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Riff Tone
The Sky Is Crying
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Guitarblues1980s
Original Gear
GuitarFender Stratocaster 'Number One'
AmpFender Vibroverb (Blackface, 1964, 1x15" speaker, often paired with a Dumble Steel String Singer in studio, but primary amp for this era was Vibroverb)
Amp Settings
gain4
bass7
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Notes
Studio recording, 1984 (recorded during 'Couldn't Stand The Weather' sessions, released 1991). Main riff section. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this part. Eb tuning and heavy gauge strings typical for SRV.
Tone Character(10)
warm and smoothfuller soundvocal-like bendstouch-sensitive dynamicssinging sustaindistinctive lower midrange emphasisbiting lead toneTexas shuffle feeledge-of-breakup crunchrich, expressive phrasing
Difficulty
The riff requires intermediate control of blues phrasing, expressive bends, and dynamic touch to capture SRV's vocal-like tone and sustain.
This tone has been researched 5 times by the community
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Original Gear
GuitarFender Stratocaster 'Number One'
AmpFender Vibroverb (Blackface, 1964, 1x15" speaker, often paired with a Dumble Steel String Singer in studio, but primary amp for this era was Vibroverb)
Amp Settings
gain4
bass7
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This tone has been researched 5 times by the community
Notes
Studio recording, 1984 (recorded during 'Couldn't Stand The Weather' sessions, released 1991). Main riff section. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this part. Eb tuning and heavy gauge strings typical for SRV.
Tone Character(10)
warm and smoothfuller soundvocal-like bendstouch-sensitive dynamicssinging sustaindistinctive lower midrange emphasisbiting lead toneTexas shuffle feeledge-of-breakup crunchrich, expressive phrasing
Difficulty
The riff requires intermediate control of blues phrasing, expressive bends, and dynamic touch to capture SRV's vocal-like tone and sustain.