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.
Wheels of FireSignal path · input → output · 4 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Gibson SG Standard 'The Fool' (1964)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Lead
Reverb
FX (Compressor)
Lead
← Marshall Super Lead 100 (1959)
Gain
65
Volume
70
Bass
50
Middle
60
Treble
70
Presence
60
Master
65
Reverb
← Winterland room ambience
Time
14ms
PreDelay
20ms
Tone
55
EffectLevel
14
FX (Compressor)
← Studio/FRFR compression
Rate
0Hz
Depth
0
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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