What pickups does Mick Mars of Motley Crue use?

[revolution]

Re: What pickups does Mick Mars of Motley Crue use?

Here's the LP with the SD bridge. '83 US Fest(of course).

 

[ranalli]

Re: What pickups does Mick Mars of Motley Crue use?

We may all be overlooking the fact that he 'records' with other guitars instead of the one he plays live with 'for show'.

Despite the fact that he was never seen with a strat in those early days, the tone doesn't sound like a strat at all, and he still to this day uses Les Pauls to record in the studio.


Very doubtful he used strats at all back then.

 

[Aceman]

Re: What pickups does Mick Mars of Motley Crue use?

Ok-why do we really care about this? It was cute for a dozen posts or two, but 4 pages. Really now, come on...

 

[bacosta72]

Re: What pickups does Mick Mars of Motley Crue use?

Really? You consider him a legend? I find that very odd.

While he has a good ear for writing a catchy riff, I never thought he was much of a player (and one of the worst for musical plagiarism. Listen to God Bless the Children of the Beast and then Listen to Bijou Pleasurette by MSG/Belladonna by UFO. Damn near note for note Rip-off).

As for his tone..I saw the Crue open for Ozzy on the BATM tour. Micks tone was thin, shrill, oversaturated, and buzzy like he was running a distortion pedal direct into a board. He was horrendously sloppy playing wise and most of his lead work (including his horrible solo spotlight) was just a bunch of noise and whammy abuse combined with alot of delay.

When Jake came out the difference was night and day in tone. Not even close. Jakes tone was huge, thick and permeated your whole body while remaining warm and crystal clear (and cleaned up beautifully with his vol knob). Mick's was the proverbial icepick in the ear.

I think Mick owes his success to a solid band, not to any ability of his own (EDIT: not that I mean he's a horrible player, just unexceptional). Were he the guitar player for any number of not so popular bands, we'd have never heard of him.

Mike (Xssive), I'm surprised you feel that Soldanos add bottom end? The SLOs I've played are very thick in the mids, but I don't find them to have the bottom end of a good 2203 (JMP or 800).

i wouldn't blame it on mick, how about the soundman. i don't know how many bands i've seen that sound like **** when they open, then the headliners come out and sounds great.

 

[iekobrid]

Re: What pickups does Mick Mars of Motley Crue use?

I think he's very under-rated for his simplicity and riffs if nothing else.

he has a good ear for writing a catchy riff

he's a helluva rhythm player and comes up with tasty riffs

He def can write a good hook.

I'm certainly no Crue expert, but isn't quite a bit of that due to him playing riffs [co-]written by his bass player? :nervous:

Live Wire
Piece Of Your Action
Too Fast For Love
Shout At The Devil
Looks That Kill
Too Young To Fall In Love
Home Sweet Home
Wild Side
Kickstart My Heart

...all Sixx

 

[DeanSweden]

Re: What pickups does Mick Mars of Motley Crue use?

Here's the LP with the SD bridge. '83 US Fest(of course).

looks more Dimarzio creme

 

[Mr.Beasty]

Re: What pickups does Mick Mars of Motley Crue use?

i'm taking that on...seriously. my tone is MASSIVE and want it even fatter. i love to piss off bass players LOL.

i LOVE Mick's live tone. he's one of the few guys that makes Marshalls sound good to me...well, modded and mixed with soldanos to add to the missing low end hehe.

-Mike

That ... and Rivera Sub woofers!:biglaugh:

 

[Ayrton]

Re: What pickups does Mick Mars of Motley Crue use?

Ok-why do we really care about this? It was cute for a dozen posts or two, but 4 pages. Really now, come on...

No kidding....

Sixx is the talent in that band.

 

[TheArchitect]

Re: What pickups does Mick Mars of Motley Crue use?

looks more Dimarzio creme

I think SD in this case = Super Distortion

 

[JohnnyGuitarCA]

Re: What pickups does Mick Mars of Motley Crue use?

Mick has been using J.M. Rolph humbuckers in his Strats for quite awhile now.

 

[soulforger]

Re: What pickups does Mick Mars of Motley Crue use?

i read that he uses Gibson T-buckers

I read this as well, says he buys all he can get his hands on, also J.M. Rolph pups made to T- Top specs..

 

[Bodeanicus]

Re: What pickups does Mick Mars of Motley Crue use?

That guy has to be a total idiot. First of all, a pickup doesn't "put out ohms", ohm is a term for defining electrical resistance. Second, if a pickup coil only measured 7,5 ohms, there must be something completely wrong. It's kiloohms, Mr. Mars, you idiot! Third, a hotter pickups won't push the speakers harder.

What a complete idiot.



:eek13:



(I guess this is why my father said that i should never listen to glam rock) :smack:

Rage Against The Basement!

 

[LReese]

Re: What pickups does Mick Mars of Motley Crue use?

Did anyone notice they were replying to a thread that hasn't had a fresh response in over 7.5 years?

 

[p4vl]

Re: What pickups does Mick Mars of Motley Crue use?

No idea but I'd be willing to kill for his old White Warlock.

Did anyone notice they were replying to a thread that hasn't had a fresh response in over 7.5 years?

The signature seals it.

 

[HollywoodDallas]

Re: What pickups does Mick Mars of Motley Crue use?

"Some guy in Tennessee" may very well be and most likely Tom Holmes. Legendary pickup builder and by no means cheap.

 

[Mr. B]

Re: What pickups does Mick Mars of Motley Crue use?

From an article on Woodytone:

Pickups
Apparently all of his stage guitars have the J.M. Rolph pickups. Mick says, “My guitar tech got in touch with him because my pickups were putting out 14k and he tolds us he winds them to 16k. So I got a couple of them, and they screamed! So then I got a couple dozen of them.”

I’ve never heard of J.M. Rolph, but here is his site: jmrolph.com. Mick says the Rolph pickups are “high-output [around 16k vs. 8-9k for PAF-style humbuckers], but not high distortion.” The higher output is “not for the purpose of increasing distortion. It’s part of my tone. It resonates better.”

But his favorite pickups are Gibson T-Tops. “I can’t get enough of them,” he says.

 

[Demanic]

Re: What pickups does Mick Mars of Motley Crue use?

Yay.

 

[Johnny Shred]

Re: What pickups does Mick Mars of Motley Crue use?

From an article on Woodytone:

Pickups
Apparently all of his stage guitars have the J.M. Rolph pickups. Mick says, “My guitar tech got in touch with him because my pickups were putting out 14k and he tolds us he winds them to 16k. So I got a couple of them, and they screamed! So then I got a couple dozen of them.”

I’ve never heard of J.M. Rolph, but here is his site: jmrolph.com. Mick says the Rolph pickups are “high-output [around 16k vs. 8-9k for PAF-style humbuckers], but not high distortion.” The higher output is “not for the purpose of increasing distortion. It’s part of my tone. It resonates better.”

But his favorite pickups are Gibson T-Tops. “I can’t get enough of them,” he says.

I read about his use of the "T-Buckets" a while back in Guitar World. However I recall him saying something tk the effect that they're not bone-stock "T-Buckets".
He has them overwound and repotted.

On a side-note; that beat to crap Fender Strat he plays with the Floyd? (White in color, maple board tortoise shell pickgaurd? H/S/H pickup configuration, looks like its been to hell and back?) Apparently it's nothing super special or anything; it's a 1996 American Standard with a Floyd (which I believe Fender may have marketed as the Sambora signature at the time.). It kinda just became his baby after he got it.
I think he named it "Starla".