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4evrnewB
Silver Member
Canada
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 Posted - 01/10/2008 : 22:52:30
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jack
Platinum Member
USA
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Posted - 01/11/2008 : 01:46:34
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Try a Tubescreamer, as Stevie Ray Vaughn I think used 2 of those at a time through Fender tube amps. Get a strat and you'll be closer...Stevie Ray was also a big Wah-Wah fan, so you may need to get one of those eventually too. I even recall reading about how SRV plugged to wahs in together then used a big board to turn on/off and rock both wahs at the same time...
Here is a link. Tell your bro to start svaing money...
http://guitargeek.com/rigview/308/ |
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4evrnewB
Silver Member
Canada
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Posted - 01/11/2008 : 02:18:29
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Thanks jack - that's a big help and we're well on our way.  (I checked guitargeek a number of weeks ago and didn't see this?)
He plays an '85 Am. Std. Strat through a '72 Fender Super Reverb...he's got a crybaby...I can lend him my Micro Vibe...and after tomorrow, my Sparkle Drive to give him the TS sound...be cool to see how it goes... I'll let you know!
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exodia333
Silver Member
USA
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
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Posted - 01/11/2008 : 03:48:18
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I have seen this question a lot on the 'net about how SRV got his sound and jack is spot on with the gear..but a big part imho is a few other things...the strat is fine as is the amp ...lucky guy but remember stevies amps were running very loud which has a lot to do with it,his amps were already dirty the tubescreamer was just the icing on the cake also he used 13 gauge strings tuned down to E flat and most important.....he studied the blues greats for years alberts K+C,B.B,freddie,buddy,muddy,jimi and john lee...and all the great blues players so the gear is important but do the time and learn the licks and riffs of these guys if you want to be like stevie.... as sergovia once said 'if you want to play spanish music,come to spain,taste the wine and see the women'...... |
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4evrnewB
Silver Member
Canada
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Posted - 01/11/2008 : 04:13:08
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Or as I like to think of it - "see the wine and taste the women..." 
Thanks again, folks...not to worry, my brother isn't a newbie like myself - he's played blues in bands for years - he's just not a techy...he likes to spend his guitar time just plugged straight into an amp and playing (which is not a bad thing), but he's always admired my dedication to "the sound" (even though I can't play worth  )...
He does pretty well already, but I'm sure if I get him near "the sound" it will be a whole new level of inspiration! |
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zestystrat
Silver Member
USA
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Posted - 01/11/2008 : 19:40:56
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My $0.02 is this: he'll never sound like him. SRV's brother doesn't even sound like him. John Mayer does a good impression of him and it annoys me to no end that he doesn't get called out more for his very blatant imitation. While he is good, he�s still not done shedding his influences IMO.
*Gets off soapbox*
He does get the sound pretty close but he�s using some different gear.
Moving on to try to answer your question�..this more of a rig question vs. one pedal. A Tube Screamer alone will never get you there.
Get a loud clean amp (a blackfaced, tube, Fender � Twin etc.)
Get a transparent dist/OD I personally like the SD-1 (since this is Boss forum) with the Analogman 808 silver mod with 2 kinds of clipping.
Big fat Jazz strings .13�s
Tune down to Eb
Get a strat with hot pick-ups, my personal fave is a stock G&L Legacy special
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StratoSphere
Double Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 01/15/2008 : 00:36:19
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i think single coils is a must and like others said he used heavier gauged strings which is kind of the opposite from the regular strat users choice.
its too bad he never got to use his new Soldano amps. i really wonder what his tone would have sounded like then. |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2008 : 09:26:10
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I think most of the sound of SRV was in his fingers, both hands. He had a very dynamic way of playing. The Strat id of course important, but I think SRV could get his sound out of anything, guitars and amps (well probably not some ultra hot metal-guitar or cascading gain amps). It�s all in the fingers/hands.
I can not play anything near SRV but I can get a good replica of his sound out of a tele (neck-pickup) and any amp, and many Boss OD�s are good as �pushers�.
I don�t see the meaning of getting a 100% replica of his tone by buying equipment or closely studying his style, use what you have and practice on your picking dynamics and hand vibrato.
I was for years a reviewer for a Swedish blues magazine (Jefferson) and my �speciality� was blues played by white artists. I received loads of vinyl and cd�s with blues guitarist playing just or about the style/sound of SRV, after a while this was really boring to say the least. Most of them was great guitarists of course, but what�s the meaning��.
Individuality is much more important than to copy any good guitarist, in my book.
But of course SRV has been a great inspiration for me and I really like his way of playing guitar. I also like his brother Jimmy�s playing a lot, a very underrated guitarist.
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4evrnewB
Silver Member
Canada
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Posted - 01/15/2008 : 15:01:50
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Thanks for all the input, folks. I think it's important to say here, for the benefit of my brother, that he's really not looking to "be" SRV, to copy his style, or even to play his stuff, he just loves the sound and would like his guitar to sound "like that". He's never been one to spend a lot of time testing and tweaking levels and effects and all that sort of thing - he likes to play when he plugs in. He knows all this other stuff interests me quite a bit and I'd love to have a little project to do, so I thought I might be able to help him achieve that.
Thanks again, and I'll let you know how close we get!
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 01/16/2008 : 06:58:17
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Originally posted by 4evrnewB
Thanks for all the input, folks. I think it's important to say here, for the benefit of my brother, that he's really not looking to "be" SRV, to copy his style, or even to play his stuff, he just loves the sound and would like his guitar to sound "like that". He's never been one to spend a lot of time testing and tweaking levels and effects and all that sort of thing - he likes to play when he plugs in. He knows all this other stuff interests me quite a bit and I'd love to have a little project to do, so I thought I might be able to help him achieve that.
Thanks again, and I'll let you know how close we get!
I didn�t want to put you (or your brother) down in any way, what I wrote above was just my own opinions. And that I dislike the idea of copying SRV or any other guitarist, his or hers solos note by note. Ther�s no meaning in that.
But to try to emulate somebodys sound/tone is something different, SRV did that too. He had the Albert King and Jimi tone all over the place, and that was great. I think that SRV had a better tone than both of his inspirations. In short SRV had a tone to die for. |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 01/16/2008 : 12:27:29
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My sound has come about by listening to lots of different people from a wide range of different influences i could write a list but it would take a long time.... lets just say two of the people who stand out are gilmour and clapton...followed by a range of people from jazz,blues,country/bluegrass/celtic and rock... even a bit of classicial... ..the main thing is to develop your own style and SRV is as good a place to start as any..in fact i only got into stevie in the last few years as well as bill frissell and i like to 'borrow' sometimes from these great artists... as far as playing solos note for note i would agree with goran except in cases where the solo is so well known that you would have to at least attempt to recreate part of it for the audience.. as we play mostly covers i usually get away with a lot 'cause a lot of the songs are blues/country/rock based so i can improvise on the night...the exception to the rule is some of the floyd stuff as the solos from 'time,'money' and 'another brick in the wall' are so well known but on songs like 'sweet home chicago' etc i'm able to have a lot of fun..... |
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That SRV Sound
