Clapton SLO Era Sound

darcym

I'm having a wander down Clapton's late 80's SLO rig sound, both studio and live. 

Some of it is pretty clear and obvious, some a little rumour and some no idea and guessing.

Two parts I'm struggling with is

what speakers did Clapton use with the SLO, I see the 4x12 in live / promotion photos and videos, but I can't find what speakers where in them.

On the studio recordings of that time and in some of the live stuff I've heard, there is a clear reverb on the main guitar tracks, the studio it's easy to associate this to a recording setup, however live I see nothing in the Cornish rack to create the reverb, I guess it could be part of the sound guys mix, but I'm curious, if/what reverb unit he used with the SLO

Moe_Zambeek

What’s the defining recording for Claptons SLO period? Presume he had moved on from them by the time of From the cradle?

ICBM

darcym said:

what speakers did Clapton use with the SLO, I see the 4x12 in live / promotion photos and videos, but I can't find what speakers where in them.

Either Soldano's own-spec Eminences, or EVs, I forget which.

tekbow

ICBM said:

darcym said:

what speakers did Clapton use with the SLO, I see the 4x12 in live / promotion photos and videos, but I can't find what speakers where in them.

Either Soldano's own-spec Eminences, or EVs, I forget which.

Something about EV's ring a bell

tekbow

ICBM said:

darcym said:

what speakers did Clapton use with the SLO, I see the 4x12 in live / promotion photos and videos, but I can't find what speakers where in them.

Either Soldano's own-spec Eminences, or EVs, I forget which.

EV's, very bottom of the page according to Pete Cornish.

http://petecornish.co.uk/ectt.html

darcym

ahhh that's cool I'd not seen that, and I'd not even considered EV's, so that's great.

darcym

that's an interesting read on it's own, I don't know why I'd not looked on Pete's site as he has a great bit on Brian May, so why not Clapton.

tekbow

darcym said:

that's an interesting read on it's own, I don't know why I'd not looked on Pete's site as he has a great bit on Brian May, so why not Clapton.

There's various potential units that could provide the Reverb in those lists as well, but it's quite a dense read.

Yamaha GEP50 maybe?

monquixote

It's crazy how much cost and effort must have gone into that and I have a GT1000 CORE sat on my desk that could do ten times more flexibility.

darcym

monquixote said:

It's crazy how much cost and effort must have gone into that and I have a GT1000 CORE sat on my desk that could do ten times more flexibility.

that would be an interesting challenge, re-create to a high standard, famous rack rigs of the 80's (you're allowed to use the real amp) using something like a GT1000

tekbow

darcym said:

monquixote said:

It's crazy how much cost and effort must have gone into that and I have a GT1000 CORE sat on my desk that could do ten times more flexibility.

that would be an interesting challenge, re-create to a high standard, famous rack rigs of the 80's (you're allowed to use the real amp) using something like a GT1000

I've got an SLO And a Core sitting.

Although I'm moving house soon so they're put out of the way.

rockmonster

EV’s

vasselmeyer

monquixote said:

It's crazy how much cost and effort must have gone into that and I have a GT1000 CORE sat on my desk that could do ten times more flexibility.

Agreed. When you look at those colossal Cornish and Bradshaw rigs it's astounding how flexible modern day MultiFX and switching systems are. That Clapton rig could easily be duplicated with a BOSS GT-1000, a Helix or a Headrush. They could even get very close with a bunch of decent pedals and a BOSS ES-8 or a Gigrig G2.

MikkiMcMurderer

I love this era of his sound, I'd say 24 nights is the SLO live but the mix is horrible compared with the Radio 1 live broadcasts I bootlegged at the time!

darcym

MikkiMcMurderer said:

I love this era of his sound, I'd say 24 nights is the SLO live but the mix is horrible compared with the Radio 1 live broadcasts I bootlegged at the time!

I'm glad you said that, I've been trying to be sure if 24 nights was in fact the SLO, I was pretty confident but not sure.

Jonathanthomas83

24 nights is one of my favourite albums of his.

darcym

Jonathanthomas83 said:

24 nights is one of my favourite albums of his.

agreed

I have a friend who went and said the show he went to was the best live experience of his life. 

AlexHunter

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19226/lot/91/

EVM12Ls as suggested earlier.

Crunch channel on the SLO and then TC 2290