MQ or Nantucket neck paired with Mule bridge?

[Sothoth]

I have a LP limited edition and want to drop in my Mule bridge and pair with an HSP90 neck.  I have narrowed down the pairing between a Mississippi Queen and Nantucket.  I had a soap bar Nantucket set and really loved them... but never heard the MQ.  Anyone compared both?  Looks to me like the output is slightly lower on the MQ, which strikes me as a good pairing for the Mule, but know the Nantucket would work so it’s just a matter of which works better.

Thoughts?

Genres are blues rock, hard rock, some metal (but doesn’t need to be super convincing metal), classic rock.  Thanks in advance!

[Telerocker]

I have a LP limited edition and want to drop in my Mule bridge and pair with an HSP90 neck.  I have narrowed down the pairing between a Mississippi Queen and Nantucket.  I had a soap bar Nantucket set and really loved them... but never heard the MQ.  Anyone compared both?  Looks to me like the output is slightly lower on the MQ, which strikes me as a good pairing for the Mule, but know the Nantucket would work so it’s just a matter of which works better.

Thoughts?

Genres are blues rock, hard rock, some metal (but doesn’t need to be super convincing metal), classic rock.  Thanks in advance!

The difference between the Nantucket and MQ is tiny, you might not even hear which is what. I would worry more about the neck-soapbar overpowering the Mule-bridge.

[darkandrew]

What's the difference between a P90 and a split humbucker?

[Sothoth]

What's the difference between a P90 and a split humbucker?

The magnet structure and geometries are different.  I don’t think I could describe all the differences but generally a P90 compared to a split HB will have more mid-focused tones and have more growl and the treble might be a bit twangier.  To me the neck P90 is pretty much born for blues.  The HSP version isn’t quite a P90 because the shape is different but it’s close.  I probably couldn’t really tell the difference myself :)

[Telerocker]

Big magnet = big sound. By example the amount of bass in a vintage P90 in neck-position is a few levels up compared to a vintage singlecoil. The single coil (splitted hb or plain single coil), will have a scooped voicing, where the P90 is all about mids and lowmids. Yet a P90 remains a single coil and therefore you keep chime in upper register.

Anyway, I would go for a Blue Note when pairing with a Mule-bridge.

[Sothoth]

Big magnet = big sound. By example the amount of bass in a vintage P90 in neck-position is a few levels up compared to a vintage singlecoil. The single coil (splitted hb or plain single coil), will have a scooped voicing, where the P90 is all about mids and lowmids. Yet a P90 remains a single coil and therefore you keep chime in upper register.

Anyway, I would go for a Blue Note when pairing with a Mule-bridge.

What makes you suggest the blue note?

[Telerocker]

I think the voicing of the Blue Note-neck balances nice with the Mule-bridge. Both are crisp dynamics pickups without a midpeak. Both have a topend with a smooth edge, if you know what I mean.

[Dave Sloven]

I think the voicing of the Blue Note-neck balances nice with the Mule-bridge. Both are crisp dynamics pickups without a midpeak. Both have a topend with a smooth edge, if you know what I mean.

I would second this.  The MQ pairs nicely with the Riff Raff but for the Mule I can see the BN being a better choice.