MUD MUD MUD my name is mud

[dukey donkey]

Guess you never really know until you know. I'm completely enamored with the sound of my wooly, muddy Epiphone EB-3... and to think, I've been trying to coax that sound out of my single coil basses for years with hard driven preamps and overdrive/ distortion pedals... My notes have girth and power on up on every string... no complaints here... eventually I'm changing the bridge, but that's likely it...

 

[Bass V]

long (34'') scale?

 

[dukey donkey]

long (34'') scale?

yup

 

[Bass V]

yup

cool, I'm obsessed with beltbuckle PUs and was watching some vintage live Black Oak Arkansas with Dirty playing his long scale SG and it sounded so good with fingers or pick that I felt vindicated yet again. the bridge PU can be a secret weapon too lol

 

[NKBassman]

I've always been curious to try one of these in a band context. I think they can sound glorious in the right mix.

 

[Hot Rats]

Do you have trouble with tribbles?

 

[NKBassman]

Do you have trouble with tribbles?

Oh NOW I get it.

 

[OptimalOptimus]

 

[dukey donkey]

cool, I'm obsessed with beltbuckle PUs and was watching some vintage live Black Oak Arkansas with Dirty playing his long scale SG and it sounded so good with fingers or pick that I felt vindicated yet again. the bridge PU can be a secret weapon too lol

I'm friends with the current female singer...

 

[dukey donkey]

I've always been curious to try one of these in a band context. I think they can sound glorious in the right mix.

really solid, and no trouble cutting through

 

[dukey donkey]

cool, I'm obsessed with beltbuckle PUs and was watching some vintage live Black Oak Arkansas with Dirty playing his long scale SG and it sounded so good with fingers or pick that I felt vindicated yet again. the bridge PU can be a secret weapon too lol

also, I've noticed the bridge PU helps tame the peaks a little from the neck... I use it wide open...my L/E pedal helps bring the mid punch up to the front... I find it really loves effects also... driven preamp plus overdrive pedal plus distortion pedal = equivalent of the hulk with rabies

 

[dukey donkey]

Do you have trouble with tribbles?

only that they're just so darn cute... and won't friggin stop multiplying. Looks like the only real solution is to pull a "Never Cry Wolf" and start inventing recipes

 

[dukey donkey]

 

[Hot Rats]

only that they're just so darn cute... and won't friggin stop multiplying. Looks like the only real solution is to pull a "Never Cry Wolf" and start inventing recipes

They're space bunnies!

 

[dukey donkey]

They're space bunnies!

sounds delicious

 

[Ric5]

I've always been curious to try one of these in a band context. I think they can sound glorious in the right mix.

 

[Ric5]

 

[Ric5]

 

[dukey donkey]

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love the mods, but the headstocks aren't my cup of tea...

 

[ctmullins]

The Epiphone mudbuckers, while visually similar to the classic Gibson ones, have far, far less DCR, and therefore a much clearer sound. I suspect what you’re digging is the pickup position, and not the actual pickup itself. I totally get it!