DigiTech Eric Clapton Crossroads

In conjunction with Eric Clapton, DigiTech have helped recreate some of his most famous tones in the DigiTech® Crossroads Artist Series pedal by applying new Production Modeling™ technology.This revolutionary technology was designed to help reproduce the studio and live sounds and effects of an artist as heard on their recordings. This includes modeling the speaker cabinets, microphones with their placement, pre/post effects, and the recording engineer’s magic all in one pedal.
The Crossroads Artist Series pedal was conceived in conjunction with Eric Clapton and his long-time guitar tech Lee Dickson. Crossroads models seven Clapton signature tones. From songs like “Badge” with its swirling rotary speaker, to “Layla” (Unplugged) with its intimate acoustic tone, and of course, “Sunshine of Your Love” which features Eric’s signature “woman tone”, Crossroads spans 30 years of Clapton culture and tone.

New DigiTech Production Modeling™ technology accurately models seven signature Eric Clapton tones
Eric’s legendary Sunshine of Your Love “woman tone”
Raw “Crossroads” blues captured live
Embracing stereo spectrum of a swirling rotary speaker
The acoustic intimacy of “Layla” Unplugged
The enduring warmth of “Reptile”
Separate amp and mixer outputs

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this pedal is being donated to Crossroads Centre, an International Centre of Excellence for the treatment of alcohol, drugs and other addictive disorders.

“Sunshine of Your Love” Eric achieved his now infamous “woman tone” by running his amps as hot and loud as possible, rolling back the tone control on his SG and engaging his wah-wah to a fixed position.	“Crossroads” A pivotal moment in Eric’s career, “Crossroads” was penned by Robert Johnson, Eric’s most important guitar influence. Its electrified delta blues form evolved from Eric’s days with the Bluesbreakers.
“Badge” Eric used a rotating organ speaker for the swirling guitar breaks between the verse and chorus. This sound was achieved by overdriving the amplifier within the rotary speaker and by strategically placing two microphones around the rotating speakers and panning their signals into a stereo field.	“Layla” (Acoustic) A pivotal moment in Eric’s career was his live acoustic performance on the MTV™ television series “Unplugged”. This setting transforms your electric guitar signal into Eric’s vintage acoustic heard on this performance.
“Lay Down Sally” is a country style shuffle featuring Eric and George Terry in a counterpoint guitar duet.	“Layla” Eric’s most recognized guitar riff and song feature him on “Brownie,” his Fender® Strat™ guitar, through a tweed Fender® Champ™ amplifier.
“Reptile”, Eric’s title track on his 2001 release “Reptile” features a classic Gibson® L-5 jazz guitar played through his custom Cornell tweed combo. Some chorusing and reverb were added during mixdown.