In 1980, Vaughan caught sight of a used Stratocaster in an Austin pawnshop, which cost $350. Vaughan couldn't afford it, so his wife, Lenny, found seven people with $50 and bought the guitar. She presented it to him for his birthday before performing at a club, Steamboat Springs, in Austin. He named the guitar "Lenny”.
Lenny was a 1965 maple-neck Fender Strat with a rosewood fingerboard. It originally had a three-color sunburst finish, though it was sanded down and refinished with a mahogany stain, giving the guitar a smoother, softer contoured body. Lenny also had a mandolin pickguard from the early 1900s inlaid into the body under the bridge. In late 1981, Vaughan received a one-piece Charvel maple neck from ZZ Top member Billy Gibbons. He installed the neck with non-stock screws, with one going under the fingerboard and also scratched "Stevie Ray Vaughan '80" on the neckplate. Baseball legend Mickey Mantle even autographed the back of the guitar when Vaughan played "The Star Spangled Banner” at the Houston Astordome in 1985. In 1989, Vaughan added "SRV" stickers found at a truck stop. In 2004, Lenny was sold to Guitar Center for $623,500 at Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Auction.
Lenny was a 1965 maple-neck Fender Strat with a rosewood fingerboard. It originally had a three-color sunburst finish, though it was sanded down and refinished with a mahogany stain, giving the guitar a smoother, softer contoured body. Lenny also had a mandolin pickguard from the early 1900s inlaid into the body under the bridge. In late 1981, Vaughan received a one-piece Charvel maple neck from ZZ Top member Billy Gibbons. He installed the neck with non-stock screws, with one going under the fingerboard and also scratched "Stevie Ray Vaughan '80" on the neckplate. Baseball legend Mickey Mantle even autographed the back of the guitar when Vaughan played "The Star Spangled Banner” at the Houston Astordome in 1985. In 1989, Vaughan added "SRV" stickers found at a truck stop. In 2004, Lenny was sold to Guitar Center for $623,500 at Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Auction.
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