No. 0751991·blues·4 blocks
The Sky Is Crying
Stevie Ray Vaughan's aching Elmore James cover, released on the posthumous 1991 album. Slower and more vocal than Pride and Joy, it leans on Number One — his '62/'63 Strat strung with heavy .013s and tuned a half-step to E♭ — through an always-on Ibanez Tube Screamer into a cranked Fender Super Reverb, blended with his Dumble Steel String Singer. Neck pickup, fingertips on the strings, and a touch of spring reverb do the crying.
The Sky Is CryingSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster 'Number One' (1962/63)
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
neck
Strings
eb_standard
Deluxe Comp
Scream 808
US Double Nrm
4x10 Tweed P10R
Spring
Tilt
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compression / amp compression
Threshold
-32dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
8dB
Attack
0.1s
Release
0.3s
Mix
0.4
Level
0dB
Scream 808
← Ibanez Tube Screamer (TS808/TS9)
Gain
0.3
Tone
0.6
Level
0.8
US Double Nrm
← Fender Super Reverb (blackface)
Drive
0.6
Bass
0.5
Mid
0.6
Treble
0.6
Presence
0.5
ChVol
0.7
Master
1
Bias
0.5
BiasX
0.5
Sag
0.7
Hum
0.5
Ripple
0.5
4x10 Tweed P10R
← Super Reverb 4x10 (Electro-Voice)
LowCut80Hz
HighCut7500Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Spring
← Fender outboard/amp spring reverb
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6000Hz
Mix
0.2
Decay
1s
Predelay
0.0ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global tone)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
900Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 075
Stevie Ray Vaughan's aching Elmore James cover, released on the posthumous 1991 album. Slower and more vocal than Pride and Joy, it leans on Number One — his '62/'63 Strat strung with heavy .013s and tuned a half-step to E♭ — through an always-on Ibanez Tube Screamer into a cranked Fender Super Reverb, blended with his Dumble Steel String Singer. Neck pickup, fingertips on the strings, and a touch of spring reverb do the crying.
— Stevie Ray Vaughan
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