Contrary to popular belief, the pickups on Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Number One (aka the ‘First Wife’) were not overwound. That massive push to his amp came from huge strings, an unbelievably heavy picking action and unsafe volume levels. Plus a little help from an Ibanez Tube Screamer. Stevie kept the action high (another tone saver) making it probably the least playable guitar on this list. It had jumbo frets not because Stevie preferred them, but because his tech was sick of re-fretting every six months. This has been the benchmark Strat tone for virtually everyone since.