Stevie Ray Vaughn and the overweight tone

[musicsdarkangel]

it's called 13 guage strings, a nice strat, and a NICE Fender Bassman.


13 guage strings and a nice strat is a good start i'd say.

Make a channel (if you have a modeler) that raises distortion the harder you pick, slightly distorted. Neck pickups are definiitely the choice for blues (at least mine). Nice, fat, mmmmmm beefy.

 

[Scriabin]

Tuned down Gb(?)

also rumoured to be known as F# in some circles

 

[Bighand]

also rumoured to be known as F# in some circles

a.k.a. Eb

 

[Kclark01]

"I'm gonna stick with .09's on my Strat. If I convince myself to tune down to play along, maybe .10's will be just right."



SIT (Stay In Tune) Strings makes some .95 guage strings that have noticibly better (more Stevie-like) tone than most .9's I've tried and still let you do vibrato without losing your fingertips. I use em on a strat, too. Tuning down's a pain unless you do all Stevie and Jimi stuff.