Vol. 04 · Issue 14 · APR 2026
Stop tweaking. Start playing.

Tone recipes from the songs you love

How this worksWe take an iconic recording, map the full signal chain, and translate every setting into the exact numbers for your Helix, Quad Cortex, TONEX, Fractal, Kemper, Katana, or pedalboard.

Featured recipe·Signal path·10 blocks
Pride and Joy
Stevie Ray VaughanTexas Flood·1983
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Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (#1 / 'Number One')
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
eb_standard
Vol/Pan
Volume Pedal
Comp
Deluxe Comp
Drive
Scream 808
FX
Kinky Boost
Drive
Minotaur
Amp
US Deluxe Vib
Cab·Mic
4x10 Tweed P10R
Verb
Spring
EQ
Tilt

Three steps from your favorite song to your rig

  1. We chase the tone

    Listen, isolate, A/B against rigs we know. Our editors are tone nerds who will spend a whole afternoon on a delay tail.

  2. We map the chain

    Every block. Every knob. Every tap-tempo. Documented like a service manual.

  3. You get the numbers

    Translated for your Helix, Quad Cortex, TONEX, Fractal, Kemper, Katana — or your pedalboard. One click, import, play.

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