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 · Pedalboard
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster 'Number One' (1962/63)
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
neck
Strings
eb_standard
Ibanez Tube Screamer (TS808/TS9)
Fender Super Reverb (blackface, cranked)
Super Reverb 4x10 (Electro-Voice)
Shure SM57
Ibanez Tube Screamer (TS808/TS9)
overdrive
Overdrive
3
Tone
6
Level
7
Fender Super Reverb (blackface, cranked)
preamp
Volume
7
Treble
6
Middle
5
Bass
5
Reverb
4
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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