Crossroads
Cream's definitive live moment, cut at Winterland in March 1968 and released on Wheels of Fire. Eric Clapton's 1964 Gibson SG 'The Fool' ran straight into cranked 100-watt Marshall Super Lead stacks — no pedals at all. On the bridge pickup the amps sing with biting, vocal sustain, the opposite of his rolled-off 'woman tone.' The solo is improvised over a fast blues form; the tone is all guitar, hands, and cranked Plexi.
Wheels of Fire
What we checked
Computed by a program, on this recipe, every time this page is built. How this works
Preset files — 1 of 3 complete
- Helix builds complete — every block in the recipe is in the file
- Quad Cortex 4 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
Which ones
Replaced with a stand-in: Studio Comp, 4x12 Greenback, Room, Tilt EQ. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.
- Katana 3 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
Which ones
Replaced with a stand-in: Lead, Reverb, FX (Compressor). These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.
What we didn't check
- Nobody played this through a real amp. There is no human listening test behind any number on this page.
- The settings are reasoned from the sources below, not measured off the record.
- No audio has been rendered for this recipe yet, so you cannot hear it before you load it.
- 3 platforms on this page (TONEX, Kemper, Fractal) get a model pointer, not a preset file — nothing was built or checked for them.
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