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Author Topic: Something between a Mule and a Rebel Yell  (Read 1361 times)

fentonwinmill

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Something between a Mule and a Rebel Yell
« on: March 23, 2025, 06:43:57 PM »
I have two guitars one with a Mule (strat style) and one with a Rebel Yell ( Music man Axis style), for an other guitar I'm looking for a pickup set that sits between the two. The mule has a little two much top end that can take your head off, the Rebel Yell not quite enough and can sound a little muddy (although great for high gain 80s power chords).
Any recommendations

b.gandt

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Re: Something between a Mule and a Rebel Yell
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2025, 03:25:44 PM »
If you’re open to a humbucker size P90, the humbucker size Supermassive may do the trick.  I use one in  93 Hamer Special, and I’ve used the Mule, which I like, but I can understand your pov on it.

The Supermassive can have good cut without being overly trebly.

shalev98732

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Re: Something between a Mule and a Rebel Yell
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2025, 01:48:07 PM »
I have two guitars one with a Mule (strat style) and one with a Rebel Yell ( Music man Axis style), for an other guitar I'm looking for a pickup set that sits between the two. The mule has a little two much top end that can take your head off, the Rebel Yell not quite enough and can sound a little muddy (although great for high gain 80s power chords).
Any recommendations
maybe the bkp emerald?

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Re: Something between a Mule and a Rebel Yell
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2025, 09:47:57 AM »
I'd say this is the Black Dog to a T.  Smoother top end, mids that feel very much like the Mules' but more so, not quite as upper-mid focused as the Rebel Yell.

Definitely not the Emerald; the bridge is much tamer in the mids than even the Mule. Its thing is harmonic richness and low-end control, and if you don't like the presence/high end on the Mule, that's still very much part of the Emerald's character.
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Stormy Mondays, Mules, Emeralds, 10ths, Mothers Milks, Nantucket, Black Dogs, Holydivers, A-bombs, Warpigs, Sinners, Cold Sweats

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Re: Something between a Mule and a Rebel Yell
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2025, 01:06:58 PM »
Abraxas?
In my experience the Black Dog sounds nothing like the Mule nor Rebel Yell
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Re: Something between a Mule and a Rebel Yell
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2025, 06:26:20 AM »
True Grit.