Someone w/ AL SSS vs AL MM90 Comparison

**ScoobySteve** · 07-31-2010, 02:29 AM

Roooooob!!!! Where are you?!

**robelinda2** · 07-31-2010, 02:47 AM

No brainer, get both! No video is better than the experience of playing them both yourself. I'm in bloody Australia, i managed it! DO IT!

**fogman** · 08-03-2010, 06:04 AM

Lol!!!

**Spudmurphy** · 08-03-2010, 01:01 PM

Got here late - been away in the Lake District for a family wedding.

I'm so bad at putting things like this in writing.

I really like the SSS pickups, if I want more gain from them I use a pedal or crank up the gain on the Mesa. I love the tone I get from them and they are my favourite pickups on the Al.

when I got my AL with MM90's I was really surprised as to how clean and "chimey" they sound - the only draw back (for me) was the amount of "real estate" they take up on the guitar - I'm forever hitting them when I'm hybrid picking .. and this is coming from a guy that played a 3 pickup Les Paul for 30 years!!!

The SSS are great pickups - I love 'em. -It's all down to your own preference really

**mb99zz** · 08-03-2010, 01:48 PM

Spud and several others have said something I forgot to mention about the MM90's that I really love --- how wonderful the cleans are.

**ScoobySteve** · 08-03-2010, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by Spudmurphy

Got here late - been away in the Lake District for a family wedding.

I'm so bad at putting things like this in writing.

I really like the SSS pickups, if I want more gain from them I use a pedal or crank up the gain on the Mesa. I love the tone I get from them and they are my favourite pickups on the Al.

when I got my AL with MM90's I was really surprised as to how clean and "chimey" they sound - the only draw back (for me) was the amount of "real estate" they take up on the guitar - I'm forever hitting them when I'm hybrid picking .. and this is coming from a guy that played a 3 pickup Les Paul for 30 years!!!

The SSS are great pickups - I love 'em. -It's all down to your own preference really

Thanks Spud, I really appreciate the comment. To be honest, I wanted to keep an open mind with the MM90's because all the sound clips I've seen just sounded great (so unique!) and everyone here loves them so much.

However, to be even more honest, I just wanted to chase the classic single coil sound with just a minor change. I think that perhaps the best way to go would be the SSS Al. Still not 100% sure yet, but I'm leaning that way.

I do mostly cover work, so with my 25th and an SSS AL, I'm sure there aren't any sounds I wouldn't be able to cover effectively.

**robelinda2** · 08-03-2010, 03:05 PM

The MM90's will be more ballsier, you'll find they are supreme. Cleans are awesome, not SRV type stuff though, for a comparison. Even the SSS AL is different enough from a classic single coil tone that you may as well go MM90, the silo special is more classic SSS tones imo, due to alder body etc.

Cant say ive ever done anything other than a GREAT gig with any MM90 EBMM axe, always walked away floating on a cloud. Humbuckers can kiss my skinny aussie backside.

**Spudmurphy** · 08-03-2010, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by ScoobySteve

I do mostly cover work, so with my 25th and an SSS AL, I'm sure there aren't any sounds I wouldn't be able to cover effectively.

I do covers too - play all styles Who/Floyd/CSNY/Foo Fighters/Free/hendrix/ blah blah blah!
My BCB SSS AL covers them all especially having the Piezo too.