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 · Pedalboard
Guitar
Gibson SG Standard 'The Fool' (1964)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Marshall Super Lead 100 (1959, cranked)
Marshall 1960 4x12 (Celestion)
Stage/dynamic mic (live)
Marshall Super Lead 100 (1959, cranked)
preamp
Volume
9
Treble
7
Middle
6
Bass
5
Presence
6
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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