The Main ingredient is NOT to open the volume pot more than 3/4 of the way for full volume. You have to use a Pot pedal with either a good/original Allen Bradley Pot or new Dunlop Pot. Yes Larry just described how I've been able to record on Major Motion Picture Soundtracks(most Richard Linklater movies) and Radio Commercials with NO HUM from my Single Coil Pickup. I’m actively looking for a new SD10, and I think I’m gonna give a humbucker like the 705 a try! Yet, sometimes the top end can be a bit strident. And for me, who is usually just adding a bit of pedal steel to “fill in the gaps” of a band mix, I tend to focus my efforts on the top strings, as the lower tones can easily clash with other instruments. I don’t fault Mullen, that just seems to be the nature of the beast with single coils. But the noise when recording can be an issue. The Mullen is an exquisite guitar, and the single coil pickup sounds really nice. Thank you for your very helpful comments. I've done sessions with both and as Buddy Emmons would say, I can't tell a dimes worth of difference. The humbucker is definitely more balanced and hum free. However, I do prefer the clarity on the lower strings with the single coil but the humbucker still sounds good in that regard so it's not worth the trade off for me. With the BL 705, the high strings still sound clean but have more depth and body.
Like I say, the single coil sounded good but sometimes the top end sounded thin and grainy. I swapped the pickup in my Discovery from the single coil to a BL 705 and couldn't be happier. Even though I thought the single coil sounded good, I do a fair bit of online recording and don't like hum of any kind. I ordered the G2 with BL 705 pickups and the Discovery(demo model) came with the Mullen single coil. No science behind this, just field notes.Hi Charley, I play a Mullen G2 and a Discovery. The combo somehow works well with my old Esquire - fat & warm enough but retains that "bite" or "cutting" quality. I have one set that're semi-permanently attached: 2-knob Keeley Comp & 1 of my old Rats. Interestingly my exp is they seem to warm up the sound a bit. Properly set they DO enhance sustain in a musical way. Should also mention Keeley Compressors, only had 'em for 5-7 years. The synergy was interesting - TS' warmth largely retained, not much "grind" added, but sustain was in fact enhanced All my pedals are either in storage or with elder son ( scoring session, got it on his own) so I can't state or give pix of settings now.Īs often happens, one night long ago for an especially sustain-wanting musical passage I stomped both fuzz boxes.
I long ago marked mine with two distinct markings for the "Gibson app" & "Fender app" if you will. One could have two "pre-sets" thereby with no knob twiddling. Orig/1st generation ProCo Rat came later, edgier sound. Orig Tube Screamer by itself is a warmer/fatter sound in my exp.
I feel there's some truth in my exp, but YMMV. Final note: some players feel the single-pickup guitars are better for slide since there's no other magnets damping vibration. It's in the hands/ears of each individual what works best for them. I use a heavy (6-7 oz.) brass slide to get the tone I want on both acoustics & electrics. I had an original Coricidin bottle, could never figure out how Duane got the tone he did with that light-weight, thin glass. Esq can take a kicking & keep on "licking".Īll the above through vtg BF or Brown Fender tube amps in my case. Vtg Gibsons' neck-headstock joints are vulnerable if on a stand and some bozo knocks it over. The Esquire is also now my #1 go-to for electric slide due to durability. My '60 Esquire is fairly "fat-sounding" but wants different tone/gain settings on stomp boxes to sound as I want it. My preference(s): late-'50s-early-'60s LP Juniors (had a few) are great for me, tho' I usually use a stomp box or even 2 cascaded for "infinite" sustain. It's all personal preference in fact (IMHO). One can slide on any guitar of course, assuming the action's set to one's preference. I've owned & "slud" on PAF vtg Gibsons, P-90 vtg Gibsons, vtg Teles & Strats over the last 4 decades.
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