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About Scuttle Buttin'

"Scuttle Buttin'" is an instrumental track by Stevie Ray Vaughan, the acclaimed blues rock guitarist and frontman of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. The piece showcases SRV's blistering speed, precise picking, and deep blues vocabulary, making it a benchmark for electric guitarists seeking to develop technique and feel. Often used as an opener in live settings, it remains one of the most challenging and rewarding SRV pieces to learn.

  • "Scuttle Buttin'" is fully instrumental, so guitarists must carry the entire musical statement without any vocal melody as a guide.
  • SRV is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, despite a mainstream career spanning only seven years.
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan was the younger brother of guitarist Jimmie Vaughan, growing up in a household steeped in blues and guitar music.

How to Play Scuttle Buttin'

The song moves through: A, B, C (Solo), D (Solo Cont’d), E (Solo Cont’d), F.

Tuning: E Standard · Key: E minor · Tempo: 120 BPM · Difficulty: Medium

"Scuttle Buttin'" opens with a relentless, fast shuffle riff in E minor at 166 bpm, and the immediate challenge is locking in the swing feel while maintaining clean fretting hand articulation at that tempo. The extended solo sections (C through E) demand precise string bending, double-stop phrases, and quick position shifts across the neck, so isolate each solo segment individually rather than chasing the full run-through. A common pitfall is rushing the shuffle by treating it as straight sixteenth notes; the lopsided triplet feel must stay consistent from the very first bar or the whole piece loses its drive.

Use the section loop to isolate a passage, drop the speed below 100%, and set the metronome to 120 BPM to build it up to tempo.

Fender Stratocaster
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Fender Stratocaster

SRV's heavily worn '63 'Number One' with thick .013-.058 strings and responsive single-coils defined his expressive, dynamic tone. The guitar's worn frets and responsive pickups let him control saturation purely through picking attack and volume knob, a cornerstone of his finger-driven style.

Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9
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Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9

SRV used the TS9 as a clean boost with minimal drive, maxing the level to push his cranked tube amps into heavier saturation while adding midrange focus. This approach preserved his dynamic control and kept the tone transparent, letting his fingers shape every nuance of sustain and breakup.

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