Why does The Clapton signature Stratocaster have 100 Db boost

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I tested The Clspton signature Stratocaster at extreme low levels on the Clean channel against my Motmal Stratocsster. The Clspton signature Stratocaster has way to much output to be played on the distorted Channel.
With The Clapton signature Stratocaster I immidiately went to the roof of the amp with 120 decibel. I then tried my normal Stratocaster and I had to struggle to get it to 20 decibels. That means the Clapton signature Stratocaster is 100 decibels or more than my normal Stratocaster. That means the Clapton signature Stratocaster is more than 1000 times louder than a normal Stratocaster. The Clapton signature Stratocaster has an output of at least 15 000 volt. 100 Db boost on the normal Stratocasters 150 mv pick ups means it has 15 000 volt output. Its not a problem at all for the active cuircuit it uses the most effective Voltage boost system there is : Transistor voltage boost which easily could give the guitar 100 000 volt output if needed. And I have seen all cascaded discrete op amp toplogies and other transistors and all collectors and resistors, so that this is how it is is logical I just Wonder why Clapton wanted suck an extreme guitar, easily the most powerful guitar in the world. Is it not enough to turn the amp off or is it some kind of sound he is after ? i noticed off course that it did not sound in any say like a Stratocaster, and it cant. The incredible boost clllurs the sound and the Dtacked Humbuckers Vintage Noicelees makes it completely impossible to sound like a real Stratocaster as Physics does not allow Humbuckers ( whether normal or stacked) to sound like single coils.
 
I tested The Clspton signature Stratocaster at extreme low levels on the Clean channel against my Motmal Stratocsster. The Clspton signature Stratocaster has way to much output to be played on the distorted Channel.
With The Clapton signature Stratocaster I immidiately went to the roof of the amp with 120 decibel. I then tried my normal Stratocaster and I had to struggle to get it to 20 decibels. That means the Clapton signature Stratocaster is 100 decibels or more than my normal Stratocaster. That means the Clapton signature Stratocaster is more than 1000 times louder than a normal Stratocaster. The Clapton signature Stratocaster has an output of at least 15 000 volt. 100 Db boost on the normal Stratocasters 150 mv pick ups means it has 15 000 volt output. Its not a problem at all for the active cuircuit it uses the most effective Voltage boost system there is : Transistor voltage boost which easily could give the guitar 100 000 volt output if needed. And I have seen all cascaded discrete op amp toplogies and other transistors and all collectors and resistors, so that this is how it is is logical I just Wonder why Clapton wanted suck an extreme guitar, easily the most powerful guitar in the world. Is it not enough to turn the amp off or is it some kind of sound he is after ? i noticed off course that it did not sound in any say like a Stratocaster, and it cant. The incredible boost clllurs the sound and the Dtacked Humbuckers Vintage Noicelees makes it completely impossible to sound like a real Stratocaster as Physics does not allow Humbuckers ( whether normal or stacked) to sound like single coils.
What year is it , 1988 ? or new. Mid boost , 20 decibel.
 
I don’t know or remember all the numbers…. But a long time ago I had the hots for a Clapton Strat. At the time I was looking, it had a push pull pot to activate the mid boost. My feeble memory seems to recall it was in the 20-25db range though.
 
Haven’t you posted about this before?
Go git em!!!! ;) (I am totally kidding, of course…)

 
I tested The Clspton signature Stratocaster at extreme low levels on the Clean channel against my Motmal Stratocsster. The Clspton signature Stratocaster has way to much output to be played on the distorted Channel.
With The Clapton signature Stratocaster I immidiately went to the roof of the amp with 120 decibel. I then tried my normal Stratocaster and I had to struggle to get it to 20 decibels. That means the Clapton signature Stratocaster is 100 decibels or more than my normal Stratocaster. That means the Clapton signature Stratocaster is more than 1000 times louder than a normal Stratocaster. The Clapton signature Stratocaster has an output of at least 15 000 volt. 100 Db boost on the normal Stratocasters 150 mv pick ups means it has 15 000 volt output. Its not a problem at all for the active cuircuit it uses the most effective Voltage boost system there is : Transistor voltage boost which easily could give the guitar 100 000 volt output if needed. And I have seen all cascaded discrete op amp toplogies and other transistors and all collectors and resistors, so that this is how it is is logical I just Wonder why Clapton wanted suck an extreme guitar, easily the most powerful guitar in the world. Is it not enough to turn the amp off or is it some kind of sound he is after ? i noticed off course that it did not sound in any say like a Stratocaster, and it cant. The incredible boost clllurs the sound and the Dtacked Humbuckers Vintage Noicelees makes it completely impossible to sound like a real Stratocaster as Physics does not allow Humbuckers ( whether normal or stacked) to sound like single coils.

No, it doesn't have 100 db boost.

The power supply is the limit of gain.
A 9 volt circuit can only produce 9 volts of output, maximum if that.

You can't feed a 9 volt audio signal into a guitar amp. It will overload the living crap out of it.

It is possible to increase sensitivity, but you will never boost the output to that level.
 
Can’t spell worth crap. Should I kill it off?
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Realistically, I think 12 to 20 db is about all you can get without triggering wild out of control oscillations.
It's going to squeal feedback before you pass 20.

But over in Canadian guitar forum, it was a 1500 volt output. We were skeptical.
 
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