Song
Pride and Joy
Stevie Ray Vaughan · Texas Flood · 1983
Preview and cover from Apple Music
- Amp
- Fender Vibroverb
- Guitar
- Fender Stratocaster 'Number One'
- Tuning
- Eb standard
On the record, Stevie Ray Vaughan played a Fender Stratocaster 'Number One' through a Fender Vibroverb and a Dumbleland Head. It's in Eb standard.
The original rig
Stevie Ray Vaughan's tone on Pride and Joy is anchored by his heavy-strung Stratocaster tuned to Eb, pushing cranked Fender and Dumble tube amps into natural power-stage saturation with a Roland Dimension D adding subtle stereo width in the mix.
Stevie Ray Vaughan · Rhythm and solo
Settings Estimated
- Pickup Selector
- Neck
1963 body with a 1962 neck and vintage-wound single-coil pickups.
Settings Estimated
- Drive
- 9 o'clock
- Level
- 3 o'clock
- Tone
- 12 o'clock
Employed as a clean boost to push the front end of the cranked amplifiers.
Settings Estimated
- Treble
- 6
- Bass
- 5
- Volume
- Cranked (8-10)
Run wide open to harness natural power-tube saturation without low-end flub.
Settings Commonly cited
- Configuration
- 1x15-inch internal speaker
Combo enclosure housing an internal 15-inch speaker.
Settings Estimated
- Volume
- Cranked
Power amp head equipped with 6550 power tubes run at high output.
Settings Commonly cited
- Speakers
- Electro-Voice 12-inch
4x12 cabinet loaded with Electro-Voice speakers.
Settings Commonly cited
- Mode
- Stereo spatial chorus
Applied during mixing to provide subtle spatial enhancement to the guitar track.
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Tuning
The record is in Eb standard, low to high: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. Tune your guitar the same way, or tell ToneSheet how it's tuned and your device shifts the tone to match.
Questions about the Pride and Joy guitar tone
What amp did Stevie Ray Vaughan use on Pride and Joy?
Stevie Ray Vaughan played through a Fender Vibroverb (an estimate), with Volume Cranked (8-10), Treble 6, Bass 5 (settings estimated); and a Dumbleland Head (an estimate), with Volume Cranked (settings estimated).
What guitar did Stevie Ray Vaughan play on Pride and Joy?
Stevie Ray Vaughan played a Fender Stratocaster 'Number One' (an estimate), with Pickup Selector Neck (settings estimated).
What effects did Stevie Ray Vaughan use on Pride and Joy?
An Ibanez TS808 / TS9 Tube Screamer (an estimate).
What tuning is Pride and Joy in?
Eb standard: low to high, Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb.
How do I get the Pride and Joy guitar tone on an amp modeller?
Start from your modeller's model of the Fender Vibroverb, set like the original (Treble 6, Bass 5), with a guitar like a Fender Stratocaster 'Number One', tuned to Eb standard. Ready presets, with every block's settings: HOTONE Pulze Mini (1).
Presets for Pride and Joy
Tones players shared for their amp modellers, each with every setting, block by block.
HOTONE Pulze Mini1 version
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