GuitarCleanSolo
Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town) Guitar Tone Settings
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble · 1980s · blues
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (likely 'Number One' 1963/62 Stratocaster)
Pickups
Fender single-coil pickups (vintage spec, stock or slightly overwound)
Amp
Fender Vibroverb (Blackface, 1964, 2x10, often paired with Marshall or Dumble but Vibroverb is most cited for clean studio tones)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording, 1984, from the album 'Couldn't Stand The Weather'. SRV is known to use his 'Number One' Strat and Fender Vibroverb for clean blues tones in the studio. Tube Screamer may be present but set for minimal drive or as a clean boost. Settings are for studio, not live. No evidence of chorus, delay, or other modulation in the clean solo section.
Amp Settings
Mids6.5
Bass7
Gain3
Reverb3
Treble6
Presence5
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Tone Character
- warm and smooth
- glassy highs
- fat, round lows
- touch-sensitive
- dynamic and expressive
- clear single-coil articulation
- edge-of-breakup clean
- spring reverb ambience
- Texas blues phrasing
- responsive to picking dynamics