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I measured my Clapton signature Stratocaster to 100 Db boost ( 93 Db boost without the mid boost). First it was so incredibly loud and I could only play it on the Clean channel on my Clean amp. I measured it on the lowest level I could have on the Clean channel vs a normal Stratocaster and a Les Paul. The Clapton signature Stratocaster with Vintage Noiceless Stacked Humbuckers immidiately got to 120 decibel and could have gone higher if the roof of the amp stopped it. With my normal Stratocaster and Les Paul I had to Struggle to get to only 20 decibels. This means the Clapton signature Stratocaster is at least 100 Db boost as Fender counts Db boost as decibels more than a normal Stratocaster. I noted also that the difference between mid boodt and no mid boost was very small only 7 Db. Though the mid boost hits 500-800 hertz so it sounds another way but it was not more than 7 decibel difference. This is a Stock Clapton signature Stratocaster. I took it to a guitar tech to be sure and he measured it at 100 Db boost as well and looked into the active cuircuit and saw how that was possible. You have transistor voltage boost in The Clapton signature Stratocaster so you can have 100 000 volt output of you want the Transistor Voltage boost is the lost effective voltage boosting system that exists. With 100 Db boost and 220 mv vintage Noiceless stacked Humbuckers thats 22 000 volt output. That explained to me why it was absolutely impossible to play it on the distorted channel also why after 3-5 minutes the Clean channel sounded like it would break and I lowered the volume on the guitar a lot. I also got an tremendous distortion on the Clean channel something very Strange. Now my amp is powerul at 100 volt but that thing was going to break I noticed that. I have the explation why its so loud : 3 cascaded 2N6429 transistors with various resistors and collectors at each transistor. The transistor boosts and send it to a collector that sends the allready Nopsted signal to the NeXT transistor that boosts the boosted signal then sends it to a collector that sends i to another transistor to boost the allready boosted signal and sends it yo a collector. Then it goes to a descrete op amp topology and then to transistor 2N5097 not the op amp topology and the 2N5088 boosts the signal. The way with a 3 vaxad is that you multiply the gain at each transistor. This is a non linear active cuircuit. Each transistor and op amp topology has various resistors and collectors to easily transistor voltage boost this to 22 000 volt output. All that I easily understood as I am Engineer in electronics, but why I wondered was why does Clapton want such incredible voiume ? Can it be to change the sound ? Thats the only thing I can come up with. And the truth is it not have one Stratocaster sound in it. It has a very nice sound but it was as far away from the normal Stratocaster sound you can possibly come.
I measured my Clapton signature Stratocaster to 100 Db boost ( 93 Db boost without the mid boost). First it was so incredibly loud and I could only play it on the Clean channel on my Clean amp. I measured it on the lowest level I could have on the Clean channel vs a normal Stratocaster and a Les Paul. The Clapton signature Stratocaster with Vintage Noiceless Stacked Humbuckers immidiately got to 120 decibel and could have gone higher if the roof of the amp stopped it. With my normal Stratocaster and Les Paul I had to Struggle to get to only 20 decibels. This means the Clapton signature Stratocaster is at least 100 Db boost as Fender counts Db boost as decibels more than a normal Stratocaster. I noted also that the difference between mid boodt and no mid boost was very small only 7 Db. Though the mid boost hits 500-800 hertz so it sounds another way but it was not more than 7 decibel difference. This is a Stock Clapton signature Stratocaster. I took it to a guitar tech to be sure and he measured it at 100 Db boost as well and looked into the active cuircuit and saw how that was possible. You have transistor voltage boost in The Clapton signature Stratocaster so you can have 100 000 volt output of you want the Transistor Voltage boost is the lost effective voltage boosting system that exists. With 100 Db boost and 220 mv vintage Noiceless stacked Humbuckers thats 22 000 volt output. That explained to me why it was absolutely impossible to play it on the distorted channel also why after 3-5 minutes the Clean channel sounded like it would break and I lowered the volume on the guitar a lot. I also got an tremendous distortion on the Clean channel something very Strange. Now my amp is powerul at 100 volt but that thing was going to break I noticed that. I have the explation why its so loud : 3 cascaded 2N6429 transistors with various resistors and collectors at each transistor. The transistor boosts and send it to a collector that sends the allready Nopsted signal to the NeXT transistor that boosts the boosted signal then sends it to a collector that sends i to another transistor to boost the allready boosted signal and sends it yo a collector. Then it goes to a descrete op amp topology and then to transistor 2N5097 not the op amp topology and the 2N5088 boosts the signal. The way with a 3 vaxad is that you multiply the gain at each transistor. This is a non linear active cuircuit. Each transistor and op amp topology has various resistors and collectors to easily transistor voltage boost this to 22 000 volt output. All that I easily understood as I am Engineer in electronics, but why I wondered was why does Clapton want such incredible voiume ? Can it be to change the sound ? Thats the only thing I can come up with. And the truth is it not have one Stratocaster sound in it. It has a very nice sound but it was as far away from the normal Stratocaster sound you can possibly come.
