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 · 4 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster 'Number One' (1962/63)
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
neck
Strings
eb_standard
Booster
Crunch
Reverb
Booster
← Ibanez Tube Screamer (TS808/TS9)
Drive
30
Bottom
45
Tone
60
Level
75
Crunch
← Fender Super Reverb (blackface)
Gain
45
Volume
70
Bass
50
Middle
55
Treble
60
Presence
50
Master
65
Reverb
← Fender spring reverb
Time
12ms
PreDelay
10ms
Tone
50
EffectLevel
18
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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