Since his tragic death 18 years ago today on September 13, 1996 (yes, he died on the anniversary of Biggie's Ready To Die), friends, fans, spectators and even those involved in the case have challenged whether Tupac Amaru Shakur actually died after being gunned down seven days prior.
Number One, also called First Wife, was the nickname given by Stevie Ray Vaughan to his favorite Fender Stratocaster, built ca. 1963. In 1974, he acquired the guitar as a trade at a music store in Austin, Texas. In 1990, it was retired due to many replacements of frets, though he continued to play it occasionally.
Stevie Ray Vaughanâs Guitar String Gauges. In the world of guitar strings, perhaps no one is more influential than Stevie Ray Vaughan. Most rockers in the 60s and 70s played fairly light strings, by todayâs standards at least (both Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck were known to play .008 gauge strings, Hendrix played custom 9s and 10s). When Stevie came around, getting fatter tone than anyone had ever heard from a strat, everything changed. Stevie came into the fold playing .013s, which at the time were pretty much unheard of outside of the jazz guitar world.