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Sunshine of Your Love Solo Guitar Tone Settings — Cream
Cream · 1960s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
1964 Gibson SG Standard ('The Fool')
Pickups
Gibson PAF humbuckers
Amp
1966 Marshall Super 100 (JTM 45/100) with KT66 tubes, Marshall 1960B 4x12 cabinet with Celestion G12M 'greenback' speakers
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
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.
Amp Settings
Mids9
Bass8.5
Gain7.5
Reverb0
Treble8
Presence7.5
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Tone Character
- fat, honking midrange
- warm and smooth
- singing sustain
- rolled-off highs
- woman tone
- full frequency range
- natural compression
- not muddy
- retains good definition
- thick, vocal-like quality