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Post subject: Mid-Boost Sound Clip
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:49 am
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Can someone please give me a sound clip, or at least the link to a sound clip of how the Clapton mid-boost works, for example: boost off-boost on.

I've never gotten the chance to play an Eric Clapton signature model or any other strat that has this modification. I'm planning on installing the mod but I need to hear it first so could some please give me a sound clip.

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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 6:41 am
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i dont have a link to a vidclip but i can describe it. with vintage noiseless pickups and the boost on zero (it is never off) the sound is very brash and brittle, it needs calming down with the tbx. As you bring in the mid boost the pickups move more into humbucker range with settings 2-5 sounding a bit like p90's 5-7 akin to mellower seymour jb's and 7-10 towards high gain territory.
Clapton actualy refers to the boost as a compression boost rather than mid boost. In a sense he's right, it does push the compression of your amp through the roof.
On a side note I heard that all noiseless pickups were humbuckers. Whether that statement is down to the way they are built or just the fact that they dont hum i dont know. They certainly sound like singlecoils without the boost.

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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:06 am
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nikininja wrote:
i dont have a link to a vidclip but i can describe it. with vintage noiseless pickups and the boost on zero (it is never off) the sound is very brash and brittle, it needs calming down with the tbx. As you bring in the mid boost the pickups move more into humbucker range with settings 2-5 sounding a bit like p90's 5-7 akin to mellower seymour jb's and 7-10 towards high gain territory.
Clapton actualy refers to the boost as a compression boost rather than mid boost. In a sense he's right, it does push the compression of your amp through the roof.
On a side note I heard that all noiseless pickups were humbuckers. Whether that statement is down to the way they are built or just the fact that they dont hum i dont know. They certainly sound like singlecoils without the boost.


Thanks for the detailed description. I now have a slightly better understanding of it, but I still need to hear it. Anyone?


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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:46 am
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Here's a clip from the Fender Clapton Strat page: http://www.fender.com/products//search. ... 0117602871

Hope it helps. I added the mid boost to my 1999 American Deluxe with original Vintage Noiseless pickups and am pleased with thte results. It certainly not a vintage sound but EXTREMELY versatile!


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collinsml wrote:
Here's a clip from the Fender Clapton Strat page: http://www.fender.com/products//search. ... 0117602871

Hope it helps. I added the mid boost to my 1999 American Deluxe with original Vintage Noiseless pickups and am pleased with thte results. It certainly not a vintage sound but EXTREMELY versatile!


Thanks, I probably should've looked on the Fender site first lol. Although, I would like to hear and see an actual demonstration of it's versatility.


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