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The Sky Is Crying (1984 Version) Guitar Tone Settings
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble · 1980s · blues
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
1959 Fender Stratocaster 'Number One'
Pickups
Fender single-coil pickups (original vintage 1959 spec, overwound, staggered pole pieces)
Amp
Dumble Steel String Singer (custom 150W, 6550 tubes) into custom 4x12 cabinet with Electro-Voice speakers
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording, 1984. Dumble SSS was main clean/edge amp for this era; TS9 Tube Screamer used for solo drive. Vibroverbs and other amps may have been blended, but Dumble is primary for this tone. TS9 settings are for clean boost, not heavy distortion.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass7
Gain4.5
Reverb3.5
Treble6.5
Presence5.5
Effects Chain
- Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer · overdrive
Guitar → Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer → Dumble Steel String Singer (with spring reverb) → 4x12 cab
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Tone Character
- singing sustain
- warm and smooth neck pickup
- touch-sensitive breakup
- fat, vocal midrange
- dynamic response to picking
- slightly compressed attack
- clear note separation
- edge-of-breakup crunch
- Texas blues solo character