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pride and joy amp settings — boss katana mini x

The stevie ray vaughan guitar tone for “pride and joy”, dialed in for a boss katana mini x with a harley benton sc-450 cs. Studio version, Texas Flood (1983) — recorded November 24, 1982 at Jackson Browne's studio

Original rig

1962/63 Fender Stratocaster 'Number One' with 1959 single-coil pickups, Fender Vibroverb (1964) with 15" JBL D130F speaker cranked (Volume 6, Treble 5.5, Mid 3, Bass 4), Dumble Dumbleland Special with 4x12 EV cabinet, Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer (Drive 2-3, Tone 4, Level 9-10) for solo boost

Warm, singing Texas blues crunch with fat low-mids, glassy highs, and touch-sensitive dynamics — clean enough to articulate pick attack, dirty enough to bark on hard strokes

Amp settings — boss katana mini x

CHANNELCrunchBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	4
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	5
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPneck+middle TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Katana Mini X lacks the Vibroverb's 15" speaker warmth and tube sag, so Crunch channel at moderate gain approximates the edge-of-breakup feel. Your SC-450's humbuckers are hotter and darker than SRV's 1959 single coils — treble dropped from original 5.5 to 5, mid pushed to 7 to recover the vocal midrange bark SRV got from low-output pickups. The Katana has no presence or reverb knobs on this model.

PRO TIPSRV held his heavy pick almost sideways and attacked the strings hard from the wrist — this pick-angle and aggressive dynamics are 70% of his tone; dig in on downstrokes and let off for the clean phrases to exploit the Crunch channel's touch sensitivity.

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