If there is one tone that every blues-rock player chases, it’s the Stevie Ray Vaughan (SRV) sound. It’s a “Texas-sized” tone: massive, glass-like cleans with a stinging, percussive attack and a layer of smooth overdrive that feels like it’s about to explode.
Achieving the “David Gilmour” tone, The “Pulse” Recipe—that majestic, wide-as-the-ocean sound—requires a very specific philosophy: extreme clean headroom paired with surgical gain stacking.