GuitarDistortedRiff
Life Without You Guitar Tone Settings
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble · 1980s · blues
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster 'Number One' (1959 body, 1962 neck, left-hand tremolo)
Pickups
Fender single-coil pickups (vintage spec, stock to Number One Strat)
Amp
Dumble Steel String Singer (custom, 150W, 6550 tubes) and/or Fender Vibroverb (1964 Blackface, 2x15" speakers)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording for 'In Step' (1988-1989). SRV used multiple amps in the studio, but the Dumble Steel String Singer and Fender Vibroverb are most consistently cited for clean/blues tones on this album. No evidence of live rig or other guitars for this specific riff section.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass7
Gain4
Reverb3.5
Treble6
Presence5.5
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Tone Character
- warm and smooth
- edge-of-breakup crunch
- touch-sensitive
- fat, round lows
- singing sustain
- clear single-coil articulation
- Texas blues shuffle feel
- dynamic response to picking
- slight amp breakup
- rich midrange presence