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Couldn't Stand the Weather Guitar Tone Settings
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble · 1980s · blues
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster 'Number One' (early 1960s, rosewood board, stock pickups, heavy strings, tuned down half-step to Eb)
Pickups
Fender single-coil Stratocaster pickups (vintage spec, 1960s, staggered pole pieces)
Amp
Fender Vibroverb (Blackface, 1964, 2x15" speakers, often run in parallel with other Fender amps in studio)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording, 1983-1984 sessions for 'Couldn't Stand the Weather'. Vibroverb is the primary amp for the solo, with possible blending of other Fender amps. Ibanez Tube Screamer and Roland Dimension D chorus added in mixing. Effects chain and amp settings are for studio, not live.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass7
Gain5
Reverb3
Treble6.5
Presence5.5
Effects Chain
- Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer · overdrive
- Roland SDD-320 Dimension D · chorus
- Fender Vibratone (rotary speaker cabinet) · modulation
Fender Stratocaster → Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer → Fender Vibroverb → Fender Vibratone (rotary speaker) → Roland Dimension D (added in studio mix)
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Tone Character
- thick and sustaining
- touch-sensitive and dynamic
- Texas blues bite
- singing sustain
- warm, rounded highs
- slight midrange emphasis
- subtle chorus swirl
- rotary speaker shimmer
- notably present low-mids
- expressive, vocal-like phrasing