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 · 5 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster 'Number One' (1962/63)
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
neck
Strings
eb_standard
Studio Comp
Tube Screamer
Search Rig Exchange for 'Super Reverb' or 'Dumble SSS'
Spring Reverb
Studio Comp
← Studio/amp compression
Sustain
3.5
Tone
5
Volume
0
Tube Screamer
← Ibanez Tube Screamer (TS808/TS9)
Drive
0.3
Tone
0.6
Volume
0.8
Search Rig Exchange for 'Super Reverb' or 'Dumble SSS'
← Fender Super Reverb / Dumble Steel String Singer
Gain
4.5
Bass
5
Middle
5.5
Treble
6
Presence
5
Spring Reverb
← Fender spring reverb
Decay
1s
Predelay
10ms
Mix
0.2
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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