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Cold Shot Guitar Tone Settings
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble · 1980s · blues
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster 'Number One'
Pickups
Fender single-coil pickups (stock 1959/1962 style, overwound, vintage spec)
Amp
Fender Vibroverb (Blackface, 1964) + Fender Bassman (1959 reissue) + Fender Vibratone rotating speaker cabinet
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording, 1984 (for 'Couldn't Stand the Weather'). SRV used multiple amps in parallel, most notably the Vibroverb and Bassman, with the Vibratone for the rotary effect. No evidence of live rig or alternate guitars for the studio riff section. Guitar is the 'Number One' Strat, not a Tokai or other backup.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass7
Gain4.5
Reverb3
Treble6
Presence5.5
Effects Chain
- Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer · overdrive
Fender Stratocaster → Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer → Fender Vibroverb/Bassman → Fender Vibratone (rotary speaker) → Studio board
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Tone Character
- warm and smooth
- swirling rotary modulation
- edge-of-breakup crunch
- fat and round neck pickup sound
- touch-sensitive and dynamic
- Texas shuffle feel
- percussive attack
- slightly compressed
- lush and organic
- not overly bright