active mid-boost in LP?

[Mr. Papa]

Hey folks,
I have a Fender mid boost circuit, like used in the Clapton and Buddy Guy models, and I'm thinking about trying it in a LP clone with some vintage output humbuckers. Has anyone tried this and want to encourage / discourage the idea? I'm planning to use it for slide, mostly.
Thanks!
Nate

 

[B Ingram]

You can if you want. I think most guys would use a pedal for that, and select among the many varieties of "Mid-pushed" over drive pedals out there.

Examples of different flavors of mid-pushed overdrive pedals:

• Tubescreamer (and variants like the Full-Drive)
• Klon (as well as the KTR, Tumnus, Archer, Soul Food and various "Klones")
• Tim/Timmy (not necessarily mid-pushed, but can be configured that way)
• King of Tone (and its clones)
• OCD
• Secret Freq
• Overrated Special
• and many, many more

Sometimes the big difference among the pedals above is where the boost (relative to bass/treble) is placed in the whole mid-spectrum.

And a simple EQ pedal (graphic or parametric) can do the same, while adding boost without distortion. This is reconfigurable if your guitars/pickups/taste change...