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Eric Clapton Guitar Settings - The Sound Woman

Eric Clapton has used many guitars in setting a career that lasted several decades, but people are still fascinated by a voice that people call "woman" tone. If you do not know what it means to listen to songs Cream, "Sunshine Of Your Love" featuring a guitar solo begins with the melody of "Blue Moon" by Rodgers and Hart. With these things there is no modern technology available to him in the sixties, Eric just set his guitar and amp in accordance with taste and play.

Some of what you hear on the record again with what happened as recorded music rather than with voice Clapton set out to make. Eric Clapton always play with the volume at full speed and the tone is set very low. The use of wah-wah pedal and heavy gauge strings too much to contribute to the sound.

Eric Clapton with the Bluesbreakers John Mayall appeared in the sixties played a 1960 Les Paul Standard guitar. amp is a Marshall 1962 2x12 watt forty-five combinations. He fought with producers and engineers to be allowed to play at concert volume in the studio. This never happened at that time.

When he played with Cream, Clapton played a Gibson Les Paul SG 1964. He chose the 100 watt Marshall head and 4x12. He's also one of the pioneers of the wah-wah pedal. That's the guitar and amp that he produced the famous "woman" tone. Do not forget Eric was very overdriven Marshall amp and this one is a major contributor to his sound.

You can buy a pedal that should have to duplicate the settings of Eric Clapton's guitar, but you can be more "authentic" by setting the guitar and the amp itself. Because Eric has been seen playing Fender Stratocasters lot for several years, we'll stick with set the start to try to get that "woman tone." But remember that Eric is not playing when he started with the cream so you need to be creative to get results Your guitar sound.

You'll use the neck pickup. You need to reject the second and third the volume control knob to get the tone quite muddy. From here you need to use your ears to your voice to compare notes with one of Eric Clapton. As far as the amplifier you go, set your bass to about seven and five in the middle. treble should be set at five. This advice is only intended as a rough guide to start in the right direction to achieve the tone that you may not have the equipment to duplicate one hundred percent.