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Cocaine Solo Guitar Tone Settings — Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton · 1970s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster
Pickups
Fender Vintage Noiseless Single-Coil Strat pickups with TBX tone circuit and mid-boost
Amp
Fender Custom Series '57 Bandmaster (hand-wired, modified by Alexander Dumble for Clapton)
Pickup Position
Position 2 (bridge + middle) or Position 4 (neck + middle); likely bridge + middle for bite during solo
Live performance rig, as used on 'Cocaine' solo; year/era: late 1970s original studio, but this rig is from 2000s-present live shows. Studio version likely used a Stratocaster and Fender amp with similar setup but possibly not the Dumble-modded Bandmaster.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass6.5
Gain5
Reverb3
Treble6.5
Presence6
Effects Chain
- Dunlop Cry Baby GCB95F Wah Wah · wah
Guitar → Dunlop Cry Baby GCB95F Wah → Fender Custom '57 Bandmaster (spring reverb on amp)
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Tone Character
- singing sustain
- midrange push
- smooth, vocal-like wah sweep
- articulate Strat attack
- touch-sensitive response
- clear note separation
- slightly compressed
- warm but biting lead tone
- dynamic, expressive phrasing