No. 0442012·blues·3 blocks
Bright Lights
Gary Clark Jr.'s tone on Bright Lights is a modern take on classic blues guitar. An SG through a Fender Vibro-King produces a warm, fat clean tone that breaks up beautifully when he digs in. The tone has more midrange warmth than a typical Fender clean, thanks to the SG's humbuckers. Clark uses a Tube Screamer-style overdrive for solo boosts, pushing the amp into rich, singing sustain.
Blak and BluSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Fractal Axe-Fx
Guitar
Gibson SG Standard
Pickups
HH
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Studio Comp
T808 OD
Vibra-King
4x10 Tweed
Spring Reverb
Filter Tilt
Studio Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
38s
Release
200s
Mix
0.5
Level
0dB
T808 OD
← Tube Screamer (solo boost)
Drive
4
Tone
5
Level
7
Vibra-King
← Fender Vibro-King
Drive
5
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
5
Presence
5
MV
6.5
4x10 Tweed
← Fender Vibro-King 3x10
LowCut80Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Level
0dB
Spring Reverb
← Vibro-King spring tank
Mix
0.2
Decay
0.8s
Predelay
20ms
Filter Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 044
Gary Clark Jr.'s tone on Bright Lights is a modern take on classic blues guitar. An SG through a Fender Vibro-King produces a warm, fat clean tone that breaks up beautifully when he digs in. The tone has more midrange warmth than a typical Fender clean, thanks to the SG's humbuckers. Clark uses a Tube Screamer-style overdrive for solo boosts, pushing the amp into rich, singing sustain.
— Gary Clark Jr.
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