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This spring, Heritage Auctions in Dallas will auction off a 1951 Fender BroadcasterThe 1951 Fender Broadcaster was owned and played by both Vaughan brothers—Jimmie and SRV.
This spring, Heritage Auctions in Dallas will auction off a 1951 Fender Broadcaster that once belonged to Texas blues master Jimmie Vaughan and his famous little brother, the late Stevie Ray Vaughan.
According to the November 2006 issue of Guitar World, Jimmie gave the guitar to Stevie in 1966 at the request of their mutual friend, Doyle Bramhall. Apparently, Stevie was in the habit of "borrowing" the guitar without asking Jimmie. Bramhall's brilliant solution?[1] Give the ax to Stevie so he'd hopefully leave Jimmie's other guitars alone. Jimmie saw the wisdom of the idea—and that's how Stevie came to own his first professional-quality guitar.
According to legend, Jimmie carved the word "Jimbo" into the back of the guitar before giving it to his brother—back when both guitarists were still teenagers. You can see the "Jimbo" carving in this 360-degree image of the guitar right here[2].
The "Jimbo" guitar—a 1951 Fender "Nocaster" (serial number 0964) that might've even started its life as an Esquire—has a maple body (it originally sported a natural finish that was removed by Stevie), a black pickguard, a fixed bridge and two single-coil pickups (Some sources say it has two volume pots—another SRV modification[3]). "Jimbo" was displayed in the Grammy Museum[4] beside Stevie's iconic Stratocaster, and it's the guitar on which Stevie paid his dues, developing his signature style on stages in the late Sixties through the early Seventies. It's been noted that, during this period, Stevie and "Jimbo" were inseparable, with the young SRV even sleeping with the guitar.
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He played the guitar with his early bands Southern Distributor, Liberation and Lincoln