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Riff Tone

Sunshine of Your Love

Cream

Guitarrock1960s

Original Gear

Guitar1964 Gibson SG Standard ('The Fool')
Amp1966 Marshall JTM45 head with Marshall 1960B 4x12 cabinet

Amp Settings

gain7.5
bass7

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 1967. Used for the main riff/rhythm section of 'Sunshine of Your Love'. No evidence of pedals or effects other than amp overdrive for the riff section. Pickup selector set to bridge for riff, neck for solo. 'Woman tone' achieved by rolling down guitar tone knob. No evidence of live/touring substitutions for this recording.

Tone Character(10)
warm and fathonking midrangepercussive attackbrighter character while still sounding fatwoman tonenatural compression and sustainfull frequency rangenot particularly high gainsinging sustainvocal-like warmth

Difficulty

The riff is iconic but not technically complex, requiring tight timing, muting, and a strong sense of groove, but does not involve advanced techniques or high speed.

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