Aclam announces Woman Tone pedal emulating Clapton's Cream-era tone

July 5, 2022 · 2 sources

Aclam has announced the Woman Tone pedal, a stompbox designed to emulate Eric Clapton's Cream-era tones, Guitar World reported on July 5, 2022¹. The Barcelona-based pedal and board maker pairs overdrive with a humbucker pickup simulation circuit¹.

The Woman Tone knob acts like a guitar's tone control, rolling off treble as it turns left¹. A built-in pickup simulator lets the pedal act more like an SG circuit with a PAF pickup, and it is buffered to react consistently across pickup types and effects chain placement¹. Volume and Gain controls sit alongside it¹. The right footswitch engages the pedal; the left footswitch activates the Woman Tone dial, switching in and out of the pedal's default Plexi-style sound¹. An internal DIP switch selects a darker or brighter tonal bias¹.

The enclosure carries artwork by Marijke Koger, leader of The Fool art collective and the artist who decorated Clapton's original "The Fool" SG¹. Guitar World described Clapton's Woman Tone as created with a 1964 Gibson SG Standard, a 1966 Marshall JTM45 and a Marshall 1960B cabinet, citing Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love," which used the SG's volume on 10 and tone on 1¹.

The pedal retails for 296.70 euros, approximately $310¹.

A Guitar Player review by Dave Hunter described the pedal as a Plexi-voiced overdrive first and foremost, with gain and volume controls, an overdrive footswitch with its own LED, and a Woman Tone switch that functions only when the overdrive is on². The review listed true-bypass switching, a center-negative 9VDC adaptor input, input and output on the front face, dimensions of 5.25 by 3.25 by 1.875 inches excluding feet and knobs, and assembly in Spain². Hunter wrote that he tested it with a Gibson 1959 Les Paul Reissue and an early '60s-style Fender Stratocaster into a tweed Deluxe-style 1x12 combo and a Friedman Dirty Shirley Mini head and 2x12 cab². The review's drawbacks list included: "Some may find it pricey for what it does"².