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Sunshine of your love amp settings — Marshall MG15GR

The Cream guitar tone for “Sunshine of your love”, dialed in for a Marshall MG15GR with a Fender American Ultra Telecaster. Studio version, Disraeli Gears (1967) - iconic main riff & 'Woman Tone' solo

Original rig

1964 Gibson SG ('The Fool') into a cranked 100W Marshall JTM-100 / 1959 Super Lead stack (no dirt pedals)

Warm, singing vintage overdrive with rolled-off treble and thick low-mid sustain ('Woman Tone')
Amp settings — Marshall MG15GR
CHANNELOverdriveBOOSToff
GAIN 6 BASS 7 MID 8 TREBLE 4 REVERB 2 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain6
Bass7
Mid8
Treble4
Reverb2
Master5
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PICKUPneck TONE0 VOLUME10
Why these settings

Clapton cranked a tube Marshall JTM-100 into power-amp breakup with guitar tone rolled to zero. On your solid-state MG15GR, the Overdrive channel with Gain at 6 supplies the necessary sustain without getting fizzy, while boosting Mid to 8 and rolling Treble to 4 compensates for your Telecaster's brighter, lower-output single coil versus Clapton's humbuckers (note: presence is null as the MG15GR panel lacks this knob).

PRO TIPThe secret to the 'Woman Tone' is rolling your Telecaster's neck tone knob completely to 0; pick near the neck joint with moderate force to let the notes bloom into vowel-like sustain.

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