Dominique Arquiza The only reason he started using it on Cream songs like Tales of Brave Ulysses and White Room was to one-up Hendrix, who had started experimenting with it first.
I have a bunch of different wah pedals and some are harder to start than others. For example the Xotic wah is famous for having a really soft switch. There’s another one that I can’t think of that as soon as you put your foot on it, it senses that slight pressure change and activates. It’s actually too sensitive - a lot of players complain it goes on when they accidentally brush against it when hitting a different pedal. Others are really hard to activate - my Wilson wah I kinda have to give it a good jolting press to get it on, specifically if I’m doing it in time with a song. But I’ve never played a wah pedal where you have to kick it as hard as Eric did 😂
I tried a vintage Vox Clyde Wah before and honestly you have to press it twice as hard to engage it . So compared to a modern day wah it was definitely more sturdy .
Francis Dedumo He didn’t buy a Strat for himself the day before Jimi died. He found one of the rare left-handed ones and was planning to gift it to Jimi, but he died the day after he bought it. Clapton didn’t start playing the Strats until he went for his solo album and the DatD stuff. At the end of Cream he was using Firebirds and 335s, and then Les Pauls with the Bluesbreakers and THEN Strats.
So many modern rock guitarists play his licks, maybe without even knowing it. They're inspired by guitarists who were inspired by Clapton, and his licks and approach to bluesy rock phrasing gets “handed down” from generation to generation. His contribution to rock guitar will live on forever.
Not to disagree with you, he took quite a few of these licks from American musicians. I give him credit in his country, but he's mostly just another brit that jacked our swag
@@Rhythmicons Which artists did he steal from? Any solos in particular that contain these stolen licks? It's easy to cross-reference and compare these days, when people can pull up pretty much any song within seconds. I'm curious to take a listen.
@@Woozy.0I've always heard the same but never seen anybody saying "look ... this song or this performance in this specific part has a lick that Clapton copied in this other performance or song", I'm the case of Robert Johnson one of his referents didn't do it either, he has performance using his songs but or referencing them but never copied.
allrequiredfields I think this is up there with the best tone anybody has ever had. Eddie Van Halen’s brown sound is up there as well, but I think it’s extremely hard to compare anyone to Clapton in the late 60s when it comes to technicality. I personally think is when Clapton was at his best, because of the tone and because I think the SG & Gibson guitars in general are superior to Strats and Teles.
shame Gibson don't make such great guitars as stock now - like they did then. you have to get custom shop or buy old ones. Clapton sounds fab with this SG.
I love how he explains with such simplicity the entire mechanics behind his whole playing style and tech specs. Dude really knows the ins and outs outside of reading and writing composition styles.
2:57 "could you just do that again?" the simple vibrato was just an amazing back in the 60s, since the electric guitar wasnt really discoverd all the way. Amazing to see clatpon and the cream inventing the rock genre as we new it back in the 70s, and fortunatly and unfortunatly to what it turned into nawadays.
I have been obsessed by the “electronic” guitar ever since I saw this interview late one night as a 10 year old. After years of other interviews, demos, rig rundowns, and RU-vid guitar shows, there is still no better explanation of what the “electronic” guitar means.
+rafasounds2010 I,ll have a look for that rafasounds, cos I struggle with bend vibrato, and he makes it look easy on this vid. but the reason I replied to you was because, curiously , bb king never put vibrato on string bends. although he used amazing vibrato in so many licks, I just wonder if thre is a link ??? : )
johnny shep Yes, I think there is a link. Both are blues players, and blues guitar players see the guitar as an extension of the human voice (I mean, the great ones). The human voice can't be "bent" like a string; it can slide notes up or down, and can do vibrato as well. It can also slide a note and vibrate it, but its less common than to just oscilate on stopped notes. Sorry for the messy explanation. Nowadays I find myself vibrating on bends less randomly and more consciously on specific places.
yeh, I like your explanation, makes sense. so , I need to keep practicing bend vibrato or I,ll feel inadequate. lol. then I,ll maybe use it less,( sorry not less but like u say, more consciously) I,ll never be gary moore lol
johnny shep Try to practice it with a metronome. First you try slower. Use rhythmic figures - two oscilations per beat, three oscilations, and so on. A fast and well defined vibrato is hard to find, like Hendrix and Vaughan. A fast and defined vibrato is good, but a fast and chaotic vibrato is bad. The finger vibrato is for sure the most difficult technique on the electric guitar. Its much harder than fast picking, sweep picking and all that stuff. The vibrato has to be done in a natural wal, and it involves a complex movement of wrist, fingers, and probably forearm. Every player has a different physical constitution (different hands, arm shape and length and so on), so we should try to find what works to us. I hope you get it soon.
I think it was a natural progression when he was changing his style of music. The shimmer of the strat fits the kind of music he was gettiing into. But, if you see Eric`s collection, he loved all different kinds of guitars.
This is so pure, the interviewer's questions are so basic. "How does the Wah work? Show me that Vibrato thing again... " this stuff was actually new to some people!
today I saw a video of Tom Bucovac with the fool. I searched for The Story Behind Eric Clapton's "The Fool" SG and ended up in this video. It is in the hands of a collector The Jim Irsay Collection.
ToyKoto, the person in question isn't self aware of this quality because he "IS" this quality, that's the great difference. He's not trying to be someone he is HIMSELF, a true artist,greets Vic.
It's different enough from a Gibson that Duane Allman could say that the easiest way to tell Allman and Clapton apart on the Layla album was that Allman played a Gibson and Eric played a Strat.
Let's all not forget all the great groups & artists who used the "Gibson ES-335" espec between the years of early 60's thru 1968, when the "SG" was only being made ,( no Les Paul), bands like Steppenwolf, Janis Joplin's band "Big Brother & the holding co", The Jefferson Starship, Alvin Lee, the Turtles, the Grass Roots, Cream, & many many others.
I read it too....he seems like a regular guy in many ways. He had to sort through some early childhood stuff witht he family. It was a fascinating book. I also just finished a new bio on Jimmy Page that's good too.
I think rock musicians of all sorts should of all had interviews where they can sit like this with their instrument, but be interviewed by musicians who can ask some really good questions
Yeah, he had found an actual Left-Handed Stratocaster and wanted to give it to Jimi (Jimi played left hand, as many should know) but Jimi died before Clapton got the chance.
@carlosfuzz always thought the same way, dude. I like his sound with the Blackie and other Fenders [he kicks ass with acoustic Martins as well], but I always loved it when he played Gibsons. For me, it's the ultimate "Clapton tone"
it's not that he's kicking it hard - it's a problem with his bypass. there's probably some extra voltage being stored in the capacitor - when the pedal is clicked on, that voltage is released, creating a pop that is quite audible.
What are some songs or solos where he uses Woman Tone specifically? I just want to know when and where to listen so I can compare and contrast it with other settings he uses.
i bought a kind of sound proccesor i don't know how it's called i will check! So...i connect my guitar to it, and than i connect it to the amp! It also has the WOMAN tone option, and many others, like the Jimi Hendrix tone, or a tone similar to Led Zeppelin, Stevie Ray Vaughan etc.....
Dose any body know where this video is from? I found some other videos on youtube with other members from Cream getting interviewed. (like Jack Bruce talking about his musical influence, Ginger Baker teaching drums ) I assume they are all from the same video.
