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Crossfire Guitar Tone Settings
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble · 1980s · blues
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (likely 'Number One' 1963/64 Sunburst Stratocaster)
Pickups
Fender single-coil pickups (vintage-style, stock or slightly overwound)
Amp
Fender Blackface Vibroverb (1964) and/or Fender Blackface Super Reverb (1965), possibly blended
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording, 1989 (In Step album). SRV typically used his 'Number One' Strat with heavy strings, tuned down a half-step. For the 'Crossfire' solo, sources and audio indicate the classic Strat into Fender amp with Tube Screamer setup, with amp reverb. No evidence of additional effects beyond overdrive and amp reverb for the solo section.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass7
Gain4.5
Reverb4
Treble6.5
Presence5
Effects Chain
- Ibanez Tube Screamer (likely TS808 or TS9) · overdrive
Fender Stratocaster → Ibanez Tube Screamer → Fender Vibroverb/Super Reverb (with spring reverb)
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Tone Character
- fat and singing sustain
- warm and round
- touch-sensitive and dynamic
- edge-of-breakup crunch
- rich midrange
- slightly compressed
- clear note separation
- Texas blues lead
- articulate attack
- not overly saturated