Song Rig
Slippin' In
Buddy Guy · Slippin' In · 1994
Tone Overview
What Makes This Sound Unique
Grammy-winning comeback album — Buddy's 1994 tone is more polished than the Chess Records era, with modern production giving the Stratocaster a heavier, more saturated sound appropriate to the contemporary blues-rock market. This is the tone that introduced Buddy to a generation of listeners through his Damn Right, I've Got the Blues era.
Signal Chain
- 1Fender Stratocaster (signature polka dot, bridge pickup)
- 2Fender Dual Professional or Tone Master (high volume)
- 3Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9 (light boost)
Amp Settings
The 1990s Buddy tone is slightly more processed than the Chess era — a TS9 boost adds harmonic density and the production is clearer. Still fundamentally a Fender amp and Strat interaction, just with more studio polish.
Technique
How to Play It
Feedback exploitation as expression — Buddy's 1990s live reputation involves extreme feedback use, and the studio recordings capture a more controlled version of this technique with sustained notes allowed to bloom into harmonic feedback.
Budget Alternative
Achievable With
Stratocaster → Ibanez TS9 (low gain, high volume) → Fender Blues Deluxe or Twin Reverb at high volume → stand close to amp for controlled feedback on sustained notes.
Your Gear
Adapt to My Amp
More from Buddy Guy
Other Song Rigs
Damn Right, I've Got the Blues
Damn Right, I've Got the Blues · 1991
Buddy Guy's commercial comeback at age 55 — a Stratocaster into a Fender Bassman…
View rig →Stone Crazy
Stone Crazy! · 1981
Earlier Buddy Guy through a rougher, more vintage-flavoured setup — a small Fend…
View rig →Feels Like Rain
Damn Right, I've Got the Blues · 1991
The most blues-standard performance on the album — a slow, heartfelt ballad wher…
View rig →Stone Crazy (Live)
I Was Walking Through the Woods (Live) · 1974
The early Buddy Guy recorded live — the Stratocaster into a Fender Super Reverb …
View rig →Sweet Little Angel
I Was Walking Through the Woods · 1970
Buddy at his most lyrical — a slow blues cover that shows the warmer, more contr…
View rig →Let Me Love You Baby
A Man and the Blues · 1968
Uptempo Chicago blues shuffle — Buddy's most aggressive Strat tone from the Ches…
View rig →