Treble Booster - MP3 Sound Samples with Scott's "Red Special" Guitar

All sound files were recorded with my guitar, which is essentially a homemade copy of Brian May's guitar. The guitar was plugged into a Crispy Cream Treble Booster, which then went to one of my Vox AC30-inspired Snake River Guitar Amplifiers (with a THD Hotplate power soak to keep the volume down to a reasonable level). The files were recorded by turning the volume control on the amplifier all the way up, and then using a THD Hotplate to control the final volume in the room (which wasn't very loud, really!!).

The soundfiles on this page feature my sloppy renditions of guitar licks by Brian May, Eric Clapton, and now Jimi Hendrix. If you want to hear the real players do it right I highly recommend that you buy some early Queen or Clapton (with John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers) albums!

Click here if you can't hear the soundfiles!

Brian May of the band Queen was kind enough to permit me to play his guitar licks in the following demonstration sound clips. The Crispy Cream Treble Booster is not endorsed by Brian May, and there is no affiliation between Snake River Guitar Works and Brian May or Queen.

	"Bohemian Solo": The background music is Queen. The solo guitar is my homemade guitar played through the Crispy Cream pedal and the Normal channel of a Vox AC30-style amplifier. The rhythm guitar is Brian May. Only through the magic of digital editing could I get Brian May to play rhythm guitar behind my lead! (The backing tracks are from "The Best of Queen: Guitar Signature Licks", an instructional CD by Wolf Marshall. (Hal Leonard Corp. , Catalog # HL00695097).
	"March of the BlackQueen Licks": The licks are from "The March of the Black Queen" from the Queen II CD/album.
	"Brighton Rock Licks": These licks are taken from the song "Brighton Rock" by Queen. Echo is added halfway through the sound file.
	"RockYou": I sampled the stomping and clapping from Queen's "We Will Rock You." I then looped it and overdubbed my guitar played through the Crispy Cream booster. This is played through the Top Boost channel (not the Normal channel) of the Vox AC30-style amplifier. A nickle is used for a pick.
	"White Man":This is the CCTB pedal going through an Infinitphase pedal, then to the AC30-style amp. Licks are based on the song "White Man" from Queen's A Day at the Races (the song is about the plite of the American Indian). The Infinitphase has enough headroom that it can handle the Crispy Cream's hot output signal.
	"The Paces": This is a very raw demo to show the variety of sounds that can be obtained just by changing the guitar controls. None of the amp or treble booster settings are changed during this piece, only the guitar volume, tone, and pickup selector. The volume was set so low on the THD Hotplate that you can hear me flip the switches on the guitar, and you can hear the pick (coin) hit the strings.
Some Clapton and Hendrix licks...
	"Voodoo Chile Licks": With my wiring modification you can get some Strat-like sounds from a Brian May guitar. Take a listen to me slop out some of Jimi Hendrix's licks. You can also click on these mp3 excerpts from "Voodoo Chile": intro, verse/chorus, on/off switch, and up/down. Here's the full song with vocals (it's a larger file, so downloading may take a while).
	"Hideaway": The guitar part is overdubbed on top of a midi file of the song "Hideaway" by *Freddie King. Eric Clapton* covered this song on the famous "Beano" album when he played with *John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. At that time Clapton reportedly used a Dallas Rangemaster* treble booster and a Marshall JTM 45 combo amp. A similar effect can be obtained with the Crispy Cream pedal.
Finally, my own riffs:
	"Sloppy Noodle 1": Some improvising. The signal chain is: my guitar, Crispy Cream Pedal, normal channel of a Vox AC30, and THD Hot Plate. A little echo is added on the mixing board. Sloppy Noodle 2
	"I Love You for Your Body...as well as Your Mind": An original song. I do all the instruments and vocals.

The soundfiles below were sent by customers who have purchased the Crispy Cream Treble Booster. Thanks to everybody for sharing these files!

	Check out the latest Crispy Cream sound file (3.65 MB) submitted by Harmony-Central forum user STEEL KAGE. He's using the Crispy Cream to overdrive the front of his Mesa Boogie amp for a ridiculously cool lead guitar sound. Wow! I wish that I could play like that!
	"Creamage" by Gnugear: If you like the guitar sounds of early Van Halen you'll love this clip. For this clip guitarist Chris Larralde uses the Crispy Cream pedal to drive a '74 Marshall Super Lead modified by David Bray.
	"Moby Dick" by Dave Sereda: This file is a cover of the Led Zeppelin tune, and it was sent to me by pedal owner Dave Sereda of Canada. He is using a Gibson Les Paul through the Crispy Cream pedal and then to a Fender Champ. A Shure SM57 mic is used to take the sound to tape. Dig the Jimmy Page tone!
	"Daizo's Website": Daizo is a Brian May fan from Japan. The sounds on Daizo's web site were created with the Crispy Cream pedal plugged into a "Pink Maze" pedal by Greg Fryer, which is then plugged into a Zoom PS-02. You'll be impressed that no amplifier is used on his recordings. Daizo's Brian May tone is convincing. These mp3 files sound like a Brian May that has downed a few too many cocktails! Fun stuff!
	"One Thousand Hours"by Mercuryhat : An original song by the band Mercuryhat. The Crispy Cream pedal is used on the solo at the end of the song. Great song...take a listen.
	"Alan Gonzales": You can hear additional sound files from a Crispy Cream pedal owner Alan Gonzales by clicking here. He uses his booster to drive Soldano HR50XL, Carvin Legacy and Marshall 1987x "Plexi" reissue amplifiers.
	Another clip by Steel Kage (453 KB).
	Danyeo on the Mark III Boogie (2.68 MB)- listen to this! WOW!
	Danyeo, this time slowing it down a bit (3.74 MB) .