Cocaine amp settings — Multiefectos M-wawe black box

The Eric clapton guitar tone for “Cocaine”, dialed in for a Multiefectos M-wawe black box with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Slowhand (1977) — clean Strat tone with subtle breakup and spring reverb

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster ('Blackie'), Music Man HD-130 amp, minimal effects — later live: Fender '57 Custom Twin, Dunlop Cry Baby wah, EC Signature Strat with active mid-boost

Warm, punchy clean with subtle edge-of-breakup grit, prominent mids, spring reverb ambience, articulate pick attack

Amp settings — Multiefectos M-wawe black box

CHANNELClean or Fender-style amp model — select 'Fender Twin' or 'Fender Deluxe' voicing if availableBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	3
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge+middle TONE7 VOLUME8

Signal chain

01Tube Screamer / TS-style Overdrive (internal or modeled)

RECOMMENDED — use as clean boost for solo sections to simulate Clapton's mid-boost circuit; if your multi-FX has a mid-boost or clean boost, use that instead with similar settings

Drive 2 · Tone 5 · Level 6

02Wah (if available in multi-FX)

Optional — Clapton uses wah sparingly on solos, parked or swept slowly; bypass for rhythm parts

Range 7 · Q/Peak 5

Why these settings

Your Fender Player Strat is ideal for this tone — same platform as Clapton's rig. The M-Wave multi-FX lacks the organic tube compression of the original Music Man HD-130, so I pushed mids to 7 (original was flatter) to compensate for digital clarity and rolled gain back to 3 to stay clean. Rolling guitar volume to 8 and tone to 7 mimics Clapton's habit of cleaning up from the guitar for rhythm, then pushing for solos.

PRO TIPClapton's secret weapon is his right-hand attack — he digs in hard on solos for natural breakup and backs off for clean rhythm. With your Strat's volume at 8, you can push it to 10 mid-song to hit the amp model harder and get that solo bloom without touching a pedal.

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