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Stevie Ray Vaughan
Tone profile
What makes this tone
Signal chain
Tone Character
Recorded tone character
Gain character
Cranked blues clean-to-overdrive with extra push from the TS9 during solos.
Bass
Tight and relatively lean.
Mids
Full and woody despite the Vibroverb's modest mid setting because the Dumble and Tube Screamer add body.
Treble
Clear but not glassy-thin.
Brightness / presence
Immediate and lively.
Compression
Natural loud-amp compression with strong touch dynamics.
Effects
Ibanez TS9 used as a solo boost; Roland Dimension D was added to solos during mixing. Vibroverb reverb and vibrato were off.
Evidence / Sources
Tone character: woody, punchy, dynamic, bluesy, touch-sensitive, thick, dry, percussive
Pride and Joy has exceptionally strong source detail. It was captured live with no overdubs; one Vibroverb and a Dumble Dumbleland were miked, and the pickup changes and TS9 role are documented.
Ibanez TS9 used as a solo boost; Roland Dimension D was added to solos during mixing. Vibroverb reverb and vibrato were off.
Guitar
Stevie Ray Vaughan's 1962/63 Fender Stratocaster 'Number One' with 1959 pickups
Amp
1964 Fender Vibroverb plus Jackson Browne's Dumble Dumbleland Special
Channel
Vibroverb vibrato channel, clean-to-cranked blues reference
Pickup
Middle pickup for intro/verse/chorus/first solo
neck pickup for second solo/outro