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Pride and Joy amp settings — M-Vave Tank G

The Stevie ray guitar tone for “Pride and Joy”, dialed in for a M-Vave Tank G with a PRS Custom 24. Studio cut, Texas Flood (1983) — main shuffle riff & verse

Original rig

1962/63 Fender Stratocaster 'Number One' (middle pickup) into a 1964 Fender Vibroverb (15-inch JBL speaker) blended with a Dumble Dumbleland Special 4x12 cab, pushed by an Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer

Fat, dynamic Texas blues breakup with bell-like single-coil spank and vocal low-mid punch
Amp settings — M-Vave Tank G
CHANNELAMP slot: US Classic (Fender Clean model) + 2x12 Open Back Cab IRBRIGHToffBOOSToff
GAIN 6 BASS 5 MID 7 TREBLE 6 REVERB 2 MASTER 7
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain6
Bass5
Mid7
Treble6
Reverb2
Master7
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Guitar
PICKUPneck+middle TONE9 VOLUME9
Signal chain

01Tank G Overdrive Slot (TS / Green OD)

Engaged as a clean boost to push the front of the amp model, tighten the lows, and push the mids

Gain 2 · Tone 5 · Level 8

02Tank G Reverb Slot (Spring)

Subtle room/spring ambience

Decay 3 · Tone 5 · Mix 2
Why these settings

The PRS Custom 24 humbuckers produce significantly hotter output and thicker mids than Stevie's vintage Strat pickups, so the split-coil inner/parallel neck+middle setting is critical to emulate single-coil chime. On the Tank G, use the US Classic Fender-style amp voice pushed by the onboard TS-style overdrive block running high level and minimal gain. Keep the amp bass restrained at 5 so the humbucker low end does not turn into muddy flub on the aggressive shuffles. Outro solo: switch to the pure neck pickup and roll tone to 8.

PRO TIPStevie tuned down a half-step to Eb and attacked the strings with heavy .013 gauge strings using the round shoulder of a heavy pick; pick hard near the neck to get that percussive 'whack' on the muted downstrokes.

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