Stevie Ray Vaughan’s "Lenny" Guitar | A Brief History
July 5, 2008 by Scott
We all know that we lost an extraordinary guitar player when Steve Ray Vaughan died, but how many know history of his guitar "Lenny"? Most people know that he named his 1965 Fender Stratocaster after his wife, Lenora "Lenny" Vaughan, but where did he get it and where is it now? Sit tight, you’re about to find out.
The Fender Stratocaster is just a classic guitar. Whether it bares 3 single coil pickups, two humbuckers or the combination of the two, it will always be a historic guitar and collectors will seek vintage originals and pay top dollar for them.
In 1980, before SRV had made a big name for himself in the world of music, he, his wife and a few others saw a quite weathered 1965 Fender Stratocaster in a pawn shop in Austin Texas. The price on the guitar was $350 and was much more than SRV could afford. His wife, Lenora, whom he met a few years earlier, knew that this guitar really caught his eye and was something special to him. Lenora and seven friends through together the money and bought the guitar for SRV for his 26th birthday. The same evening it was given to him he wrote the song "Lenny" and ultimately the guitar was named after her as well.