No. 0741968·blues-rock·3 blocks
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.
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Guitar
Gibson SG Standard 'The Fool' (1964)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Studio Comp
Plexi 100W High
4x12 Greenback
Room
Filter Tilt
Studio Comp
← Studio/FRFR compression
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
10s
Release
200s
Mix
0.3
Level
0dB
Plexi 100W High
← Marshall Super Lead 100 (1959)
Drive
7.2
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
7
Presence
6
MV
7
Cut
4
4x12 Greenback
← Marshall 1960 4x12 (Celestion)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut9500Hz
Level
0dB
Room
← Winterland room ambience
Mix
0.1
Decay
1.4s
Predelay
0.0ms
Filter Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 074
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.
— Eric Clapton
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