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Posted: 28 May 2010 2:27 pm
by Karen Sarkisian
going to order a True Tone just got off the phone with Jerry. Super nice guy and super helpful !
thanks to everyone who responded as well
Posted: 28 May 2010 2:58 pm
by Mickey Adams
Karen, looks like you had some more advice!..Forum to the rescue!...Good to see that Del was watching too, and offered his expertise...Let us know how your choice turned out...You might email Del and ask him what ohm rating to wind it to as well...Just a thought...thanks for calling me Karen, Im always here!!>..Mickey
Posted: 28 May 2010 3:04 pm
by Karen Sarkisian
thanks Mickey you are the best. I'm much happier now sitting here with my Mullen plugged into a proper amp. I think i was using too much delay when i recorded as well.
Will keep you posted on how it turns out. I do love my Mullen
Posted: 28 May 2010 9:59 pm
by Ned McIntosh
David Nugent's advice is sound. I have a Mullen D10 RP and it has the stock Mullen single-coil pickups. I got a set of Alumitones for it and found the mounting-space available is narrower than on my Carter D10, where the Alumitones (on their Carter-supplied mounting-plate) just dropped straight in the pickup recess.
With Alumitones and Mullen RP you don't actually use a mounting-plate, just mount the Alumitone straight into the pickup recess using the four long screws and springs that go through the holes in the Alumitone (which are supplied with it). You'll need to mark and drill four pilot-holes into the wood, but they'll go in just fine. A little soldering and away you go.
But.....
I like the sound of the Mullen stock pickups so much I'm not changing them. Yes, they do pick up a bit of hum, but not as badly as the True-Tones in my Carter did. The simple fact is Mullen make great pickups!
FWIW, I'd stick with the Mullen with the current pickup a while longer and see if you can find a tone you can live with. So much is in the hands, string-attack (the how, when and where of the way you pick), bar-technique and amplifier settings. The musical signal starts its journey in the vibrations of the strings, then into the pickup, but there's a lot you can do to it to modify it before it hits your amplifier's speaker-cone.