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Stevie Ray Vaughan

Double Trouble, 1983 to 1990

The definitive argument that an overdrive pedal is a volume control, not a distortion box. The Tube Screamer is barely breaking up on its own; it is there to hit an already loud Fender hard enough to make the amp do the work.

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The chain

Shown in conventional signal order rather than the order the sources list them, so it reads the way it would be wired: guitar on the left, amp on the right.

  1. 1
    Wah / filterNo photo available

    Vox V846 Wah

    Wah / filter

    Front of the chain, used hard and rhythmically.

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  2. 2
    Drive / fuzzNo photo available

    Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer

    Drive / fuzz

    Level up, drive down. A clean boost into a loud amp, which is the opposite of how most people set one.

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  3. 3
    Pitch / octaveNo photo available

    Tycobrahe Octavia

    Pitch / octave

    Octave-up fuzz, used in short bursts at the top of a solo.

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  4. 4
    ModulationNo photo available

    Univox Uni-Vibe

    Modulation

    For the Hendrix material, and it never really left the board afterwards.

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Documented on

  • Texas Flood

    album · 1983

    • Pride and Joy
    • Texas Flood
    • Love Struck Baby

  • Couldn't Stand the Weather

    album · 1984

    • Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
    • Cold Shot
    • Scuttle Buttin'

  • In Step

    album · 1989

    • Crossfire
    • Tightrope

Editorial gear history, assembled from interviews, rig rundowns, live photography and liner notes. Stevie Ray Vaughan is not affiliated with Gear Avail and nothing here is an endorsement. Rigs change between tours and between takes, so this one is scoped to 1983 to 1990 rather than presented as a career-long setup. In most cases what is documented is that a pedal was on the board during those sessions or that tour, not that it is audible on a specific bar of a specific take.