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Topic: Mullen G2 and Royal Precision |
Tommy Gibbons
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Posted 20 Oct 2010 5:55 pm |
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What's the difference?
1. The under carriage?
2. Just a model change?
Thanks, TommyG...
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Douglas Bone
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Fort Worth,Tx. USA
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Posted 20 Oct 2010 6:28 pm Mullen
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Go to www.mullenguitars.com they show pix of G2 new mods, bent cross shafts, sealed ball bearings on bell crank end etc.. Royal Precision does not. Doug
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C Dixon
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Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 20 Oct 2010 6:57 pm Re: Mullen G2 and Royal Precision
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| Tommy Gibbons wrote: |
What's the difference?
1. The under carriage?
2. Just a model change?
Thanks, TommyG... |
While the undercarriage has been changed slightly, IE, bent crossrods, ball bearings on the front end of the bent rods and a slightly modified pedal crank ass'y, it is still pretty much RP.
The big change is in the changer. It is all aluminum, instead of steel fingers, and the aluminum is VERY hard and more precision machined on a CNC mill.
But the really big change is the changer fingers "return stop". for it is a radical departure from what the RP and most PSG's use.
So....instead of the fingers returning (after being pulled) to a flat steel bar JUST above the return springs, as most PSG's do, Del decided to use a 'massive' aluminum "HONEYCOMB" block (as Herby Wallace refers to it), that is bolted solidly to the body (RATHER than to the end plate as normal).
This then, along with the CNC milled changer fingers, sends MORE of the strings' vibrations to the body (in lieu of the legs and out the floor) and its reverberations are "felt" by the PU. Giving it a sound that, according to some, is out of this world.
Neat huh?
A tip of the hat to Del for this inovation "for the better".
If you go to the Mullen website, as Douglas said, there are some very good photos of this unusual piece of aluminum block, with all its holes; that the pull rods go thru.
Note: Tommy Dodd's New Mullen G2 has a slightly different aluminum "block", but still in keeping with all of the above.
May Jesus bless Del and all other manufacturers, who are not satisfied to live on past laurels, as they seek better ways of doing things to our beloved instrument.
c.
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Herby Wallace
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Sevierville, TN, R.I.P.
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Posted 21 Oct 2010 3:44 pm Mullen Steel Guitars
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Their is a big difference in the two. Of course, as was stated, the changer, also the thickness of the wood, the weight of the neck, and the pickup all contribute to the great tone and sustain. The RP has a completely different tone and for my taste, the G2 is the best I have ever played for tone and mechanics. Del Mullen spent over 5 years developing this model with the main concern being tone. The ball bearings and other features like tuneable splits and so on just make it even better. I have never played a guitar that was this smooth. Also, I have been playing G2s for over 3 years and never broken even one string. Of course, I have been a Mullen dealer for over 26 years and still sell both models, but when you play a G2, you would never want to go back to an RP.
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Douglas Bone
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Fort Worth,Tx. USA
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Posted 22 Oct 2010 7:42 am Mullen
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Wow,yall almost talked me into buyin a G2. Probably git scalped by my better half. Doug
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Dan Cope
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West Virginia, USA
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Posted 23 Oct 2010 7:59 am Re: Mullen Steel Guitars
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| Herby Wallace wrote: |
when you play a G2, you would never want to go back to an RP.
Herby Wallace |
I have owned both and I agree with Herby. The G2 has incredible tone and sustain and the action is amazingly smooth. |
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