GuitarDistortedRiff
Texas Flood Guitar Tone Settings
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble · 1980s · blues
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
1962 Fender Stratocaster 'Number One'
Pickups
Vintage-style single-coil pickups (original 1962 Fender Stratocaster pickups)
Amp
Dumbleland 300-watt bass amp (Jackson Browne's, used in studio for Texas Flood album)
Pickup Position
Position 4 (neck + middle)
Studio recording, 1982-1983, Texas Flood album sessions. Main riff section. No Tube Screamer used for rhythm/riff section per multiple sources; amp overdrive only. Strings: heavy gauge (.013-.058).
Amp Settings
Mids5
Bass6.5
Gain4.5
Reverb3
Treble6
Presence5.5
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Tone Character
- touch-sensitive edge-of-breakup crunch
- warm and round Strat neck/middle tone
- dynamic response to picking attack
- fat, punchy lows
- clear, glassy highs
- slight amp breakup, not full distortion
- Texas shuffle feel
- articulate, percussive rhythm
- minimal effects coloration
- organic, amp-driven overdrive