Pimpin my sg std ! Mules for modern sounds ?

[fr33man1]

Hey , bkp fellas;

I bought a good secondhand cherry sg but those jap pafs and the old bill lawrence gibson pickups(previous owner fitted those + an ugly white perloid pickguard..)  lack the bkp clarity and rich sound. I'm back with a good old mesa boogie Mark III as an amp and my esp with miracle man really sings. I need bkps on my other guitars too.

I was always curious on how mules can be versatile and quite tight under gain. Nolly gets them sounding fantastic even for modern metal. Can I hope to get a decent metal sound even in drop C with mules ?

The guitar isnt brittle or harsh sounding, just fat and balanced like a good sg. I also would like to try other stuff rather than the contemporary line which I went through (except for the warpig) .

What about abraxas /rebell yells/ crawlers in an sg ? Or even emerald ? I admit I need to be schooled on those as I never had much interest in other pickups than nailbomb and miracle man but I had too many so I'm curious on the rest of the bkp range.

[dheim]

besides the fact that i would love to try a ceramic warpig in an SG, i have RYs and CSs in my SGs, and they sound absolutely awesome! aggressive, tight, clear and power chords sound ENORMOUS! ;)

[HairyChris]

You should be able to if you use a modern high gain amp. They're very open so getting compressed "modern" tones will need a boot from the preamp. Or boosting.

I'm quite interested inthe Abraxas myself. I got some nice but seriously heavy tones out of a PRS that was loaded with PRS RP pickups into a Mesa. I asked Tim what the closest in his line to the RP was and Abraxas was the answer. It was in a very resonant guitar too so I have some days wondering whether I should swap out the Warpig 7s that I have for the Abraxas. Too many things to try, not enough money!  :D

[Nolly]

I think you should give them a try  :)

[Mr. Air]

Maybe the Stockholms. I know they're quite modern voiced, but they just sound killer in Nolly's clips on the website where they're in a SG.

[Telerocker]

Mediumoutput-pu's do not always perform best in SG's. I certainly would try Mules or if you want a little more highend RiffRaffs.

[fr33man1]

website clips of the p90 are with a sg ? Damn I think I'll go with stockholm/mqueen combo then or a mule neck.

[Telerocker]

Yep, they do sound great (I like soapbars). You get more hum, that's in the game too.

[Alex]

I have a Black Dog and it works fine for just about anything I throw at it, though best for classic rock/Guns'n'Roses, but from comparisons I know my SG is somewhat treblier than many other SGs. A Mule sounds like a good deal to me aas well.

[fr33man1]

I enjoyed black dogs on my les paul, good pickups but I'd like to try those famous mules ;). But too many choices in bkp range and not enought money.  :(