Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Vox Wah
Stevie used a variety of different Vox wah pedals throughout his career. But, overall, he favored the original 60s models.
One of the wahs that he used, primarily in the studio, was a V846 model, that previously belonged to Jimi Hendrix. Stevie’s brother, Jimmie Vaughan, got this pedal from Hendrix after a gig in 1969, when Vaughan’s group opened for The Jimi Hendrix Experience in Fort Worth, Texas.
After the show, Jimi’s roadie asked Jimmie if he would swap his Vox wah pedal for Hendrix’s broken pedal plus some cash, a trade the young guitarist happily agreed to.
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Jimmie Vaughan has commented in the “When Dallas Rocked” documentary that the wah pedal that he received in trade was in fact a Dearmond wah pedal; Hendrix was known for using these at times when a Vox was unavailable. It’s implied that it remained in Jimmies’ collection as a souvenir only.