On-board LPB1?

[JEPorter]

I'm thinking of doing some mods to my Strat and plan on using an onboard preamp...The Stratoblaster was recommended and I have the parts on the way...but I was wondering how an LPB1 might compare as far as potential volume output...does anyone know how many decibels of gain an LPB1 might be maxed out?
Thanks all,
Jeff

[JEPorter]

I know there would be variables depending on the components...but I'm just wondering about general figures...
J

[blooze_man]

I don't really know the numbers, but I built one and it gives a good amount of boost. If you place it before an overdrive it ventures into fuzz territory. Which is cool.

[petemoore]

  My druthers were about what they sound like since I toned them down for in-guitar use.
  And used DPDT/100k pot assigned to pull/on, push/bypass, so the bypass and amplifier circuit aren't too far apart from one another in output, I liked the enourmous output of any booster [ie most of them are far above unity when turned down to even 80% or so of their output], but the 'blast of overboost', especially for clean sounds /or/ more useful bypass being say 10% above unity or so made pulling the effect on while playing a less shocking experience, having to pull/readjust volume/start playing again was required to avoid speaker-blasting when switching on the onboard preamp.
  Another player might always keep the booster driving a next circuit which distorts/compresses, so having huge increase from raw pickup volume or even not having raw pickup available [PU>hardwired booster/no bypass] might be more suitable for these intended purposes.
  A dist+ for instance puts a hard-ceiling on volume, any voltage above X doesn't get past this circuit. Boost increases = more clippings-shunted-to-ground.
  A non distorting amp hit with boost may produce enourmous volume changes, the speaker and ears found them to be irritating or dangerous.
  Since I use pedalboard, and stout/not too long guitar>cable to it, I tried 20 boosters, and have an often chosen OScomp as 'booster'. 
  For in-guitar I chose a reduced gain stratoblaster, volume control at the end also works PU, when stratoblaster bypassed. I guess it'd be called 10 or 20% 'boost.

[Hides-His-Eyes]

I would personally not recommend the LPB-1 for this purpose because it does not have a very high input impedance at all (not even 50kOhms) and so might result in a loss of treble, although this is less of an issue when there's no cable to deal with.

Have a look for the "crackle not OK" circuit; that might sound better to you.