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Solo Tone
Sunshine of Your Love
Cream
Guitarrock1960s
Original Gear
Guitar1964 Gibson SG Standard 'The Fool'
Amp1966 Marshall Super 100 (JTM 45/100) with KT66 tubes into Marshall 1960B 4x12 cabinet (Celestion G12M 'greenback' speakers)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass8.5
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Notes
Studio recording, 1967 (Disraeli Gears sessions). All sources agree this was the studio rig. No pedals or external effects used; all tone from guitar and amp. Solo section used neck pickup with tone rolled down for 'woman tone'.
Tone Character(10)
buttery and vocalnasal, mid-focusedsmooth sustainrolled-off highswarm and thicksinging, lyrical qualitycompressed and saturatedno audible reverb or delaydistinctive 'woman tone'not clean, but overdriven
Difficulty
The solo requires intermediate technique, especially in phrasing, vibrato, and dynamic control, but does not involve advanced speed or complex runs.
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Original Gear
Guitar1964 Gibson SG Standard 'The Fool'
Amp1966 Marshall Super 100 (JTM 45/100) with KT66 tubes into Marshall 1960B 4x12 cabinet (Celestion G12M 'greenback' speakers)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass8.5
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Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 1967 (Disraeli Gears sessions). All sources agree this was the studio rig. No pedals or external effects used; all tone from guitar and amp. Solo section used neck pickup with tone rolled down for 'woman tone'.
Tone Character(10)
buttery and vocalnasal, mid-focusedsmooth sustainrolled-off highswarm and thicksinging, lyrical qualitycompressed and saturatedno audible reverb or delaydistinctive 'woman tone'not clean, but overdriven
Difficulty
The solo requires intermediate technique, especially in phrasing, vibrato, and dynamic control, but does not involve advanced speed or complex runs.