Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Players => Topic started by: brazilianjosh on April 19, 2007, 12:14:07 AM
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Hi,
Just wondering if anyone can post a clip of stormy mondays? It doesnt have to be too fancy, I just want to hear the pickup with some clean chords and then just some rocky stuff.
The other thing is what is the difference in sound between the stormy monday and the mule pickup?
Thanks!
Josh
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From what I can gather, the Stormy Monday is less powerful and a bit sweeter. The Mule has a touch more kick and a slight hump in the midrange.
There's clip in the players section of Stormy Mondays in an SG doing bluesy/rock and I think there's a clean clip from someone else. Use the search facility ;)
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Hi,
'Twin fan' has nailed the description right !
The only things I would add are that the SMs have quite an even response across the neck, they emphasise no frequency range in particular.
This produces an almost acoustic tone when the volume is turned down.
With the pickup selector in the middle position, think B.B.King sounds.
Also SMs have an alnico II magnet by default, as compared to the Mule's alnico IV. This tends to make the bass a bit softer sounding and less focused, but also seems to give the SMs their trademark sweetness in the treble strings.
having experimented and consulted Tim, the SMs sound good in both my Les Paul and S.G. - but perfect when the SMs are in the thinner/lighter S.G. and the Mules in the Les Paul.
I feel that a Les Paul's tonal signature benefits from a slight 'mid hump' - and likewise a thinner or semi acoustic guitar lets the SMs 'breathe' wonderfully.
As Twinfan said, SMs are marginally sweeter and the Mules kick harder when you dig in.
There is indeed some lovely clean Jazzy playing and an overdriven example of the SM on the player's page, and a wealth of Mule clips.
Enjoy !
:D