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
Search Rig Exchange for 'Marshall Super Lead' or 'Plexi'
Hall Reverb
Studio Comp
← Studio/FRFR compression
Sustain
3
Tone
5
Volume
0
Search Rig Exchange for 'Marshall Super Lead' or 'Plexi'
← Marshall Super Lead 100 (1959)
Gain
6.5
Bass
5
Middle
6
Treble
7
Presence
6
Hall Reverb
← Winterland room ambience
Decay
1.4s
Predelay
20ms
Mix
0.1
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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