The player who translated Chicago blues into British rock volume.
The 'woman tone' — neck pickup, tone rolled off, driven Marshall — and later a clean Strat bite
The gear associated with the sound. Each item opens a live Reverb search — vintage examples where they exist, modern equivalents where they don't.
The original 'Beano' tone: Les Paul into a small Marshall combat volume — the birth certificate of British blues-rock lead.
Woman tone in full effect — dark, sustaining and almost saxophone-like against Cream's power trio churn.
Multiple layered Strat and Les Paul tracks with Duane Allman's slide woven in; the interlocking riff is a two-guitar arrangement, not one part.
Clean Strat, neck-and-middle position, minimal drive — proof that his phrasing carries the sound rather than the gain.
The most adaptable electric guitar ever designed. Three single coils, a five-way switch and a vibrato that rewards a light touch — it covers Hendrix, Gilmour, SRV and Mayer without ever pretending to be more than a plank, a neck and some wire.
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