Digitech Crossroads Eric Clapton Signature
Guitar Distortion Pedal Sounds
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“Sunshine
of Your Love” Eric achieved his now infamous “woman
tone” by running his amps as hot and loud as possible, rolling
back the tone control on his SG and engaging his wah-wah to a fixed
position. |
“Crossroads”
A pivotal moment in Eric’s career, “Crossroads”
was penned by Robert Johnson, Eric’s most important guitar
influence. Its electrified delta blues form evolved from Eric’s
days with the Bluesbreakers. |
| “Badge”
Eric used a rotating organ speaker for the swirling guitar breaks
between the verse and chorus. This sound was achieved by overdriving
the amplifier within the rotary speaker and by strategically placing
two microphones around the rotating speakers and panning their signals
into a stereo field. |
“Layla”
(Acoustic) A pivotal moment in Eric’s career was his live
acoustic performance on the MTV™ television series “Unplugged”.
This setting transforms your electric guitar signal into Eric’s
vintage acoustic heard on this performance. |
| “Lay
Down Sally” is a country style shuffle featuring Eric and
George Terry in a counterpoint guitar duet. |
“Layla”
Eric’s most recognized guitar riff and song feature him on
“Brownie,” his Fender® Strat™ guitar, through
a tweed Fender® Champ™ amplifier. |
| “Reptile”,
Eric’s title track on his 2001 release “Reptile”
features a classic Gibson® L-5 jazz guitar played through his
custom Cornell tweed combo. Some chorusing and reverb were added
during mixdown. |
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In conjunction with Eric Clapton, Digitech has helped recreate some of his
most famous tones in the DigiTech® Crossroads Artist Series pedal by applying our new Production
Modeling™ technology.
This revolutionary technology was designed to help reproduce the studio
and live sounds and effects of an artist as heard on their recordings. This includes modeling
the speaker cabinets, microphones with their placement, pre/post effects, and the recording
engineer’s magic all in one pedal.
The Digitech Crossroads Eric Clapton Signature Guitar Distortion Pedal
was conceived in conjunction with Eric Clapton and
his long-time guitar tech Lee Dickson. Digitech Crossroads Eric Clapton Signature Guitar
Distortion Pedal models seven Clapton signature tones. From
songs like “Badge” with its swirling rotary speaker, to “Layla” (Unplugged) with its intimate
acoustic tone, and of course, “Sunshine of Your Love” which features Eric’s signature “woman
tone”, Crossroads spans 30 years of Clapton culture and tone.
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