Post by GuyaGuy on Jun 21, 2005 4:14:54 GMT -5
back in the 70s and 80s, Mighty Mite was one of the first after-market replacement companies, making pickups and parts for Fender and Gibson guitars as well as innovative items like the Motherbucker. now the name belongs to Cort and they once again offer parts and pickups.
i've been playing the strat-style pickups (MMVPSS) from Mighty Mite for a few months now and must say that they hold their own. construction is solid. they have alnico magnets, cloth-braided wire, wax-potting, tape to protect the wire--everything you'd expect from a more expensive model. once i installed them, i fell in love with them but decided to wait a bit before raving about them to avoid the "new toy gushing syndrome."
they are everything you could ask from a vintage strat-style pickup. they deliver that "woody" neck tone beautifully, have plenty of twang in the bridge, and quack like Daffy when they need to. generally speaking, they are bright-sounding pickups. they measure around 5.5K ohms. i'm playing them in a basswood guitar, and it seems like a good match, as the basswood absorbs a bit of the shiny tone. i was looking for a PU with chime and the MMs definitely deliver.
also, i have 500K pots, so all of their brightness and chime can come through. if the tone is at 10 and only the middle PU is on, there is a unique metallic tone which still has some woody resonance; for some reason it brings to mind a cable supporting a wooden suspension bridge. it's a tone i've not really heard before and i attribute it to the high value pots and bright PU.
what really made me love them is their dynamic response. their low impedance make them very sensitive to attack and they're brilliant for playing with an amp set to overdrive. i use a BOSS OD-3 set at around 11 or 12 o'clock. if i play softly the sound is clean as a whistle, but if i start wailing i can get a very responsive and very crunchy overdrive.
my only complaint is that the bridge pickup is perhaps not quite hot enough. it doesn't need to be "Texas hot" but just enough to balance the greater volume picked up by the neck and midlle pickup, where the string vibrates more.
i got mine for about $35 for a set of 3, although the going rate is closer to $50. you can't even get a single PU for that price from many makers. their bright tone may not be everyone's thing, but they definitely hold their own when compared to similar, more expensive models.
i've been playing the strat-style pickups (MMVPSS) from Mighty Mite for a few months now and must say that they hold their own. construction is solid. they have alnico magnets, cloth-braided wire, wax-potting, tape to protect the wire--everything you'd expect from a more expensive model. once i installed them, i fell in love with them but decided to wait a bit before raving about them to avoid the "new toy gushing syndrome."
they are everything you could ask from a vintage strat-style pickup. they deliver that "woody" neck tone beautifully, have plenty of twang in the bridge, and quack like Daffy when they need to. generally speaking, they are bright-sounding pickups. they measure around 5.5K ohms. i'm playing them in a basswood guitar, and it seems like a good match, as the basswood absorbs a bit of the shiny tone. i was looking for a PU with chime and the MMs definitely deliver.
also, i have 500K pots, so all of their brightness and chime can come through. if the tone is at 10 and only the middle PU is on, there is a unique metallic tone which still has some woody resonance; for some reason it brings to mind a cable supporting a wooden suspension bridge. it's a tone i've not really heard before and i attribute it to the high value pots and bright PU.
what really made me love them is their dynamic response. their low impedance make them very sensitive to attack and they're brilliant for playing with an amp set to overdrive. i use a BOSS OD-3 set at around 11 or 12 o'clock. if i play softly the sound is clean as a whistle, but if i start wailing i can get a very responsive and very crunchy overdrive.
my only complaint is that the bridge pickup is perhaps not quite hot enough. it doesn't need to be "Texas hot" but just enough to balance the greater volume picked up by the neck and midlle pickup, where the string vibrates more.
i got mine for about $35 for a set of 3, although the going rate is closer to $50. you can't even get a single PU for that price from many makers. their bright tone may not be everyone's thing, but they definitely hold their own when compared to similar, more expensive models.