Author Topic: Humbucker Size BKP-90 (Read 8917 times)

Ratrod · « **Reply #15 on:** May 30, 2005, 10:02:19 PM »

Funny, the Mule sounds so much friggin' louder in the soundclips. Or is that because of the amp you're using, Tim?

Tim · « **Reply #16 on:** May 30, 2005, 10:26:56 PM »

No,it's just the way they've been recorded. Remember, a lower output pickup will compress the front of the amp less and sound bigger to a certain extent.

PhilKing · « **Reply #17 on:** May 31, 2005, 07:48:10 AM »

The HB sized P-90 is loud! It is louder than my mini-Mule, even though the mini-Mule is in the neck position and the P-90 in the bridge. However the tone is briliant so I am quite happy to live with the extra volume! Perhaps I should have gone for alnico V in the min-Mule (I think mine has IV's), but I never expected so much sound from an 8K P-90.

It is also pretty quiet until the gain is turned up. I guess the metal cover makes a kind of Faraday box for the pickup and helps cut down the hum.

The coil tap changes the voicing more than the volume. It gets less mids and a brighter tone on the tap.

Tim · « **Reply #18 on:** May 31, 2005, 08:23:42 AM »

The coil tap changes the voicing more than the volume. It gets less mids and a brighter tone on the tap.

I put the tap in at 1500 turns from the end of the coil so what you're hearing is stock at the tap and overwind on full. A typical overwind brings the mids up and the highs back in equal percentages.
The reason the P90 is SO pokey is there's 2 vintage cut Alnico Vs in there as opposed to a single much smaller Alnico IV in the Mini Mule.

Any chance of some clips? :D