I can't imagine how much time it took to put this together! I really appreciate it! Love Clapton and his sound... and have always wondered what was used at different times in his career! Great job and thank you!
Great video! Just a little note: the couple of Fender Twins that Eric used for Cream reunion in 2005 were the 40 W ‘57 reissue Twins, with 5e8a circuit and Weber designed Eminence built alnico speakers. He used this model from 2005 until 2011, when the EC Twinolux (based on Fender ‘57 reissue Twin, not casually equipped with the same Weber/Eminence speakers) started to appear on stage.
Yes - he has said in interview that these are close enough to his Bluesbreaker amp but critically are consistent in production so he doesn't have to worry about a theft, breakdown on tour.
Nice one, Ramon :) Some extra info - Clapton also used a Pignose amp at the end of the Layla sessions. This was an early model, before they were on general sale.
I remember a magazine interview with SRVs guitar tech where he said he was asked to work on Claptons tweed Fender as it was one he had had set up for UK voltage despite it being vintage American EC plugged in and started playing in front of the Tech who was just so mesmerised at his playing! Clapton said “this isn’t good is it?” the Tech saying “yes yes it’s fine!“ And Eric is replying “but aren’t I smoking?” Only to get the reply “yes you’re really Smokin’, man!!” And then the Tech looked up and saw fumes coming out the back of the amp so immediately pulled the plug on a confused Clapton!
Wonderfully detailed rundown of Eric's amps through the years. Way more than I was expecting. Excellent work! At 22:10 was surprised to see him wearing a T-shirt that says Niagara Falls, Canada.
My ears can feel the years playing in bands since I was a kid… it literally amazes me they weren’t all deaf as a post before the solo years, or at least had bad hearing problems like tinnitus.
Eric said in an interview that he saw Hendrix & the Who with the Marshalls. So he ordered one for himself. He didn't like the sound of the speakers the cabinet came with, & asked that Marshall install JBLs. You can see the JBLs at time stamp 18:00 with the silver dust covers showing thru the grill cloth.
Here before but gone ;) Insane amount of research done here. Staggering amount of history ! 10 in '67 so all in with Cream's Fresh Cream. Saw him in '07 as a 50th BD gift. Amazing with Derek Trucks playing i read his last show with them then, Ca's HPP, next, the ABB in Sacto. Never looked for amps....Amazed just to be there :) I might never have gigged without EC's influence. Cheers, TGS !
Great work l love the detail, I would like to add l saw Eric Clapton with the Blues Breakers.He was playing though an Echolette combo ,this was at a gig in Woking's Atalanta ballroom... 23 may 66 ,he played "I'm your whitchdoctor" and really got the guitar to feedback, as on the record, I'd be interested to hear if anybody else remembers that. I always thought that's the amp he used on the record.At the time ,l was playing in bands. and seeing how great he was ,certainly was a very inspiring experience.
I never heard a tweed Fender amp in person until I built one about 12 years ago. It was a '59 Princeton kit with an upgraded 10" speaker. I carefully upgraded the tubes, wiring and other components. One of the mellowest and cleanest amps I've ever heard. Great video!
This is really awesome. I like finding out about the history of how Eric Clapton got his sound. Eric Clapton is my favorite guitarist, followed by Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Cheers! ✌️🎸
Never any mention of The Graham Bond Organisation, which is when many of us, first got to hear Eric's playing. Basically Cream + one. Not complaining, as this is a great informative upload. Many thanks!
I'm pretty sure only Jack and Ginger were in the Graham Bond Organization, along with Graham Bond on keys, vocals and sometimes sax, and Dick Hexstall Smith on Sax. The guitarist in thst band was John McLaughlin
Totally agree. A great player can take anything and make it sound decent . Too many players , spend thousands on amps , guitars and pedals , when in reality , they would be better spending money on lessons , or simply practice more .
The old saying in guitar playing is 100% true: It's all in the player's hands. ANY decent to excellent guitarist will still sound like himself ( or herself ) regardless of the guitar or rig they use..........outside of the typical characteristics that each guitar & amp is well known for. But those unique nuances...........that's all in the hands of the player.
Pete Townshend probably recorded with a Marshall JTM45 head before anyone else and used distortion or overdrive on it. Check his tone on "Out In The Street" and "The Ox" from 1965
Fantastic job with this video history of the most important amps in history! A boatload of work and research went into this I'm sure and it's very much appreciated my friend... world class stuff honestly...keep reaching higher brother.. between yourself and Keith Williams at 5 Watt world 🌎 there's an incredible historical record being established to document the most important aspects of Rock and blues music... invaluable service you are providing to these great musicians who paved the way for generations...mad respect ✌️👊🤘😁🎸🎶
@@TheGuitarShow you are very welcome..meant every word..mad respect to you folks.. forever following..🤘😁🎸🎶.it's so important...every day we lose more of the older generations and the stories and legacy that they all individually possess is unfortunately lost with that if we don't take care of the history and make sure it's passed on to the next generation...that's the only way it will survive.. because mainstream music as a whole is not rock and blues anymore....bless u all🤘
Leslie West used Sunn amps and his distortion sound was incredible. His tone was renown for it's smooth crunch. I may be wrong, but I don't agree that Eric was going for a "very loud clean sound" with those Sunn amps, but I'm not an expert. Maybe he was. I just know about Leslie's (accidental) experience with them. I believe it was the record company who sent him those Sunn amps. When he opened up the boxes and saw Sunn amps, he said "What the fuck am I gonna do with THESE!!" (Rhetorical question?) But after he hooked them up he was very pleased with the sound, and so was everybody else.
As a long-time user of a solid state Sessionette 75, I'm pleased to see that you didn't miss out the fact that EC used Rockette 30s in the 1980s. Great amps, and not a valve in sight.
My teacher had a Dual Showman that I used for a while in my teens. That was such a beautiful amp. Definitely not for Cream style stuff, but absolutely perfect for dreamy tones. I also had a grey 90s clapton strat with the Lace pickups in it for a long time. It is the best strat I have ever played (I am a humbucker guy, so I have played more than I have owned). It was a fantastic guitar.
Thanks man! Yes this was an interesting one, I had some good reference books but there's always gaps that you need to fill in by searching for the correct jnfo.
Unbelievable collection of history with photos and tons of informative narrative. Brilliant! Great job. I was learning guitar in the later 60s and when listening to Clapton and then his Crossroads version with Cream his solos there just grabbed me a blew me away. I thought how the heck am I going to play that? I basically was still in the learning phase. I’ve followed Eric to this day. There are a good bunch of guitarists out there over the years. Whew!
Mick Grabham (Procol Harum), personally told me that the "Beano" amp had GREENBACKS in it, NOT the alnicos. He has several friends who were at the sessions who all told him it was the Greenbacks only. He was also told that his Vox was seen in the studio during those sessions, but its not known if it was ever used on the album.
Excellent overview. Great research work. Before I started making amplifiers, I was not understanding how much artists and their personal needs and taste have influenced the early stages of companies like Marshall. Now I totally get it. Marshall was not a giant company that made their amplifiers at few factories in different countries. They were few people and their families helping out. They were client driven, supplying what was asked from them. Also, an interesting point for me was that he used JCM800 and Soldano. Both were and are considered high gain amplifiers but were capable of much more. Warren Haynes uses SLO100 as well. Mike Soldano has great life story. He deserved more than people know. Mesa should pay him royalties for every double and triple rectifier for using his work to make their amplifiers. Sure everything is copy of something but it's not nice to do that and take share of the market away. Anyhow EC was and is master of tone using what ever he wanted to complement rest of the gear and get his sound. Disregarding what he has used you coild hear him playing. Even when he changed styles and level of gain. That's part of what makes him a legend.
33:55 Bruce Zinky initially made the replica amps for Eric but they were SO bad that Eric was going to leave Fender and go to Gibson because he felt insulted. That's when John Suhr stepped in to save the day. One detail John did after a load of other tweaks to get the sound closer was that he made the speaker baffle really loose like on the original, and with that little detail it nailed the sound and Eric stayed with Fender.
Great work! Three additions: 1. It's been reported in several places, and confirmed by Bobby Whitlock via his YT channel, that Eric and Duane also used a Pignose amp during the Layla sessions. 2. I saw Derek and Dominoes 12/6/70 at Syracuse, NY Duane also played (one of two appearances with DatD, the other being Tampa, FL). Eric used a Sunn Coliseum head and either 2 Sunn Cabinets or Fender cabinets - definitely not Marshall. 3. There's a video of Eric's band on the Japan tour with George Harrison and he is pretty clearly playing his Soldano. Thanks for the thorough history.
Hey Mike, I'd say much more likely to be a misremembered memory by Bobby Whitlock. Layla sessions were Aug-Oct 1970. Prototype Pignose 7-100 amps were handed out to various rock stars for promo purposes in 1972! Apparently Duane Allman had a prototype in 1970 but it's use on these sessions could be just promotional talk (or he did use it, but as a practise amp). Also, if you listen to the recordings I feel there is just too much clarity in the guitar sounds for it to be emanating from a battery powered amp with a 5 inch speaker! Fender Champ's as Tom Dowd stated, seem much more likely.
I’ve been busy for months, just getting some time to caught up your videos. Great video here man. I love your dedication to getting this level of detail in your research. Thanks for your dedication Goose!
The front cloth on Bluesbreaker combos was made from vacuum-cleaner bags for a Hoover model. Also, the covering for amps and speakers is Tolex, not " Toilex ".
Ugh. I had an 2X12 HD130 along with Music Man 4x12. Worst. Just brutally loud, clean, and lacking any kind of character. One of my biggest mistakes as a kid. I bought them new and lost a fortune on selling them.
Interesting. Your footage shows E playing a tele, albeit with what looks like a Strat neck! Ritchie Blackmore is on record as saying he obtained a Strat with a Tele neck (ie the opposite!) off Eric’s roadie. Seems like E mixed & matched, and then off loaded the parts he didn’t want . . . maybe? E seemed to favour humbucker loaded Gibsons, & Teles, which seem to be the Fenders favoured by predominant Gibson players, as they have a fatter sound than Strats, but a rather skinny neck. Maybe the Tele body plus Strat neck combo provided him with what he wanted? Great video thnx
Thank you so much…this is a fantastic piece of work. I’d not heard of your channel, YT popped it up, content quality superb, instantly subscribed, which I rarely do.
Loved this video!! Many thanks to all that made it . I know a lot of research went into it. One thing I'm curious about, The red telecaster Eric played in the Yardbirds was owned by their manager and when Eric left Jeff Beck played it. It was mentioned in the video that Eric played the same tele in the Bluesbreakers. The tele in the pic with the Bluesbreakers does not appear to be red, though it does have a white pickguard and rosewood neck like the red one, it appears to show wood grain like a butterscotch, possibly?
I used to play through full stack. Nothing spectacular, Peavey 100 watt tube head through a Kustom bottom cab and Crate top cab. That thing sounded absolutely beastly! Now I'm older and run that head through a 2x12 cab 😂
Eric Clapton is the guitar player I most try to play like..I was in my early teens when cream Disraeli gears was released. Then wheels of fire. I can’t even guess how many hundred times I listened to “spoonful “.. after cream for a cup, Clapton went into a different style, blind faith was OK Derek and the dominoes was OK, but then Clapton sort of went into an acoustic strumming mode. Cream was my favorite by far. I’m back in those days, when you turned on your radio, it was the best part of your car or your home stereo. You had cream, Hendrix, family, Rolling Stones, than Led Zeppelin, The doors, Robin Trower, then underground music from bands like spirit, Moby grape, Jefferson airplane, iron butterfly, Janice Joplin, The grateful dead. Those bands didn’t have music on the top 40 charts, but FM radio was just coming in, and many DJs played their music… Makes me feel sorry for people aspiring to be musicians today. You missed it
So Dumble charged Clapton 100k to mod 2 amps. I learned from Goose’s SRV video that he billed Stevie for phone conversations regarding the amp. I guess it goes without saying he wasn’t taking a sign strat as payment for the amps like Soldano did lol. Good for him I wouldn’t t have either.
@@stratolestele7611 I get it. I have amp tech guitar tech. Both the best. Guitar tech is John Ingram he was number 2 guy at prs at start. Famous for. Necks frets etc. he lives near me. I watched aevery person brings him guitar. they they want to talk guitars. (He worked on all the a players guitars. )So 4 people bring bring him a guitar. Then each person wants to bs with about guitars. For. 30 mins. That’s easy That’s 2 hours. And he had no work done. He is super polite never say anything. But watching him do this. Thinking that must add up. But he is cool about it . I never asked. Him. It was just me watching it happen .But. Now srv calls. And it business. About. The amp technical. Questions. Adjustment s etc . Spend 20 hours or 30 hrs over a month easy. That. Half work week for a pro. 1,500 ,3,000. Dollars. Before I get best you about numbers. Just guessing. But electrical engineer s make good money
wow...cheers...that was one hell of a lot of "amp" info...and also a time journey of my own as i started playing in the late 60s and actually owned a jtm 45 marshall (my 1st amp!!) as it was "old and fairly cheap"....yep of course i sold it/traded it against a fender twin reverb combo...oh well...we were young and needed the money...and had no idea this stuff would be worth a fortune one day...
Great video bro 😎. Super fascinating, its no wonder hes lost alot of his hearing. Loud loud loud is the way! My current rig is a 60s leslie, and a 1981 Marshall jcm800 50w into a 70s marshall cab. I used to play the jcm800 in stereo with my plexi super lead, in my house, cranked. My plexi needs tubes though i just haven’t changed them.
Love the content Hey I have an amp question for you Goose Which preamp tubes control the majority of the gain? I've heard it's the ones closest to the input jacks but wanting a 2nd opinion Thanks man
Hi great question, it generally depends on the amp. On my Dumble clone V1 is the preamp and V2 is the overdrive section and V3 is the phase inverter. I've found that altering the gain on V1 or V3 can affect the amount of gain in the overdrive section. Using 12AU7, 12AT7 and others to change the gain values. Hope that helps ...I'll do a video on this soon Paul
The Tremolux seen in the rehearsal photo, during The Blind Faith era is capable of surprisingly good saturated sound with a Y connector to both channels. I had one in 1970 (two cab stack) that I covered Blind Faith and Cream tunes. For more overdrive, I used a device called an LPB-1, a simple solid state pre-amp. Eric appears to be plugged into a pedal, maybe a fuzzface that was popular at that time. Many have thought Hendrix cranked his Marshalls to 10, but his overdrive was through a fuzzface and octavia pedal, the Marshall was his pedal platform, mostly clean.
Just one more thing - This marvelous video will remain in my constant rotation. I'm going to set out to search on your channel for similar Hendrix, Page, Townshend vids with great hopes I'll find them. 😉 Cheers from Texas 🇺🇸
Fun to see. Seems like after Cream he had a general idea what he wanted and just kept refining it which is trippy because that process took him "backward" technologically to 50s Femder circuits.
lt seems that like most guitarists Eric has been on a life long quest for the ideal amp, ironically in Erics case and IMO he had actually found the ideal combo for his style very early, this being a LP burst with a JTM45, this setup seems to compliment Erics attack nicely, l say this because anytime l hear him playing something that l really like a lot it turns out to be with that guitar and amp combination.
Exellent work Ramon, thank you, as dependable and knowledgable as ever. I have an old Tru Voice, it's loud but i wouldn't say the sound quality is great , how far things have come.
This was great, I’d love to see a video on the history of David Gilmour’s guitars or for something a bit more left field (as in bands you’ve probably not talked about before), James Hetfield or Kirk Hammett of Metallica, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top or Daron Malakian of System of a Down for a future video
I always wondered why in the days before good monitors, bands where the guitarist and bassist were each running two stacks, didn’t put one stack on the opposite side with the other musician. That way the guitarist and the bassist would both hear their own signal as well as the other’s.
he was still using an AC30 with John Mayall, throughout 1965. freeze frame @ 5:20… there's one right there. if you google image "Eric Clapton 1965" you will see an AC30 on stage with him countless times. there's even a photo from October '65 with him on stage with Mayall… there is no Marshall on stage, only an AC30.
I can't imagine how much time it took to put this together! I really appreciate it! Love Clapton and his sound... and have always wondered what was used at different times in his career! Great job and thank you!
Pleasure Chaz - really glad you enjoyed it!!
lots of work aye , just brilliant stuff
Lots of books & magazines and pics ..
Great video! Just a little note: the couple of Fender Twins that Eric used for Cream reunion in 2005 were the 40 W ‘57 reissue Twins, with 5e8a circuit and Weber designed Eminence built alnico speakers. He used this model from 2005 until 2011, when the EC Twinolux (based on Fender ‘57 reissue Twin, not casually equipped with the same Weber/Eminence speakers) started to appear on stage.
Yes - he has said in interview that these are close enough to his Bluesbreaker amp but critically are consistent in production so he doesn't have to worry about a theft, breakdown on tour.
Many thanks for the info 🙏🎸
Nice one, Ramon :) Some extra info - Clapton also used a Pignose amp at the end of the Layla sessions. This was an early model, before they were on general sale.
Thanks Derek, yes I also read that but found no photos so I couldn't include it unfortunately
When I was in high school,in the 70's, one of my favorite records was "History of Eric Clapton". What a great album.
Me, too! I also had the albums, Eric Clapton At His Best, and Jack Bruce At His Best.
So cool 🙏🎸
@@TheGuitarShow I really loved "Hideaway". That led to me discovering Freddie King.
I used to have 'History of Eric Clapton' in 8-track! Early 70s.
I remember a magazine interview with SRVs guitar tech where he said he was asked to work on Claptons tweed Fender as it was one he had had set up for UK voltage despite it being vintage American
EC plugged in and started playing in front of the Tech who was just so mesmerised at his playing! Clapton said “this isn’t good is it?” the Tech saying “yes yes it’s fine!“ And Eric is replying “but aren’t I smoking?” Only to get the reply “yes you’re really Smokin’, man!!” And then the Tech looked up and saw fumes coming out the back of the amp so immediately pulled the plug on a confused Clapton!
Yes ive red that interview back in early 90s..guitarworld mag i think🤙
Thanks for this bro 🙏🎸
@@TheGuitarShow thanks to YOU too
-Great Videos&Great Playing👍
14:05 - Just loving that psychedelic BASS VI paint job!
Yes that's so cool
Wonderfully detailed rundown of Eric's amps through the years. Way more than I was expecting. Excellent work! At 22:10 was surprised to see him wearing a T-shirt that says Niagara Falls, Canada.
Thanks very much and well spotted!
it was well more than i expected....but haven't we all gone through some gear over the decades...?
the more I listen back the more I hear Eric Clapton always found good tone.
My ears can feel the years playing in bands since I was a kid… it literally amazes me they weren’t all deaf as a post before the solo years, or at least had bad hearing problems like tinnitus.
Yea mainly due to the drummers cymbals for me !
I was feeling Gingers pain, being stuck between Eric and Jack's amps.
Yea man they all do😂 I don’t think anyone can play rock n roll Guitar or even just play the songs they love without eventually getting tinnitus
I believe Eric does have tinnitus.
Huh?
still used the SLO with George in Japan, George and Andy used the tweed bassman amps
Eric said in an interview that he saw Hendrix & the Who with the Marshalls. So he ordered one for himself. He didn't like the sound of the speakers the cabinet came with, & asked that Marshall install JBLs. You can see the JBLs at time stamp 18:00 with the silver dust covers showing thru the grill cloth.
This was awesome! I’m well educated on Clapton’s guitars but not so much his amps. Thanks for all your hard work! Keep it up! 🎸👍
Pleasure Rod 🙏🎸
Expertly dome! Thanks for the precision.
Great job researching and editing this . This was extremely well done . The narration was very good too. Excellent job mate.👍🏻
Here before but gone ;)
Insane amount of research done here. Staggering amount of history !
10 in '67 so all in with Cream's Fresh Cream.
Saw him in '07 as a 50th BD gift. Amazing with Derek Trucks playing i read his last show with them then, Ca's HPP, next, the ABB in Sacto.
Never looked for amps....Amazed just to be there :)
I might never have gigged without EC's influence.
Cheers, TGS !
Pleasure and thanks for a great comment 🙏🎸
great presentation with good research
Thank very much 🙏🎸
Great work l love the detail,
I would like to add l saw Eric Clapton with the Blues Breakers.He was playing though an Echolette combo ,this was at a gig in Woking's Atalanta ballroom... 23 may 66 ,he played "I'm your whitchdoctor" and really got the guitar to feedback, as on the record, I'd be interested to hear if anybody else remembers that. I always thought that's the amp he used on the record.At the time ,l was playing in bands. and seeing how great he was ,certainly was a very inspiring experience.
Nice to see my SESSION amp designs here... thanks! Stewart.
I never heard a tweed Fender amp in person until I built one about 12 years ago. It was a '59 Princeton kit with an upgraded 10" speaker. I carefully upgraded the tubes, wiring and other components. One of the mellowest and cleanest amps I've ever heard. Great video!
This is really awesome. I like finding out about the history of how Eric Clapton got his sound. Eric Clapton is my favorite guitarist, followed by Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Cheers! ✌️🎸
Many thanks Dwayne 🙏🎸
Eric also loved NATIONAL VALCO amps, as seen on a chair beside him on stage on From The Cradle To The Grave…….
Thanks for this
@@TheGuitarShow Good video…thank you 😊
Never any mention of The Graham Bond Organisation, which is when many of us, first got to hear Eric's playing.
Basically Cream + one. Not complaining, as this is a great informative upload. Many thanks!
Ah sorry - one of my favourite bands! Thanks for bringing that up!
I'm pretty sure only Jack and Ginger were in the Graham Bond Organization, along with Graham Bond on keys, vocals and sometimes sax, and Dick Hexstall Smith on Sax. The guitarist in thst band was John McLaughlin
Eric was never in the Graham Bond Organisation - Jack and Ginger were.
@@mitch7222 Yes you are right Mitch. It was a long time ago, and I'm getting old! Lol.
@@johnbuell8035 Yep! I got that wrong John.
These are the best documentaries on gear out there....really entertaining....job we ll done!
Thanks Rob that means a lot 🙏🎸
Dave Mason was in Derek and the Dominos? 19:46 never heard that before, apparently not for long.. btw ,excellent meticulous video !
It proves that the player IS the tone. Clapton is instantly recognisable irrespective of the countless combo, amp and cab set ups.
I so agree with this statement
Totally agree. A great player can take anything and make it sound decent . Too many players , spend thousands on amps , guitars and pedals , when in reality , they would be better spending money on lessons , or simply practice more .
@@TheSavagederek yep…the internet certainly doesn’t help this! Hah
Absolutely right! From a 5-watt Fender Champ to 100-watt Marshall, it's still EC. :-)
The old saying in guitar playing is 100% true: It's all in the player's hands. ANY decent to excellent guitarist will still sound like himself ( or herself ) regardless of the guitar or rig they use..........outside of the typical characteristics that each guitar & amp is well known for. But those unique nuances...........that's all in the hands of the player.
Realy nice and interesting information!
Thanks for the report 👍
Many thanks indeed 🙏🎸
Pete Townshend probably recorded with a Marshall JTM45 head before anyone else and used distortion or overdrive on it. Check his tone on "Out In The Street" and "The Ox" from 1965
True that !
Thanks for this Garth
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Well done! Very thorough - great info and pics!
Thanks Jeff
I’m blown away by the number of beano les Paul shots that I’ve never seen before. Good job
Fantastic job with this video history of the most important amps in history! A boatload of work and research went into this I'm sure and it's very much appreciated my friend... world class stuff honestly...keep reaching higher brother.. between yourself and Keith Williams at 5 Watt world 🌎 there's an incredible historical record being established to document the most important aspects of Rock and blues music... invaluable service you are providing to these great musicians who paved the way for generations...mad respect ✌️👊🤘😁🎸🎶
Thanks so much for a lovely comment!!!!
I can't say better than this!
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@@TheGuitarShow you are very welcome..meant every word..mad respect to you folks.. forever following..🤘😁🎸🎶.it's so important...every day we lose more of the older generations and the stories and legacy that they all individually possess is unfortunately lost with that if we don't take care of the history and make sure it's passed on to the next generation...that's the only way it will survive.. because mainstream music as a whole is not rock and blues anymore....bless u all🤘
@@promerops thanks my friend..
Outstanding research and presentation. Thanks for the video.
Leslie West used Sunn amps and his distortion sound was incredible. His tone was renown for it's smooth crunch. I may be wrong, but I don't agree that Eric was going for a "very loud clean sound" with those Sunn amps, but I'm not an expert. Maybe he was. I just know about Leslie's (accidental) experience with them. I believe it was the record company who sent him those Sunn amps. When he opened up the boxes and saw Sunn amps, he said "What the fuck am I gonna do with THESE!!" (Rhetorical question?) But after he hooked them up he was very pleased with the sound, and so was everybody else.
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As a long-time user of a solid state Sessionette 75, I'm pleased to see that you didn't miss out the fact that EC used Rockette 30s in the 1980s. Great amps, and not a valve in sight.
I agree I use the 75 as well for teaching....it's got an amazing tone
Great video! It not only informs widely about the details but it helps demistify some misconceptions about guitar tone.
Thank you
My teacher had a Dual Showman that I used for a while in my teens. That was such a beautiful amp. Definitely not for Cream style stuff, but absolutely perfect for dreamy tones. I also had a grey 90s clapton strat with the Lace pickups in it for a long time. It is the best strat I have ever played (I am a humbucker guy, so I have played more than I have owned). It was a fantastic guitar.
Great Job Goose! This must have taken a while to put together!
Thanks man! Yes this was an interesting one, I had some good reference books but there's always gaps that you need to fill in by searching for the correct jnfo.
@@TheGuitarShow much appreciated...cheers...
Unbelievable collection of history with photos and tons of informative narrative. Brilliant! Great job. I was learning guitar in the later 60s and when listening to Clapton and then his Crossroads version with Cream his solos there just grabbed me a blew me away. I thought how the heck am I going to play that? I basically was still in the learning phase. I’ve followed Eric to this day. There are a good bunch of guitarists out there over the years. Whew!
Many thanks Thomas and thanks for the comment 🙏🎸
- good bunch of (great) guitarists over the years. - true! :-)
Mick Grabham (Procol Harum), personally told me that the "Beano" amp had GREENBACKS in it, NOT the alnicos. He has several friends who were at the sessions who all told him it was the Greenbacks only. He was also told that his Vox was seen in the studio during those sessions, but its not known if it was ever used on the album.
Interesting!
Thank you! Loved this!
Thank you 🙏🎸
Another fine documentary Goose, thank you for all you do.
My pleasure thanks 🙏🎸
Excellent work on documenting all of this so thoroughly!
Thanks for watching Ivan
I wish you had talked about the Leslie 147 RV too. I believe Eric Clapton played one of those on Badge.
Outstanding work Ramon! Cheers \m/
Pleasure Clive 🙏🎸
Excellent overview. Great research work. Before I started making amplifiers, I was not understanding how much artists and their personal needs and taste have influenced the early stages of companies like Marshall.
Now I totally get it.
Marshall was not a giant company that made their amplifiers at few factories in different countries.
They were few people and their families helping out.
They were client driven, supplying what was asked from them.
Also, an interesting point for me was that he used JCM800 and Soldano. Both were and are considered high gain amplifiers but were capable of much more. Warren Haynes uses SLO100 as well. Mike Soldano has great life story. He deserved more than people know. Mesa should pay him royalties for every double and triple rectifier for using his work to make their amplifiers. Sure everything is copy of something but it's not nice to do that and take share of the market away.
Anyhow EC was and is master of tone using what ever he wanted to complement rest of the gear and get his sound. Disregarding what he has used you coild hear him playing. Even when he changed styles and level of gain. That's part of what makes him a legend.
This is the best work on EC's amps. Congratulations and thank you...you filled in many blanks.
My pleasure 🙏🎸🎸🎸
Very interesting as always and well put together, I was at Hyde park and remember liking the Edgar Broughton band better than Blind faith.
So cool, what a day to be there!! Thanks 🙏🎸
33:55 Bruce Zinky initially made the replica amps for Eric but they were SO bad that Eric was going to leave Fender and go to Gibson because he felt insulted. That's when John Suhr stepped in to save the day. One detail John did after a load of other tweaks to get the sound closer was that he made the speaker baffle really loose like on the original, and with that little detail it nailed the sound and Eric stayed with Fender.
So there was a picture of Cream with a keyboardist, who was that? Not the Blind Faith photo.
I love my twinolux, it became my one and only amp. Sold my other amps. The power attenuation and trem is all I wanted.
Fantastic, well that could be the sound on the Blind Faith album
Great work! Three additions:
1. It's been reported in several places, and confirmed by Bobby Whitlock via his YT channel, that Eric and Duane also used a Pignose amp during the Layla sessions.
2. I saw Derek and Dominoes 12/6/70 at Syracuse, NY Duane also played (one of two appearances with DatD, the other being Tampa, FL). Eric used a Sunn Coliseum head and either 2 Sunn Cabinets or Fender cabinets - definitely not Marshall.
3. There's a video of Eric's band on the Japan tour with George Harrison and he is pretty clearly playing his Soldano.
Thanks for the thorough history.
Hey Mike, I'd say much more likely to be a misremembered memory by Bobby Whitlock. Layla sessions were Aug-Oct 1970. Prototype Pignose 7-100 amps were handed out to various rock stars for promo purposes in 1972! Apparently Duane Allman had a prototype in 1970 but it's use on these sessions could be just promotional talk (or he did use it, but as a practise amp). Also, if you listen to the recordings I feel there is just too much clarity in the guitar sounds for it to be emanating from a battery powered amp with a 5 inch speaker! Fender Champ's as Tom Dowd stated, seem much more likely.
That is an impressive piece of work.
Thank you Mike
@@TheGuitarShow I was waiting to see if you got the Dominos Sunn amp rig and you did. That's when I said, OK this guy knows.
@@MikeC.11 Thank man lol 🙏🙏🙏🙏🎸
I’ve been busy for months, just getting some time to caught up your videos. Great video here man. I love your dedication to getting this level of detail in your research. Thanks for your dedication Goose!
Thanks David and good to see you back. Thanks bro
Most excellent, thanks!
Thanks Devan
Awesome show! Loved every minute of it! Thanks.
God Bless!
Thank you Ken
The Plastic Ono Band used 100-watt Traynor amps from Canada.
Includes. Advil
Ahh such a great vid to kick back to. Thx for your compilation from research
Pleasure Rick
Thanks. That was really good that!
Thank you David
This is an incredible video. Thank you. Amazing info.
Thank you Dennis
pic from 16:02 is the Morgan Studios in Willesden, London, where Blind Faith made their album.
Thanks
Awesome job with this amazing chunk of historic value!
Thank you
you are the Mark Felton of the guitar world. love the vid. keep it coming. many thanks
Very Cool, Awesome. Thankyou. This was very interesting. Cheers
Thanks very much 🙏🎸
The front cloth on Bluesbreaker combos was made from vacuum-cleaner bags for a Hoover model.
Also, the covering for amps and speakers is Tolex, not " Toilex ".
great detail, thank you!
Amazing, thank you so much for putting this video together.
Pleasure Joshua
I will always miss the sound
he had during the Music Man era! Clarity and definition! Saw him a couple of times....
Totally agree. I had a chance to buy a Music Man RD65 from a friend for $500 in the late 2000s and now really wish I had.
That's true he sounded really cool
Ugh. I had an 2X12 HD130 along with Music Man 4x12. Worst. Just brutally loud, clean, and lacking any kind of character. One of my biggest mistakes as a kid. I bought them new and lost a fortune on selling them.
I know someone that had a combo HD 130. What an amp!
Interesting. Your footage shows E playing a tele, albeit with what looks like a Strat neck! Ritchie Blackmore is on record as saying he obtained a Strat with a Tele neck (ie the opposite!) off Eric’s roadie. Seems like E mixed & matched, and then off loaded the parts he didn’t want . . . maybe? E seemed to favour humbucker loaded Gibsons, & Teles, which seem to be the Fenders favoured by predominant Gibson players, as they have a fatter sound than Strats, but a rather skinny neck. Maybe the Tele body plus Strat neck combo provided him with what he wanted? Great video thnx
Thanks for the extensive in depth study it must have taken to compile this🙏
Pleasure, thanks.
Makes sense that the Blind Faith live tone was like the Bluesbreaker tone. The JTM 100's are basically just louder Bluesbreaker amps.
I agree!
Thank you so much…this is a fantastic piece of work. I’d not heard of your channel, YT popped it up, content quality superb, instantly subscribed, which I rarely do.
Thanks so much Neil 🙏🎸
Loved this video!! Many thanks to all that made it . I know a lot of research went into it. One thing I'm curious about, The red telecaster Eric played in the Yardbirds was owned by their manager and when Eric left Jeff Beck played it. It was mentioned in the video that Eric played the same tele in the Bluesbreakers. The tele in the pic with the Bluesbreakers does not appear to be red, though it does have a white pickguard and rosewood neck like the red one, it appears to show wood grain like a butterscotch, possibly?
This was an incredible video, well done!
Thank you so much 🙏🎸
I used to play through full stack. Nothing spectacular, Peavey 100 watt tube head through a Kustom bottom cab and Crate top cab.
That thing sounded absolutely beastly! Now I'm older and run that head through a 2x12 cab 😂
good man Mike
Eric Clapton is the guitar player I most try to play like..I was in my early teens when cream Disraeli gears was released. Then wheels of fire.
I can’t even guess how many hundred times I listened to “spoonful “..
after cream for a cup, Clapton went into a different style, blind faith was OK Derek and the dominoes was OK, but then Clapton sort of went into an acoustic strumming mode.
Cream was my favorite by far. I’m back in those days, when you turned on your radio, it was the best part of your car or your home stereo. You had cream, Hendrix, family, Rolling Stones, than Led Zeppelin, The doors, Robin Trower, then underground music from bands like spirit, Moby grape, Jefferson airplane, iron butterfly, Janice Joplin, The grateful dead. Those bands didn’t have music on the top 40 charts, but FM radio was just coming in, and many DJs played their music…
Makes me feel sorry for people aspiring to be musicians today. You missed it
Thanks Jody great comment
So Dumble charged Clapton 100k to mod 2 amps. I learned from Goose’s SRV video that he billed Stevie for phone conversations regarding the amp. I guess it goes without saying he wasn’t taking a sign strat as payment for the amps like Soldano did lol. Good for him I wouldn’t t have either.
Yes it was either $90,000 or $100,000 per amp
I get it. You want to talk. Amps. For 4 hours dumble wants to get paid. But srv got irritated about it.
@@godbyone and rightfully so on SRV's part.
@@stratolestele7611 I get it. I have amp tech guitar tech. Both the best. Guitar tech is John Ingram he was number 2 guy at prs at start. Famous for. Necks frets etc. he lives near me. I watched aevery person brings him guitar. they they want to talk guitars. (He worked on all the a players guitars. )So 4 people bring bring him a guitar. Then each person wants to bs with about guitars. For. 30 mins. That’s easy That’s 2 hours. And he had no work done. He is super polite never say anything. But watching him do this. Thinking that must add up. But he is cool about it . I never asked. Him. It was just me watching it happen .But. Now srv calls. And it business. About. The amp technical. Questions. Adjustment s etc . Spend 20 hours or 30 hrs over a month easy. That. Half work week for a pro. 1,500 ,3,000. Dollars. Before I get best you about numbers. Just guessing. But electrical engineer s make good money
Let the rich eat the rich, but I digress this is an interesting story about the amps
17:50 Where is the link to the BF Live Gig mentioned, please? 🫣
Thank you for reminding me....just updated the description! 🙏🎸
@@TheGuitarShow A C E
(Great content as usual BTW)
I have a Purple JTM 45, Signed by Jim Marshall on the back 💜
Lovely Joe - I love that colour
Excellent video Ramon thanks ! Wicked details 👌
Thanks Shaun
wow...cheers...that was one hell of a lot of "amp" info...and also a time journey of my own as i started playing in the late 60s and actually owned a jtm 45 marshall (my 1st amp!!) as it was "old and fairly cheap"....yep of course i sold it/traded it against a fender twin reverb combo...oh well...we were young and needed the money...and had no idea this stuff would be worth a fortune one day...
Pleasure and great to hear form you bro!
As Usual.... A Fantastic piece of work TGS.
Many thanks indeed 🙏🎸
Great video bro 😎.
Super fascinating, its no wonder hes lost alot of his hearing. Loud loud loud is the way! My current rig is a 60s leslie, and a 1981 Marshall jcm800 50w into a 70s marshall cab.
I used to play the jcm800 in stereo with my plexi super lead, in my house, cranked. My plexi needs tubes though i just haven’t changed them.
Yeah Right ... 🤣😂😅
nice Leslie Ron! Id love to hear that in person some day soon bro!!!!!
@A. Fox lol
@@TheGuitarShow youre always welcome at our home bro 😎
@@roncarter7509 aww thanks bro going to be amazing to hang out with you!
Love the content Hey I have an amp question for you Goose Which preamp tubes control the majority of the gain? I've heard it's the ones closest to the input jacks but wanting a 2nd opinion Thanks man
Hi great question, it generally depends on the amp. On my Dumble clone V1 is the preamp and V2 is the overdrive section and V3 is the phase inverter. I've found that altering the gain on V1 or V3 can affect the amount of gain in the overdrive section. Using 12AU7, 12AT7 and others to change the gain values. Hope that helps ...I'll do a video on this soon Paul
What a power move! Asking for your name not to be on the bill, to avoid the plague of fame!
Great video!
Thank you
The Tremolux seen in the rehearsal photo, during The Blind Faith era is capable of surprisingly good saturated sound with a Y connector to both channels. I had one in 1970 (two cab stack) that I covered Blind Faith and Cream tunes. For more overdrive, I used a device called an LPB-1, a simple solid state pre-amp. Eric appears to be plugged into a pedal, maybe a fuzzface that was popular at that time. Many have thought Hendrix cranked his Marshalls to 10, but his overdrive was through a fuzzface and octavia pedal, the Marshall was his pedal platform, mostly clean.
Just one more thing - This marvelous video will remain in my constant rotation. I'm going to set out to search on your channel for similar Hendrix, Page, Townshend vids with great hopes I'll find them. 😉
Cheers from Texas 🇺🇸
Thanks so much - more coming very soon!
Excellent video!!
Fun to see. Seems like after Cream he had a general idea what he wanted and just kept refining it which is trippy because that process took him "backward" technologically to 50s Femder circuits.
Awesome video man I thoroughly enjoyed it
Thank you Eric
fantastic stuff
Thank you!
Great documentary on the history of Eric,s amps.things aren't always what they appear to be.
Many thanks Manuel 🙏🎸
Very cool, thank you :)
Thanks Brian 🙏🎸
Excellent presentation, thank you so much.
pleasure
lt seems that like most guitarists Eric has been on a life long quest for the ideal amp, ironically in Erics case and IMO he had actually found the ideal combo for his style very early, this being a LP burst with a JTM45, this setup seems to compliment Erics attack nicely, l say this because anytime l hear him playing something that l really like a lot it turns out to be with that guitar and amp combination.
What I would give to see Cream back in the day, and Ginger being audibly assaulted 😂 Great information 👍😎
Exellent work Ramon, thank you, as dependable and knowledgable as ever. I have an old Tru Voice, it's loud but i wouldn't say the sound quality is great , how far things have come.
I love amps. This is really awesome. Great, great work. Thank you.
Thank you
This was great, I’d love to see a video on the history of David Gilmour’s guitars or for something a bit more left field (as in bands you’ve probably not talked about before), James Hetfield or Kirk Hammett of Metallica, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top or Daron Malakian of System of a Down for a future video
Thanks for those great suggestions
@@TheGuitarShow No problem, hope it’s okay that I included some heavier bands that I like. Great video nonetheless, keep it up
I always wondered why in the days before good monitors, bands where the guitarist and bassist were each running two stacks, didn’t put one stack on the opposite side with the other musician. That way the guitarist and the bassist would both hear their own signal as well as the other’s.
Good point 🙏🎸
a 2x12 would work on the other side.
he was still using an AC30 with John Mayall, throughout 1965. freeze frame @ 5:20… there's one right there. if you google image "Eric Clapton 1965" you will see an AC30 on stage with him countless times. there's even a photo from October '65 with him on stage with Mayall… there is no Marshall on stage, only an AC30.
Wow, that was really interesting, very informative, thank you.
Thank you John