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Which era was your favorite Clapton tone?

I dont think Clapton ever had bad tone, but the Cream years are my fav.

.........dare i say that..........i never liked claptons tone.................


Originally Posted by fenderiarhs.........dare i say that..........i never liked claptons tone................. Really? Not even the Bluesbreakers or Derek (pure Strat heaven IMHO)?


Originally Posted by fenderiarhs.........dare i say that..........i never liked claptons tone................. Sorry all...I'm with him....

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 quot;croosroadsquot; Live as a refernce. When I describe the Strat Tone. Its always the Layla Album

I still think some of Clapton's best playing was for Roger Waters on Pros amp; Cons Of Hitch Hiking.

He has good tone, and i like strat tone, but i was never blown away. I like my own tone better.


Originally Posted by gripweedWhich era was your favorite Clapton tone?

A tie between the Bluesbreakers and Cream periods, both GREAT!

Bluesbreakers. Gibson 1960 Les Paul thru a Marshall 45W combo. What more could you ask for.

cream (60's) - just good

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 amp; II). The same tone can be heard on the quot;Fresh Live Creamquot; DVD, when they show them playing in a Paris club.

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.

Clapton's tone was more hard edged back in the bluesbreakers and cream days. I like it better than the tone he has now.

Bluesbreakers for me, by just a whisker over Cream.

Cream

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.

Cream - especially the wah tone on White Room.

Who doesn't like Layla?

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!

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