Author Topic: Who needs humbuckers - my MQ back from the tech (Read 3287 times)

Elliot · « **on:** September 27, 2005, 09:35:55 PM »

one word - awesome - it sits with a mule which is very good, very smooth, paf like, but the MQ is the dogs - Pure blues, pure jazz. I havn't high gained it yet (not my style anyway) but my guitar sounds so open and toneful.

brilliant, shame the guitar has got a 5 string buzz in the fitting process, but once that calms down i'm going to do some heavy playing. :band4:

Tim · « **Reply #1 on:** September 27, 2005, 09:38:58 PM »

Glad you like it Elliot, they look lovely too don't they 8)

Elliot · « **Reply #2 on:** September 27, 2005, 10:35:56 PM »

They sure do - excuse my excitement, but here is the obligatory blurry bed shot:

HJM · « **Reply #3 on:** September 27, 2005, 11:21:25 PM »

That looks like a Fender Esprit/Flame??

jt · « **Reply #4 on:** September 27, 2005, 11:34:17 PM »

:D Hi guys looks good !! i`ve been meaning to ask what or who is the MQ voiced after ? & does it come in H/B mode or P90 ?

:D 8)

PhilKing · « **Reply #5 on:** September 27, 2005, 11:56:25 PM »

Quote from: jt

:D Hi guys looks good !! i`ve been meaning to ask what or who is the MQ voiced after ? & does it come in H/B mode or P90 ?

:D 8)

Mountain - Mississippi Queen - Leslie West's P-90 driven tone.

It is a single coil not a humbucker. There is a coil tap option, which just thins the sound a little, without losing the volume.

It is a really sweet pickup - lots of sounds from it.

Of course I do like P-90's - in spite of the hum :twisted:

jt · « **Reply #6 on:** September 28, 2005, 05:07:16 AM »

:D Thanks Phil !! :D

:D 8)

Elliot · « **Reply #7 on:** September 28, 2005, 07:25:56 AM »

Yup HJM its a 1983 Fender Esprit Standard - a chambered alder guitar with a maple top, later became the Robben Ford model. I bought it new as a teenager but gave up guitar for about 20 years, so it has sat in the loft.

The old stock schaller pups were dull and grunted = they totally nullified the effect of the chambering.

The mule and MQ (both A4), on the other hand, bring out the chambering in a glorious way - the guitar now has an added acoustic dimension, almost an ES335 sound.

I've been playing Peter Green type stuff this morning and the MQ nails it nicely. The mule on the other hand has a smooth Gary Moore blues tone (I suppose that's also a Peter Green sound as its the same guitar) and whats more the MQ has no discernable noise.

Middle tone is - wow! - it has that quacky sound of two humbuckers but with an added, almost strat bridge-middle, out of phasy tone. Slight volume drop but just pure.

All in all it has turned a guitar that sat in my cupboard for years into a tone machine!