Together with single coil guitars and transparent Fender amps, this will give you a richer tone. Bigger strings can be tuned down a half or full tone and still not be too loose, resulting in an even darker, fatter and woodier tone.One can say that big strings support a more dynamically playing style, from soft picking to hard hitting. Bigger strings also handle more beating from your fingers and pick before the string is “over-hit”, resulting in buzz and a blistering attack.Yes it is true that fatter strings result in a fatter, darker and beefier tone.Stevie had enormous finger strength and big hands. He had no problems with bending and shaking 013, 015, 019 strings for hours. It is not just the matter of big strings, it’s the relation between string gauge and the power in your hands and fingers. But, after having said this – SRV hung on to some specific pieces of gear and ways to use his gear, that made his tone as we know it. Some of this is described in the chapters below.
The SRV-tone can achieved with many different guitars, amps, pedals and speakers as long as you use them correctly together. This brute energy and control in his hands enables him with a technique and string touch that forms all his notes. We believe it’s his brute force and powerful technique that makes true fans recognize SRV by only hearing two seconds of a full-tone double string bend-and-shake lick from “Live at the El Mocambo”.
Broken down even more – it’s what he plays, how he plays it and what equipment he used to support him, that produced his overall SRV signature style and tone. His unique signature tone and straightforward pentatonic Texas blues licks can be immediately recognized. SRV invented his own licks, riffs and phrasings, and he borrowed things from players that inspired him such as Albert King, Jimi Hendrix and his older brother Jimmie Vaughan. Let there be no doubt – the most significant factor to his tone is the man himself, his playing style and his passion. We will kill some of the myths and make this more simple for you as a player so you can spend more of your time playing the guitar. Neither will we dive into pickup specs and things that are just distracting details. We will shed some new light on the case “How to achieve the SRV tone” – but not by listing all of Cezar Diaz’ amp mods. After having listened to and played his music for some decades we are amused with how most players focus on all the minor details and tend to overlook the big important factors. Players around the entire world have tried to replicate Stevie Ray Vaughan’s licks and tone, and it sure as hell is not easily done. Few artists have been so widely discussed among guitar players in terms of tone influence.
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