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Catalyst77

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« on: September 21, 2007, 10:14:32 PM »
Can I mix a Crawler bridge with a mule neck?
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« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2007, 10:17:41 PM »
yes, it makes sense actually.  Mule is standard PAF fare or very similar at least, crawler is a hotter version of that - should work well in the bridge

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« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2007, 10:33:33 AM »
But the standard Crawler calibrated set has an Abraxas neck, which is an awesome pickup.  

Choice is yours.
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« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2007, 11:24:41 AM »
yeah the crawler neck pickups are sweet
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« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2007, 05:33:59 PM »
I'm late to this thread's party, but it's always worth chiming in to say how awesome the Crawler/Abraxas neck pup is!  8)
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« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2007, 11:31:33 PM »
So Crawler neck and Abraxas neck is the same? Wow I didn't even know that. Does that mean it's Alnico IV?

That was off topic, sorry. I think a Crawler bridge would work excellently with a Mule neck. You could get screaming rock tones when you want it and switch to the neck/middle (and/or roll the volume down) when you want real vintage tones.
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« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2007, 12:37:05 PM »
Is it really the case that the crawler and Abraxas neck are the same?

Also does that mean that its likely there may be a couple of other combinations out there where this is also the case?
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« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2007, 02:28:00 PM »
there are, but I can't remember what it is.

Rebel Yell and HD neck?

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« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2007, 05:12:02 PM »
Quote from: Benmartin1977
Is it really the case that the crawler and Abraxas neck are the same?


This, at least, I can confirm courtesy of an email to me from Tim on 07 January 2006:
Quote from: Tim
They are the same pickup Carl ............. it's a wind I really like, DC7.6K Alnico IV and I use it on both Crawler and Abraxas sets as a neck so it's bang on for the Santana tone. Where things differ is in the mid position, the Crawler has AV and AIV on together which produces a serious quack in the mids. The Abraxas has AIV in both positions which produces a smoother mid with less quack.
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« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2007, 05:21:22 PM »
Cool. I'm looking forward to how this will sound. Hopefully nothing like (recent) Santana though...  :?
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« Reply #10 on: October 05, 2007, 05:38:41 PM »
No, we're talking Abraxas, Santana 3 - the good stuff.

I still like his guitar tone on the recent stuff, it's just all that guest vocalist nonsense that gets my goat.
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« Reply #11 on: October 05, 2007, 05:56:13 PM »
Quote from: Philly Q
No, we're talking Abraxas, Santana 3 - the good stuff.
I still like his guitar tone on the recent stuff, it's just all that guest vocalist nonsense that gets my goat.

Agreed -- on both counts, actually!

Well, OK, I haven't got anything more recent than Supernatural, but the tone there is still great.  I mean, just listen to the guitar breaks on "(Da Le) Yaleo": smokin' tone!

But, yes, the guest vocalist thing is seldom an endurable gimmick for (at best) more than an album's worth, no matter how good your tone is ....
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