Hey guys,
I really want to recreate Eric Clapton's tone from this track.
Anybody know of any profiles out there that come close? I found a Cream profile in rig exchange but it didn't really hit the mark.
Cheers,
Michael
Eric Clapton - Cream - Crossroads
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I'll inbox ya
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A Marshall and a Gibson Les Paul or Sg to start with. There are quite a few Marshall rigs out there. A Jtm 45 might be Ok. I think he was using a Marshall with 100 watts live.
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Pretty sure it was the SG (Les Paul) on that track
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Pretty sure it was the SG (Les Paul) on that track
The pyschodelic painted one or was it plain cherry red then?
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Thanks for the advice guys! Unfortunately all I have is a Fender Strat and a Gretsch but I'll try a few different Marshall profiles.
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why would a grown man want to sound like another grown man ?
( just kidding )
...find modded bassman, called cream...it was a part of the original Kemper rigs. Siggi Mehl, If
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the Gretsch will probably work better, single coils won't get you there . Don't forget to roll back the tone control to get closer to his "woman tone"
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Sorry to revive a dead one but I was looking around for a good basic marshall for a Clapton era tone also.
Interestingly, it was watching Mark Dannells nailing of Cream era Clapton tone and Steely Dan era Carlton tone that convinced me that the Kemper could achieve what I wanted.
Clapton and Carlton on KemperAlso in regards to the guitar, I had always thought that Clapton had played an ES 335 for that tune as Mark used above however an internet search supported the SG as being the guitar in question. In listening to the track Clapton doesn't have a huge amount of sustain midrange presence so I thought a semi hollow was appropriate. Indeed I have heard others nail his tone on 335s so it certainly possible to get that sound with one.
Interestingly, I was listening to James Santiago of Voodoo Lab preparing a Eric Johnson "Cliffs of Dover" sound by first getting a Cream era Clapton sound as a base. He didn't seem to let the fact that he had a strat get in his way.
Claptony marshall base for Johnson sound
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What is more amazing is the way he gets this same sound with a Fender Twin and a Giggity!I guess the lesson here is that James is a good enough player with good enough ears to get any sound he wants with a few basic pieces of equipment. So cool.
