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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, Marshall 1960B 4x12 cabinet with Celestion G12M 'greenback' speakers
Amp Settings
gain7.5
bass8.5
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Notes
Studio recording, 1967. Solo section used neck pickup with volume at 10 and tone rolled down to 1 for 'woman tone'. No pedals or external effects used; amp and guitar controls only.
Tone Character(10)
fat, honking midrangewarm and smoothsinging sustainrolled-off highswoman tonefull frequency rangenatural compressionnot muddyretains good definitionthick, vocal-like quality
Difficulty
The solo is moderately challenging due to the need for expressive vibrato, controlled bends, and phrasing, especially with the unique 'woman tone' settings that can easily become muddy if not played cleanly.
This tone has been researched 2 times by the community
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Original Gear
Guitar1964 Gibson SG Standard ('The Fool')
Amp1966 Marshall Super 100 (JTM 45/100) with KT66 tubes, Marshall 1960B 4x12 cabinet with Celestion G12M 'greenback' speakers
Amp Settings
gain7.5
bass8.5
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This tone has been researched 2 times by the community
Notes
Studio recording, 1967. Solo section used neck pickup with volume at 10 and tone rolled down to 1 for 'woman tone'. No pedals or external effects used; amp and guitar controls only.
Tone Character(10)
fat, honking midrangewarm and smoothsinging sustainrolled-off highswoman tonefull frequency rangenatural compressionnot muddyretains good definitionthick, vocal-like quality
Difficulty
The solo is moderately challenging due to the need for expressive vibrato, controlled bends, and phrasing, especially with the unique 'woman tone' settings that can easily become muddy if not played cleanly.