DIGITECH ERIC CLAPTON CROSSROADS FX PEDAL

The Crossroads Artist Series pedal was conceived in conjunction with Eric Clapton and his long-time guitar tech Lee Dickson. Crossroads models seven Clapton signature tones. From songs like “Badge” with its swirling rotary speaker, to the Unplugged performance of Layla 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.

• Sunshine of Your Love.  Eric achieved his now legendary "woman tone" by running his amps as hot and load as possible, rolling back the tone control on his SG and engaging his wah-wah to a fixed position.
• Badge.  Eric used a rotating organ speaker for the swirling guitar breaks between the verse and chorus.  This guitar 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.
• Lay Down Sally is in a country style shuffle featuring Eric and George Terry in a counterpoint guitar duet.
• Reptile, Eric's title track on his 2001 release features a classic Gibson L-5 jazz guitar played through his custom Cornell tweed combo.  Some chorus and reverb were added during mixdown.
• 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.
• Layla (acoustic).  A classic 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 Martin heard on this performance.
• Layla.  Eric's most recognised guitar riff and song features him on "Brownie", his Fender Strat, through a tweed Fender Champ combo.