EyeShotFirst said:

Yeah what Stevie did wasn't terribly complicated, but he did such a good job at it, that it looks and sounds insane. The guy had hands that could crush skulls. He used suspension cables as strings, and bent the living crap out of them. I don't think there is a better blues tone, maybe 70's Ry Cooder, but still Stevie had so much more going on.

Here's what Brian Setzer had to say about the man:

Brian Setzer said:

First of all, Stevie Ray was magic. It's funny because people always want to know about his guitars and his amps but what I want to tell you is that it was in his fingers. It had nothing to do with his guitar and amp. I think he could have been playing a Silvertone guitar through a transistor radio. That night at "Mud Island" in Memphis I was watching him from the side and he called me up onstage. He handed me his guitar and he said, "Play!". I didn't know what to expect. I thought it would be really loud and just, you know, all over the stage. It wasn't though, it was about as loud as I set my guitars. It even kind of sounded like mine. I was so surprised. He stood there in front of the pedal board with his arms crossed just hitting different pedals. At that moment I realized...jeez, it's all about what's in this guy's fingers. What can I say? He was one of the truly great guitar players. We never played together at the same time, but I'll never forget that night.