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Topic: After 23 Years, Pedals Find Their Way Home ... |
Jim Lindsey (Louisiana)
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Greenwell Springs, Louisiana (deceased)
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Posted 7 Aug 2013 5:38 pm |
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I'd originally called this "Pedal Madness", but I thought the new title would be more accurate ...
Had a great day today with Billy Tam playing around with his "new" Mullen ... a 1988 Pre-RP that was Gary Hogue's second Mullen guitar ... a gorgeous black mica double neck with tone to the bone.
Most all who know me also know that my 1986 Mullen was Gary Hogue's first Mullen guitar. So, here we have Gary's first and second ones both right here in the same area. Kinda cool. 
Well, when Gary Hogue sold the black guitar, he wanted to keep the polished pedals (and the pedal bar that had his name on it), so he did a switcheroo and traded pedal bars ... thus, the black guitar pedals & bar ended up on the guitar I have now and Gary's original pedals & bar ended up on the black guitar that Billy has.
While we visited today, I had my pedal bar there and Billy and I A/B compared them. He really liked the polished pedals that were originally on his guitar and I liked the older styled pedals that were originally on my guitar, so we made a trade. We each kept our pedal racks, but took all the pedals off and made a nice trade.
The photo of Billy's guitar above shows his guitar once again equipped with the polished pedals which were originally on it.
The photo below, and I apologize for the photo quality (took it with my cell phone in bad light) shows my guitar with its original pedals now on it.
I had a great time checking out Billy's new guitar. It's really a beauty, plays great and is sheer tone to the bone. And, the pedals thing was a nice mutual trade that we're both happy with. 
I thought this would be something cool to share ... how often do pedals ever get traded between two guitars and then, more than 20 years later, find their way back home to their original guitars?
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1986 Mullen D-10 with 8 & 7 (Dual Bill Lawrence 705 pickups each neck)
Two Peavey Nashville 400 Amps (with a Session 500 in reserve) - Yamaha SPX-90 II
Peavey ProFex II - Yamaha R-1000 Digital Reverb - Ross Time Machine Digital Delay - BBE Sonic Maximizer 422A
ProCo RAT R2DU Dual Distortion - Korg DT-1 Pro Tuner (Rack Mounted) - Furman PL-8 Power Bay
Goodrich Match-Bro by Buddy Emmons - BJS Steel Bar (Dunlop Finger Picks / Golden Gate Thumb Picks)
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Craig A Davidson
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Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2013 7:12 pm
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Jim Lindsey (Louisiana)
From:
Greenwell Springs, Louisiana (deceased)
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Posted 7 Aug 2013 7:48 pm
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Hi Craig,
When Gary Hogue bought his first and second Mullen guitars he was experimenting with using a dual pick up system.
The pickup wiring on Billy Tam's black guitar is different than in mine. He has four switches and a tone knob of some kind and I wasn't able to play around with it to see exactly what all he's doing with his dual pickup system.
Mine, however, I can explain real quick ...
In the photo above, you'll see I have five switches between the necks. From left to right as you're looking at the photo,
1) There's the bank switch for the E9th/C6th necks ...
2) The next switch is the C6th 3 position pickup bank switch for running only the regular pickup closest to the fingers, both pickups in tandem, or just the pickup closest to the fret board. The secondary pickup in its position provides a darker sound than the first pickup in the normal position. When run together in tandem it's an interesting sound.
3) The next switch is the E9th 3 position pickup bank switch and serves the same function on E9th.
4) The fourth switch is the phase switch for the C6th pickups ... when they're both turned on and running in tandem, turning on this switch will throw them out of phase for a very interesting and, depending on the song you're using it on, delightful sound.
5) The final switch is the phase switch for the E9th pickups.
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1986 Mullen D-10 with 8 & 7 (Dual Bill Lawrence 705 pickups each neck)
Two Peavey Nashville 400 Amps (with a Session 500 in reserve) - Yamaha SPX-90 II
Peavey ProFex II - Yamaha R-1000 Digital Reverb - Ross Time Machine Digital Delay - BBE Sonic Maximizer 422A
ProCo RAT R2DU Dual Distortion - Korg DT-1 Pro Tuner (Rack Mounted) - Furman PL-8 Power Bay
Goodrich Match-Bro by Buddy Emmons - BJS Steel Bar (Dunlop Finger Picks / Golden Gate Thumb Picks) |
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