# Eric Clapton Pedalboard 1967: Full Gear & Pedal List

> The 1967 Eric Clapton board ran one pedal: Vox Wah. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/eric-clapton/cream-era-1967/
- Machine-readable index of the archive: https://pedalboardarchive.com/llms.txt
- Evidence and reconstruction conventions: https://pedalboardarchive.com/methodology/

## At a glance

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Artist | Eric Clapton |
| Board | Cream-era floor rig |
| Date | 1967-01-01 — 1966–1968 (era precision) |
| Context | Cream live rig |
| Scope | Touring-period rig |
| Signal path | 1 unit · Guitar to amplifier |
| Routing | Serial path |
| Unit evidence | Documented |
| Order evidence | Source-described |
| Status | Documented minimal rig |
| Audited | 2026-07-18 |
| Sources | 2 |

Eric Clapton played Cream from 1966 to 1968 with one pedal: a Vox wah. The saturated woman tone came from the guitar's own controls and very loud amplifiers, not a row of overdrives.

## Signal chain

**Order evidence — Source-described.** A source states the sequence.

`Guitar → Vox Wah → amplifier`

| # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Vox Wah | Adds the vocal filter sweep while the guitar controls and loud amplifiers create the core drive sound. | — | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/vox-wah/ |

## Reconstruction note

Contemporary accounts place a Vox wah in Clapton’s Cream-era setup. Claims about an always-used treble booster are disputed, so it is intentionally excluded from this core path.

## Questions

### What pedals did Eric Clapton use in 1967?

This dated entry lists one unit: Vox Wah. This is the recorded inventory, not a claim that every connection or model identification is confirmed; see the evidence and routing notes.

### What order were Eric Clapton's pedals in?

A cited source states the order: Guitar → Vox Wah → amplifier.

### Is this Eric Clapton's full guitar rig?

No. This dated entry covers one unit in the effects path, not every piece of gear Eric Clapton owned or used. Floor pedals, rack units and routing devices are included only where recorded; omitted equipment and uncertain connections are explained in the notes. It is not a complete or current rig inventory.

### When and where was this pedalboard used?

1966–1968. Cream live rig. This is the rig documented for that touring period, not a career-wide gear list.

### How does the archive know what was on this pedalboard?

2 cited sources, listed above with the date each was read, including Guitar.com, Where's Eric!. Among them a written article and an archive record. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-07-18.

## Sources

2 cited sources across 2 independent groups. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once.

1. [Guitar Legends: Eric Clapton, part one](https://guitar.com/features/guitar-legends-eric-clapton-part-1/) — Guitar.com (Specialist source · article), accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `guitar-com-clapton-legends`
2. [Eric Clapton's historical guitar and amp setup](https://whereseric.com/faq/eric-claptons-guitar-amp-and-equipment-set-historical/) — Where's Eric! (Specialist source · archive), accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `wheres-eric-archive`

## Related pages

- Every documented board by Eric Clapton: [Eric Clapton board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/eric-clapton/)
- [Jimmy Page — 1971 North American tour effects](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jimmy-page/north-american-tour-1971/): shares Vox Wah
- Previous board in archive order: [Eddie Van Halen — Debut-era modulation path](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/eddie-van-halen/debut-era-1978/)
- Next board in archive order: [Eric Gales — Crown touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/eric-gales/crown-tour-2023/)