Mules: Swedish-style high-gain

[Nolly]

Thanks Kevan!
While I do love these low outputs, that's not to say that I dislike the more contemporary pickups in the range - both have their place as fas as I'm concerned :)

[Ronnie Robinson]

The original BKP humbucker pickup and possibly still the best. Beauty !

[Nolly]

The original pickup was a Miracle Man, but that doesn't make the Mules any less awesome ;)

[Telerocker]

The woods in this guitar are really porn. Who said porn is bad for your eyes?

[fr33man1]

Thats sick makes me want to go for mules in my lp custom , what tuning was that in ?

[Nolly]

Thanks dude, it's in drop-D. It's hard to go wrong with Mules in an LP, it'd definitely be worth strong consideration!

[fr33man1]

I just discovered how good miracle men were on my ESP LP, just nails that spongy Pkway Drive tone and as the Bdog did not really do it on my gibson LP I'm seeking new pickups. I'm always amazed on how you get those vintage babies to sound so massive on modern tunes.

[Nolly]

Hmm, well something worth bringing up is that this recording is quad-tracked, which naturally makes the guitars sound thicker and smoother with a squishier attack (due to the human error between the takes).
If you want to achieve a sound such as Adam D's signature massive wall of rhythm tracks with just one guitar, then a pickup like the Miracle Man or Warpig will get you there no doubt.


If you're interested, this is what just one of the guitar tracks sounds like:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/790683/Swedish%20B2%20single%20GTR.mp3

You can really hear the more dynamic attack (as in, you can hear a fair amount of inconsistency in my picking :lol: ), and really extreme clarity on the big open chord in the second riff.

[fr33man1]

One GTTrack or not its still percussive as hell. Its a bit more spongy and less tight than the comtemporary units but still ! This sound has cleary balls and low end. If you did not write they were mules I assume I'd said this was a miracle man with alnico magnet.

[Nolly]

Well, interestingly I actually recorded a comparison clip with a friend's Miracle Man-loaded custom guitar:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/790683/Swedish%20MM%20single%20GTR.mp3

The difference is actually rather small, but you can really hear that lower mid push on the Miracle Man clip. We can't really draw comparison on the character of the palm mutes though since it was an unfamiliar guitar so my right hand mute placement was undoubtedly different.

[fr33man1]

I admit the mule clip sounds clearer. You can feel its less compressed and breathes more, indeed on that raw open chord before the harmony you can clearly ear the difference imo.

[Nolly]

Yeah, both have qualities I like. It'd be interesting to hear the Blackmachine with a Miracle Man in it, but I'm too happy with the Mules to do that any time soon.

[keith]

MONSTER!!!!! class clip

[Nolly]

Thanks Keith :)