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Pride and Joy amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble guitar tone for “Pride and Joy”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Fender Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster. Studio version, Texas Flood (1983) — Main Texas shuffle riff and solo

Original rig

1962/63 Fender Stratocaster 'Number One', 1964 Fender Vibroverb (15-inch JBL D130F speaker) blended with Dumble Dumbleland Special 4x12, Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer

Dynamic, punchy Texas blues crunch with glassy highs, strong low-end snap, and mid-range bite
Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII
CHANNELCrunch amp typeBOOSTon
GAIN 6 BASS 6 MID 7 TREBLE 7 REVERB 3 MASTER 6
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain6
Bass6
Mid7
Treble7
Reverb3
Master6
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Guitar
PICKUPmiddle TONE10 VOLUME9
Signal chain

01Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; engage onboard Katana Booster (set to Blues Driver/OD-1 style) in the meantime

Drive 3 · Tone 6 · Level 8
Why these settings

The Katana 50 MkII lacks the natural power-tube compression of a cranked Vibroverb, so the Crunch amp type with onboard Booster delivers the necessary edge-of-breakup grit. We push the mids to 7 and treble to 7 to replicate the midrange bark of a Tube Screamer combined with the glassy top end of SRV's 15-inch JBL speaker. If you acquire a real TS9 pedal later, switch the Katana to Clean amp type at gain 3 and push the front end with the pedal's output level. Outro solo: switch to the neck pickup.

PRO TIPStevie tuned down a half-step to Eb and used heavy strings (.013–.058); strike with the rounded corner of a heavy pick using an aggressive downward rake over muted strings to get the percussive Texas shuffle snap.

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