Your favorite Clapton tone?
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Stringmachine
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Re: Your favorite Clapton tone?
I dont think Clapton ever had bad tone, but the Cream years are my fav.
I dont think Clapton ever had bad tone, but the Cream years are my fav.
fenderiarhs
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Re: Your favorite Clapton tone?
.........dare i say that..........i never liked claptons tone................. :22: :22:
.........dare i say that..........i never liked claptons tone................. :22: :22:
The New Guy
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Re: Your favorite Clapton tone?
Sorry all...I'm with him....
fenderiarhs said:
Sorry all...I'm with him....
Bludave
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Re: Your favorite Clapton tone?
Yeah..... I agree he never had BAD tone...... All eras of his sound are great, just in different ways.
1. When I describe the ultimate HB tone, I use either the BB tone or "croosroads" Live as a refernce. When I describe the Strat Tone. Its always the Layla Album
Yeah..... I agree he never had BAD tone...... All eras of his sound are great, just in different ways.
1. When I describe the ultimate HB tone, I use either the BB tone or "croosroads" Live as a refernce. When I describe the Strat Tone. Its always the Layla Album
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Old Ghost
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Re: Your favorite Clapton tone?
Bluesbreakers. Gibson 1960 Les Paul thru a Marshall 45W combo. What more could you ask for.
Bluesbreakers. Gibson 1960 Les Paul thru a Marshall 45W combo. What more could you ask for.
Jeffrec
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Re: Your favorite Clapton tone?
Clapton's tone using the SG was his best overall. Especially the live stuff from the week in March of '68 when they were going back and forth between the Fillmore and the Winterland in San Fran (Live side of Wheels of Fire; Live Cream I & II). The same tone can be heard on the "Fresh Live Cream" DVD, when they show them playing in a Paris club.
Clapton's tone using the SG was his best overall. Especially the live stuff from the week in March of '68 when they were going back and forth between the Fillmore and the Winterland in San Fran (Live side of Wheels of Fire; Live Cream I & II). The same tone can be heard on the "Fresh Live Cream" DVD, when they show them playing in a Paris club.
bungalowbill
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Re: Your favorite Clapton tone?
Bluesbreakers #1 for sure and I love the Strat tone on the Layla Album. I don't care as much for his tone nowadays very compressed.
Bluesbreakers #1 for sure and I love the Strat tone on the Layla Album. I don't care as much for his tone nowadays very compressed.
Bob Zombie
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Re: Your favorite Clapton tone?
Clapton's tone was more hard edged back in the bluesbreakers and cream days. I like it better than the tone he has now.
Clapton's tone was more hard edged back in the bluesbreakers and cream days. I like it better than the tone he has now.
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That90'sGuy
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Re: Your favorite Clapton tone?
Cream
Cream
kmcguitars
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Re: Your favorite Clapton tone?
Tough Call. His B.B. tone set the standard for Rock guitar tone. I'm still
amazed by the sound he got . His cream era tone was great,But I think
that era was maybe his best playing. Then his lalya tone...A total
departer from his previous sounds and he pulled it off. I guess i gotta
with Layla. I'm a sucker for the Fender sound done well.
Tough Call. His B.B. tone set the standard for Rock guitar tone. I'm still
amazed by the sound he got . His cream era tone was great,But I think
that era was maybe his best playing. Then his lalya tone...A total
departer from his previous sounds and he pulled it off. I guess i gotta
with Layla. I'm a sucker for the Fender sound done well.
Re: Your favorite Clapton tone?
I came close to saying Creem as it was such an amazing tone..... but i think some of the stuff i heard him do in the 90's was amazing! Towards the end of the 90's i saw him on tv doing a concert and he had a few Bassman looking amps with him... I heard they were custom shop amps made with new and vintage fender parts..... When he did Badge and had some sort of phaser type effect on it sounded God Like!
WhoFan
I came close to saying Creem as it was such an amazing tone..... but i think some of the stuff i heard him do in the 90's was amazing! Towards the end of the 90's i saw him on tv doing a concert and he had a few Bassman looking amps with him... I heard they were custom shop amps made with new and vintage fender parts..... When he did Badge and had some sort of phaser type effect on it sounded God Like!
WhoFan
