Splitting a mule neck

[Roboten]

Does a mule neck have a good split sound, or should i consider a hotter pickup for better coil splitting?

[Mr. Air]

I haven't tried to Mule, but I think that it has been stated before that it splits well. I have a Stormy Monday bridge in a strat and I find the split tones pleasing.

[Kiichi]

I only use an autosplit which is IT middle + the outer coil of a mule neck (the slug coil) and this works very nicely for clean tones, gives them a tele esque vibe.

[BigB]

You may also want to consider the serie/parallel option instead of split - parellel coils give a lighter (and lower output), more single-coilish tone than the stock serie wiring while retaining the humbucking effect (for the record, the intermediate positions on a Tele or Strat are actually "2 coils parallel").

I've never tried splitting a BKP, but on all other 'buckers I tried the parallel option sounded way better than the split, regardless of the pup's output.

[Brow]

I split the Abraxas neck (essentially a Mule neck) in my CU22 and it works well.

[darkbluemurder]

Never played a Mule but I

- split the Holydiver bridge and the Cold Sweat neck in my PRS Custom
- the Miracle Man bridge in my alder strat and
- the Abraxas bridge in a HSS set up.

All work well split but with the exception of the Cold Sweat neck are much higher DC resistance pickups.

Cheers Stephan

[DoomBuggi]

I found the title of this post quite amusing.

[BigB]

I found the title of this post quite amusing.

Now that you mention it...  :lol:

[DoomBuggi]

I found the title of this post quite amusing.

Now that you mention it...  :lol:

I'm also surprised that no one beat me to it as well.  :mrgreen:

[Telerocker]

The splitted sounds of my Crawler and VHII are very nice.