned. They’d just released their first album, Texas Flood, and Stevie chose to stick with his own peeps! Here are a few more amazing performances for y’all to check out. Keep up the great work! Subscribed! “Texas Flood” from the El Macombo “Voodoo Child” from Austin, 1989 “Tin Pan Alley” with SRV and a guest appearance by Johnny Copeland. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3izqWCboNaNe9Esi=drLDsd7nL96gSivr Lastly, for another flawless guitar switch ( you might miss it), “Life Without You” from the Capital Theater performance. Thank you so much! P.S. check out my profile picture. That’s me and…❤

[@ThomasMcAndrew-e2f]

Did the string break or did the guitar have a orgasm and fainted