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   Church of Jeff (jeffowski@mastodon.world)'s status on Friday, 14-Mar-2025 07:19:51 JST Church of Jeff

   In November 1989, during a live show at Austin City Limits in Austin, Texas, Stevie Ray Vaughan broke a string mid-solo while playing “Look at Little Sister.” Without stopping, he kept the solo going, adapting to the broken string. His guitar tech, Rene Martinez, quickly grabbed a backup Stratocaster and swapped it with the damaged one during a brief pause in the song. The switch was so fast and smooth—done in seconds—that it’s been called the “Formula 1 of guitar changes.”

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     Church of Jeff (jeffowski@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 04:08:46 JST Church of Jeff

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     • Dragoncello Aufsmaulsuppe

     @aufsmaulsuppe -- You can actually see it early in the video.

     I highly recommend watching the full Austin City Limits episode of the entire performance.

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     Dragoncello Aufsmaulsuppe (aufsmaulsuppe@chaos.social)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 04:08:48 JST Dragoncello Aufsmaulsuppe

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     @jeffowski Wonder if the broken string is that visible in the video because SRV was notorious for playing thicker strings than most other guitar players.

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     Church of Jeff (jeffowski@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 04:14:35 JST Church of Jeff

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     • Frank

     @footils --

     I've looked at a bunch of "Souled American" tracks and videos and I have no fucking idea what you're talking about.

     If you say you have some education in American music, and you don't know SRV, I can't say that your recommendation carries any weight at all.

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     Frank (footils@social.cologne)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 04:14:37 JST Frank

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     @jeffowski

     Haha, funny that I'm currently listening to some rediscovered old records of Souled American who could probably switch instruments anywhere in any song anytime without anybody noticing.

     #SouledAmerican

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     Church of Jeff (jeffowski@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 06:49:06 JST Church of Jeff

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     • Frank

     @footils --

     That makes more sense...

     I was trying to figure out how that slow folk music was being compared to rock...

     Thank you for explaining it.

     https://youtu.be/S7gjCiXwDfc

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     Frank (footils@social.cologne)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 06:49:07 JST Frank

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     @jeffowski

     Sorry I guess my joke wasn't very good. Souled American's music is so extremely slow and has so many natural pauses that there would be no need to hurry when changing instruments.