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Pride and Joy amp settings — Zoom G1 Four

The Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble guitar tone for “Pride and Joy”, dialed in for a Zoom G1 Four with a Fender Player Telecaster. Studio version, Texas Flood (1983) — recorded live at Down Town Studio, Los Angeles, November 24, 1982

Original rig

Fender Super Reverb or Fender Vibroverb (accounts vary, both blackface-era Fenders) cranked near breakup, 1963 Fender Stratocaster with heavy strings (.013-.058), no pedals — all tone from fingers, guitar volume, and amp pushed hard

Fat, warm Texas shuffle crunch with huge low-end for a trio, singing sustain on bends, bright slap-back reverb filling sonic space, touch-sensitive dynamics from clean to gritty depending on attack

Amp settings — Zoom G1 Four

CHANNELDELUXE REVERB model (amp type DLX-R on the G1 Four — Fender Deluxe Reverb simulation, closest to SRV's blackface Fender clean-breakup tone)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	7
Mid	6
Treble	5
Reverb	5
Master	8

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01ZNR (Zoom Noise Reduction) — built-in on G1 Four

Light noise gate to tame single-coil hiss without killing sustain — bypass if you want full open signal

Depth 3

02Plate Reverb (Hall or Plate reverb block on G1 Four)

Bright, long reverb tail per the isolated track — this fills the trio's sonic space. Place post-amp in the signal chain on the G1 Four editor

Decay 6 · Mix 4 · Tone 7

Why these settings

SRV's Strat with heavy strings into a cranked blackface Fender = fat low-end and vocal mids. Your Tele's bridge pickup is brighter and thinner, so use the NECK pickup and roll tone to 6 to warm it up. The G1 Four's DLX-R model is the closest Fender breakup voice — push gain to 6 (SRV ran his amps on the edge of breakup, not fully clean). Bass +1 vs typical Fender settings because the original track has unusually big bottom for guitar, filling the trio arrangement.

PRO TIPSRV's secret weapon was his right hand — dig in HARD with the pick near the bridge for that snappy attack on the shuffle rhythm, then move toward the neck and lighten up for singing lead phrases. The dynamics come from your touch, not a pedal. Practice the muted 'chucka' between chord stabs to nail that percussive shuffle groove.

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