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The Sky Is Crying Guitar Tone Settings
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble · 1990s · blues
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster 'Number One'
Pickups
Fender single-coil pickups (vintage-style, late '50s spec)
Amp
Fender Vibroverb (1964, Cesar Diaz-modded, blackface, 2x12, likely with 5751 preamp tube swap)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording, 1989-1990 for posthumous release on 'The Sky Is Crying' (1991). Used main 'Number One' Strat with neck pickup for solo. Amp was a blackface Fender Vibroverb, likely with Cesar Diaz mods for extra headroom. Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer used as clean boost. No evidence of additional pedals or effects beyond Tube Screamer and amp spring reverb.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass7
Gain4
Reverb4
Treble6
Presence5
Effects Chain
- Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer · overdrive
Fender Stratocaster → Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer → Fender Vibroverb (spring reverb on)
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Tone Character
- warm and smooth
- singing sustain
- touch-sensitive
- edge-of-breakup crunch
- fat, round solo sound
- vocal-like phrasing
- articulate bends
- smooth, glassy highs
- dynamic response to picking
- slightly compressed blues lead