Clapton and his boost

[always SD]

hi
if you have this guitar, is it really useful to have a boost ?

or do you prefer the new strat with hss and s1?

 

[jeremy]

Re: Clapton and his boost

i have a clapton boost in a strat with duncan classic stack+ neck and middle and vintage hot stack bridge. i think it is a great setup and the boost is very useful. i dont care for the neck or stock pups on the actual clapton signature strat

 

[always SD]

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i can't choose
clapton +boost
or the S1 +humbucker

 

[astrozombie]

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I've never understood Clapton' fascination with playing a fender and using additional electronics to produce a sound similar to what he had with Gibsons in Cream.


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[beaubrummels]

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I've never understood Clapton' fascination with playing a fender and using additional electronics to produce a sound similar to what he had with Gibsons in Cream.


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Ergonomics. A Strat fits the human body better than any guitar I can think of, and the Fender 50s/60s neck scale / string spacing is better suited to doing leads than a Gibson.

 

[AlexR]

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^ Unless you have smaller hands.....where the shorter scale and lower string tension (plus beefier pickups naturally) make it easier. Well, actually most of these are true even with larger hands too.

Upper fret access and an allowance for fat stomachs is where the strat wins.

 

[always SD]

Re: Clapton and his boost

I've never understood Clapton' fascination with playing a fender and using additional electronics to produce a sound similar to what he had with Gibsons in Cream.


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both worlds: he liked the SG > boost
he likes the strat (Hendrix) > strat
that's all

but the boost can bring some versatile tones but i really don't know how it sounds with the bridge position and if it's enough or not

 

[beaubrummels]

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^ Unless you have smaller hands.....where the shorter scale and lower string tension (plus beefier pickups naturally) make it easier. Well, actually most of these are true even with larger hands too.

Upper fret access and an allowance for fat stomachs is where the strat wins.

Yeah, I was only speaking in reference to Clapton, who appears to have long fingers when seen on a fingerboard. AFAIK his switch to Fenders was also based on trying to get away from the Gibson/Cream sound for a while because everyone was kind of copying him. As he needed to perform the old songs more and more over time, the onboard boost on the Strat showed up.

For me, I don't have small hands but I have tendonitis so I tend to prefer my SG and Les Pauls now, though I will use my Tele or a Strat when I need to.

 

[jeremy]

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as much as i love my short scale guitars, i will always be a fender guy. the option of the boost is great and does its thing very well. it wont turn your strat into a lp but it gives a big fat mid boost that makes soloing fun and easy

 

[always SD]

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does it sound the same if i use a boost pedal ?

 

[jeremy]

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if you used an eq pedal with the same frequencies boosted then maybe but an overdrive or clean/treble boost wont do what it does. one nice thing about the boost is you can add a little or a lot depending on what youre trying to do

 

[Brandenburg]

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not exactly what the OP was talking about but ive always wanted to try one

http://www.guitarfetish.com/Clapton-style-mid-boost-circuit-Drive-your-amp_p_194.html

 

[PFDarkside]

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not exactly what the OP was talking about but ive always wanted to try one

http://www.guitarfetish.com/Clapton-style-mid-boost-circuit-Drive-your-amp_p_194.html

Wow, that's cool! Position 1 fuzz and wah friendly, 2-5 for boost and mid focus. That would be fun to try!

 

[Brandenburg]

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Wow, that's cool! Position 1 fuzz and wah friendly, 2-5 for boost and mid focus. That would be fun to try!

yea.. was just thinking that i could add one of those to my guitar but id have to make some alteration for it to work..

currently my #1 is wired like:
neck/mid volume
master volume with volume bypass pull
DMT tone

if i use this mid boost, id put it where the master volume is and wire my humbucker directly to the output. I rarely ever use the bridge 'pup without the volume bypass engaged anyway

 

[dotsdad]

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i have a clapton boost in a strat with duncan classic stack+ neck and middle and vintage hot stack bridge

^^^^^ Nice! ^^^^^

 

[always SD]

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i think it will be really good with the neck pickup vs the S1 (which is not a boost)

but for the bridge pickup, i wonder is a real humbucker like the shawbucker would not be better

 

[stevie_bees]

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i have a clapton boost in a strat with duncan classic stack+ neck and middle and vintage hot stack bridge. i think it is a great setup and the boost is very useful. i dont care for the neck or stock pups on the actual clapton signature strat

Snap! I have the same set up in my G&L Legacy, and it's a great combination. The boost can be as subtle or as in your face as you like and very useful.

 

[jeremy]

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i love that setup. guitar->cable-> amp and i can get whatever i need from clean spanky tone to thick throaty overdrive

 

[Silence Kid]

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Ergonomics. A Strat fits the human body better than any guitar I can think of

Jazzmaster

(I actually think a Gibson is more ergonomic than a Strat; weight aside.)

 

[always SD]

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i won't play with just the amp-guitar but with pedals
so the boost , good or not ?