[Elbobger]

Do any of you Cream fans out there know what effects Eric Clapton used to get that sound on his Strat in White Room? I do know he uses a Crybaby Wah pedal but I have no idea what else. Let me know, if you have any ideas.
Thanks

Elbobger.

[r1p32]

he might be using the wah effect with some of the tone knobs down. On my strat i put the Middle pickup's tone knob to 0 and the neck pickup's tone knob to about 5 when i play some cream. Hope it helps!

[Andy S]

Sorry, I don't have my info in front of me, I'm at a different computer at a friends house in Nashville, TN.

But, which version of White Room? I believe there is a version on the latest Cream Reunion album. That one?

Or, on the earlier album from the late 60's, early 70's? If that was the case, it was not a Strat. It was either a Gibson ES335 or the Gibson SG, through two or three Marshall stacks.

I just read an article about it two weeks ago. If no one else has any more definite info, I'll be home Tuesday and can fill in the blanks then.

[Elbobger]

Thanks for that and yeah it was the original version of White Room that I was asking about.

so thanks
Rod

[Andy S]

Sorry for taking so long in getting back to you on this. The article I was reading was primarily about Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and lyricist Peter Brown and producer/engineer Tom Dowd.

Very little mention on actual equipment used, except from all the photos and a few other articles in the magazine (it was a compilation of several Clapton articles) that was the time he was playing a Gibson Les Paul, an ES 335 and the Psychedelic painted SG. His primary amps were Marshall and from the articles, he used a Wah pedal. He mentions in one other article that he never liked tremolos, and from all the pics in any article I've seen, none of his guitars are equipped with one.

So it was essentially two or three very loud Marshalls driven by the LP, the ES335 or the SG. Baker complained that most of his hearing loss was attributed to Clapton trying to be louder than Jack Bruce by adding a second amp. That followed at the next show with Bruce adding another amp, followed by Clapton adding another and so on until there were about 4 amps each. Baker stated that at the end of a show his ears would ring for days. Well.....DUH!!!

Anyhow, If I read any more on it, I'll PM you to let you know.