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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I remember Capt Lee of Andertons doing a "Sound like Clapton' YouTube video and for a standard MIM Stratocaster, had to add two pedals to get enough mid boost. The mod would surely be cheaper?
Not knocking your comment, I've never tried to get the tone.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
For me it's just down to having the consistency of having the mid sound with using different rigs/back lines
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I'm not a fan of electronics on board a guitar (for no good reason - it's just a prejudice I have) - but I can see the attraction of one of these.
I suspect for a lot of people it would do the same job as the Clapton mid-boost while being a good deal less intrusive.
The last sentence mr ICBM is where you hit the nail on the head...and thus the point. You can freely at the drop of a hat roll on or off as much or as little boost as you like. This is not really possible on the fly with a pedal! I've had it in 2 Strats and its a great addition to a SSS Strat...its extra beef on tap whenever you want it.
Now you DONT have to do ANY ROUTING at all to fit this baby. you merely snip the corners off the PCB and it and the battery will fit under the pickguard no probs. The battery life is something like 6 months as long as you don't go leaving a lead plugged into your guitar. If you change the battery every 3-4 months you will never have any issues and its not like it just goes from working to flat dead...you will get warning signs.
Now for the OP one important point to note that I learned from experience of having it in my guitars (and I'm probably gonna end up having it installed in another Strat soon since those old Strats have moved on to new owners since..). Fender install the mid boost on guitars that have noiseless pups. Or back in the early days of the Clapton Strat noise reduced pups ie Lace Sensors. If you have regular single coils expect to hear some noise! The 60's cycle hum seems to increase significantly when your on full boost. A none issue with noiseless or noise reduced pups...and its here why I learned why Fender didn't just put it in any Strat with regular pups...they knew about the noise that I had to learn about the hard way! Still in a gigging band situation its no biggie...I will prefer and make sure next time I have quieter pups in but its great that you can be rocking away during a song with a nice rocky rhythm sound and suddenly at the drop of a hat roll the mid boost on full and cut right over the top of the band with great ease! Its like a secret weapon that has folks who have Strats wondering how did he do that?
FOund it.
I am not sure if it's a Fender, Levinson or Cornell one.
But if you inbox me an address I'll post it to you.
It has FC21 on PCB.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.