GuitarDistortedRiff
Texas Flood (Live at The El Mocambo, 1983) Guitar Tone Settings
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble · 1980s · blues
live
Original Recording
Guitar
1959 Fender Stratocaster 'Number One'
Pickups
Fender single-coil pickups (original vintage 1959, overwound, staggered pole pieces)
Amp
1964 Fender Vibroverb (2x, with 15" Altec Lansing speakers, live rig)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Live performance at El Mocambo, 1983. SRV's main guitar 'Number One' Stratocaster into two blackface Fender Vibroverbs, each loaded with Altec Lansing 15" speakers. Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer as the only pedal in the chain. No evidence of additional effects or pedals for the riff section. No studio post-processing or Dimension D chorus used live.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass7
Gain5
Reverb3
Treble6.5
Presence5.5
Effects Chain
- Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer · overdrive
Guitar → Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer → Fender Vibroverb (spring reverb on, low setting)
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Tone Character
- warm and fat
- touch-sensitive edge-of-breakup
- dynamic and percussive
- Texas shuffle feel
- singing sustain
- tight, punchy low end
- articulate, glassy highs
- slight midrange boost
- responsive to picking attack
- no audible modulation or delay