Just One Night

This is about about the twin CD “Just One Night”, recorded live in Dec’ 79 at the Budokan Theater Tokyo (I saw him live there in last November). Just for the reason that I am listening to it now. This is perhaps the best live performance of his during the 70s. In this Clapton once again proved why “EC is God” was written on the walls all over London and Europe. In this recording Clapton is visibly under the influence of the country music and drugs as well. Not to mention the Blues, what he regard as his inspiration and driving force when he drifts from his roots. Clapton, in this tape also resembles a bit to B.B. King. This is perhaps the most mysterious guitar tone I have ever heard. I am trying hard to achieve that tone since last two months, but all is in vain.

Now, I beg pardon of all those who are not musicians as they might not be able to get what I’m talking about. I am just dying to get into this tone. This tone seems to be in between of clean and overdrive, but where I can’t figure out. I tried with all the combos of Clean and overdrive channels in my 30-Watt Marshall amp. I am using an Ibanez GIO series guitar and a crybaby wah-wah pedal. The crybaby wah-wah has helped me inching to this tone. (I don’t have any multi effects processor, just a Crybaby wah-wah pedal). The nearest I can get to it is when I am on the clean channel with treble at 4 and bass at 8 and volume nearly at 9. I guess that sustain comes from the volume, reverb and the feedback. Also extra sustain from the chorus that’s laid over the effects. As Ibanez are naturally high pitch guitars, I keep the tone control on my guitar somewhere in between. I will get an overdrive pedal perhaps a Boss Blues Driver or Ibanez Tube-Screamer, lets see how closer it gets me to this tone. I am waiting for the weekend. Will post again, if I get it.
If anyone can help, please do comment

P.S. I want to use this space as a discussion forum rather than an expression forum.