GuitarDistortedSolo
Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town) Guitar Tone Settings
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble · 1980s · blues
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
1963 Fender Stratocaster ('Number One')
Pickups
Fender single-coil pickups (stock 1963 Stratocaster set)
Amp
Fender Vibroverb (Blackface, 1964, 2x10" speakers)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording, 1984, for the album 'Couldn't Stand The Weather'. All evidence points to SRV using his main 'Number One' Strat and a Fender Vibroverb for this session. No evidence of live/touring substitutions for this solo.
Amp Settings
Mids6.5
Bass7
Gain3
Reverb3
Treble6
Presence5
Effects Chain
- Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer · overdrive
Guitar → Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer → Fender Vibroverb (with spring reverb)
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Tone Character
- warm and smooth
- singing sustain
- touch-sensitive
- edge-of-breakup crunch
- glassy highs
- fat, round low end
- clear note separation
- dynamic response
- vocal-like phrasing
- expressive bends