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 · Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster 'Number One' (1962/63)
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
neck
Strings
eb_standard
Studio Comp
TS808
US Double Nrm
4x10 Bassman
Spring
Tilt EQ
Studio Comp
← Studio/amp compression
Threshold
-32dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
12s
Release
200s
Mix
40
Level
0dB
TS808
← Ibanez Tube Screamer (TS808/TS9)
Drive
3
Tone
6
Level
7.5
US Double Nrm
← Fender Super Reverb (blackface)
Gain
6.2
Bass
5
Mid
5.5
Treble
6
Presence
5
Master
7
Sag
6.5
4x10 Bassman
← Super Reverb 4x10 (Electro-Voice)
LowCut80Hz
HighCut7500Hz
Level
0dB
Spring
← Fender spring reverb
Decay
1s
Predelay
10ms
Mix
18
Level
0
Tilt EQ
← Tilt EQ (global tone)
Tilt
4.6
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
Sources · Verified by
