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Topic: Mid 90's Mullen P/U's Preference |
Dave Goodman
From:
San Antonio, TX, USA (deceased)
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Posted 12 Jun 2009 5:00 am |
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| Mid 90's Mullen players: What p'u's do you prefer, if you have tried any different ones besides stock? |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 12 Jun 2009 6:09 am
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I play a pre-RP that Del built for me in 1997. I've tried several "after market" pickups over the years and have always gone back to the original single-coil that Dixie Mullen made for the guitar.
Having said that, though, I have finally found a humbucker that I really do like, as much as the original. I'm using a BL-712 (12-string version of the BL-710) and I love it. For a humbucker, it is an extremely bright-sounding pickup, at least on my guitar. It really cuts through the mix on the bandstand and it's quiet. No hum.
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Lee, from South Texas - Down On The Rio Grande
There are only two options as I see it.
Either I'm right, or there is a sinister conspiracy to conceal the fact that I'm right.
Williams Keyless S-10, BMI S-10, Evans FET-500LV, Fender Steel King, 2 Roland Cube 80XL's,
Sarno FreeLoader, Goodrich Passive Volume Pedals, Vintage ACE Pack-A-Seat |
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Dave Goodman
From:
San Antonio, TX, USA (deceased)
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Posted 12 Jun 2009 7:33 am
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| Thanks Lee. Mine is 97 also. Anyone else? |
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Steve Stallings
From:
Houston/Cypress, Texas
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Posted 12 Jun 2009 11:34 am
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I've got a 94 with the original single coil. I really think it sounds wonderful.
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Steve Stallings
Emmons Legrande II 8X5 |
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Dave Goodman
From:
San Antonio, TX, USA (deceased)
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Posted 12 Jun 2009 1:19 pm
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| Steve: Not that there's anything wrong with mine-sometimes my thinking ain't quite right I guess. Appreciate your response. Just wondering if anyone has tried something they like better. |
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Raymond White
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2009 4:18 pm mullenp/u ;s versus others,
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| I have owned (2) Early 90;s year model guitars,the stock P/U;s sounded great,I also tried ,the L 910,the Geo L 10/1 they all sounded great,it is just a matter of personal taste,anyway you can:t make a MULLEN GUITAR,sound bad,in my opinion they are the best playing and sounding guitars,that i have ever or will own.With Many REGRETS,i traded my last one a (93) model,for a Derby,could anyone Imagine that?We Live and learn,when you have the best ,WHY try the Rest? |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 12 Jun 2009 10:44 pm
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| FWIW, I tried a 10-1 in a 95 D10. I tried tweaking it for a few hours, It was ok, I guess. It did take care of the hum, but I could never make it sound as sweet as Mizz Dixie's single coil so I ended up putting the original back in. |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 13 Jun 2009 6:05 am
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Jerry - I did have a 12-1 for a while. Never could dial in the sound I wanted to hear. For a humbucker, I'm very happy with the BL 712.
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Lee, from South Texas - Down On The Rio Grande
There are only two options as I see it.
Either I'm right, or there is a sinister conspiracy to conceal the fact that I'm right.
Williams Keyless S-10, BMI S-10, Evans FET-500LV, Fender Steel King, 2 Roland Cube 80XL's,
Sarno FreeLoader, Goodrich Passive Volume Pedals, Vintage ACE Pack-A-Seat |
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Billy McCombs
From:
Bakersfield California, USA
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Posted 13 Jun 2009 8:19 am
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I have a 1989 black mullen,and a 2004 RP, both have single coils. A couple of years back I bought a electro-harmonix Hum Debugger after reading about it here on the forum. I have used it more than once on giges where the the hum was to much and it works. I use the normal setting, the strong setting seams to effect the tone up the neck. I love the sound of thoses single coil PUs.
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78 Emmons PP,Great tone.82 Emmons SKH #56 |
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Billy Carr
From:
Seminary, Mississippi, USA (deceased)
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Posted 13 Jun 2009 9:00 am p/u's
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| Some of the best sounding Mullen's I've played and listened to had Truetones. |
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Pete Macomber
From:
San Francisco, California
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Posted 14 Jun 2009 9:52 am
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I have a George L E-66 in my Mullen pre-RP sd-10. It sounds very good to my ears.
Pete |
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Clete Ritta
From:
San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 23 Jun 2009 2:24 pm
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| Pete, I just got a Mullen SD10 and put a George L 66 in it as well. Sounds great! I did like the warmer tone of the original Mullen PU, but it picked up a lot of hum and didnt have much output. I bought the guitar used and the plastic seat around the pickup was cracked, so it may have been lowered previously too much. I had to do some work shaving the inside tabs off the 66 to fit, since Mullens have just three set screws (2 on one side, 1 on the other). Also the extra height of the bolts had to be trimmed so it would sit about a quarters height below the strings. Now the guitar has noticeably brighter, hotter output with no hum at all. Im keeping the original pickup in case I feel like returning to the stock Mullen sound in the future. |
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Billy Morgan
From:
Talladega, Alabama
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Posted 25 Jun 2009 11:15 am
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| I have a 94 SD10 Mullen, Black Mica and I've tried the stock pickup and a George L 10-1, But when I put in a Truetone (wound to 18,000)the guitar came to life. All of the pickups sound good but I have to agree with Billy Carr that Truetones sound awfully good in a Mullen. |
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