guitarchitecture
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Eric was playing so much upper register work during Live Cream era-
The FB made sense.
The FB made sense.
Yeah, according to this site, that's the first night (5/17/68) at the Anaheim Convention Center...
Spirit opened...
The next night he played the red 335, and it was fascinating to hear the difference between the two guitars...
Also, I thought he only played the 335 at the Farewell concert at the RAH, and everything else was either FB, SG, or LP? !
When I saw him at one of the 2 farewell shows he did in Oct. '68 at The Forum in Anaheim (L.A. area) he played both the 335 and the Firebird. Deep Purple opened the show, and Blackmore played his 335 as well.
Nice pics.
btw Marc Ford reminds me of Clapton with the mustache
He only played his Les Paul and Firebird at the Forum shows and on that tour. The 335 was not with him on the fall of '68 US tour or any other Cream tour. Tons of pics out there from every show on that tour. Even a bunch of pics with Clapton in the Forum dressing room with his Firebird and backup burst. Not a single photo out of hundreds of the fall '68 tour show that the 335 was ever with him. Maybe you got that memory mixed up with the "Farewell" footage with the 335 at RAH?
Can somebody let me know what Cream albums featured the firebird? Or was it just used live?
To be perfectly honest in my mind's eye I do remember seeing the 335. Hey, I could be wrong, but that is the best of my recollection. I was only 18 at the time and wasn't doing drugs or drinking (thought I'd make sure and mention this!).
At that point I had been playing guitar for a few years and was quite aware of the different models, and had also seen Cream earlier in the year in Santa Barbara. I stood about 40 feet from the stage, where EC played the SG and had the long hair & droopy mustache. I was turned on to Cream very early on by a friend that picked up the import LP. I also remember seeing the Farewell movie (as visually disappointing as it was) and noting that EC had the same haircut and played the same gear as the show I saw only a month before.
I've never heard or seen anything suggesting Clapton used the 335 with Cream in the US or anywhere else before the single Farewell Concert at RAH. Do you have a photo of him playing the 335 anywhere in the US with Cream?
When I saw him at one of the 2 farewell shows he did in Oct. '68 at The Forum in Anaheim (L.A. area) he played both the 335 and the Firebird. Deep Purple opened the show, and Blackmore played his 335 as well.
Yep, Clapton had it right...Firebird for #1, burst backup for string breaks.
Well, a red ES-335 was certainly there that night if Blackmore was playing in '68 so the rest is definitely understandable.
Yes, I will reiterate. I do remember EC playing a red 335 and the Firebird, and also recall Ritchie Blackmore playing a red 335. I had heard Deep Purple's music and was very impressed by the band that night, especially Ian Paice on drums. Many, many Marshalls on stage!
I'm not saying anybody is right or wrong, but that is my recollection of that amazing evening. There were two shows, on consecutive nights at the Forum, and I attended one. :>)
first off, have to thank Yannick for posting these; there are many many images I've never seen before, and it's fantastic to see.
@ J45 and the other poster, about the red 335 and the fall '68 tour- I saw Cream @ Madison Square Garden on my 14th birthday, 2. NOV '68. Seats were quite far away, and though I too was already a player and quite guitar-aware (but not drug free, I'm afraid to say) but I really couldn't see enough to register what Eric was actually playing. Does anyone here have good knowledge what he played most of at the '68 MSG show?
My memory is that it wasn't really SG most of the night, so perhaps it was the Firebird. Fascinating, really.
I always assumed WOF/ Crossroads was the SG, seems that was correct.... intersting stuff...