Sobot Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 I've ordered all the parts for my guitar except for the neck and the pickup. But just to make sure I'm making a good decision, I need to start a thread Mighty Mite... would their necks be considered good quality necks? I'm thinking of getting just one of their strat necks with either rosewood or ebony fingerboard, and I just need to know if they are a good quality neck builder. Also... would Ebony sound brighter than rosewood? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egdeltar Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 I was also wondering about the Mighty Mite FR trems.....Ive seen those thing pretty cheap... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobot Posted June 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 Yeah Their stuff seems to be pretty cheap, and by looking at the pictures, you can see that their stuff looks good, but it's a picture.... A rosewood strat neck on ebay is $89.99 brand new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 I'd be curious, too. Might end up with some of their parts some day. My guess-- and it's only a guess-- is that they're probably as good or better than most of us could do without a lot of practice. Still, I've got my eyes on the necks at soulmate. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 They usually need fret leveling, but I've had a couple of pretty nice ones. I've been getting them from Great Music Deals for about $80 + S&H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 Mighty Mites are made in Korea, at the Cort factory. They will be as good as your Korean Ibanez and Fender product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 i think that their pickups are extremely under rated. for the price they're great. marksound is right..the necks always need a little work. most of them need some leveling like he said and i haven't gotten any that don't need the ends dressed. i use them on my bolt togethers and lower end customs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 I bought a Mighty Mite P-90...I don't have much to compare it to, but I like the sound of it all right...for the price I paid ($15 shipped) you can't beat it... I'll probably end up hunting down a Gibson P90, but I'll be really disappointed if it isn't SIGNIFICANTLY better sounding...I'm skeptical... FWIW, I listened to the clips on Seymour Duncan's websites of their P90s, and I really couldn't say that they're better than the Mighty Mite (of course, the whole idea of posting clips like that seems kind of silly to me...I happen to have a nice sound setup here, but still...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_ed Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Hi, There is a challege mixing MightyMite body parts with non-MoghtyMite. The heel of the neck is smaller than what you find on Warmoth/MusiKraft/USACG/etc. MM is Fender licensed, but not the same size. I do not know if their bridges are the same or different sizes, just the heel of the neck. Guitar Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooten2 Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I put a mighty mite strat neck on a tele body, and I was disappointed. It seemed very small in diameter for my hands. I fought the intonation constantly, and ended up raising the strings way up high off the fretboard and using the guitar for slide. Eventually, I bought a Carvin bolt on neck as a replacement. It instantly brought the tele guitar to life. I lowered the strings back down to normal, and now it's one of my favorite guitars. No more intonation problems, better tone, better feel. That's what got me so high on Carvin. That was my only experience with might mite. Maybe I just got a bad one. But it seems to me you get what you pay for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobot Posted June 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Hi, There is a challege mixing MightyMite body parts with non-MoghtyMite. The heel of the neck is smaller than what you find on Warmoth/MusiKraft/USACG/etc. MM is Fender licensed, but not the same size. I do not know if their bridges are the same or different sizes, just the heel of the neck. Guitar Ed ← How much smaller, like would there be a problem with say putting a mighty mite neck on a standard american strat? would it fit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreigner Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Well, i just finished my first guitar made entirely (well, minus the body) of mighty mite parts. It's a solid piece maple burl guitar, and i used their Vintage Buckers, TOM style bridge & tailpiece and their Gibson replacement neck (part MM2924, if interested). I too was really skeptical about the hardware, esp. the pu's. I mean, for $20 a pickup, how nice could they be, right? However, i will pleasently report that all of my hardware is great. I play a lot of jazz & blues, and those vintage buckers really put out some sweet tone. All the hardware is stable, and from my vantage point, quite good quality. I'll post pics later tonight and you can see the product, if you'd like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 That'd be swell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iskim86 Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 a bit on-topic (or off-topic), but where can I find Mighty Mite parts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobot Posted June 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 a bit on-topic (or off-topic), but where can I find Mighty Mite parts? ← ebay!!! They have their own store, I don't have time now to link you... but their ebay store is called quickconnect or something... just search mighty mite neck or something and you'll probably find the store, under all their items (in the description) is a link to their store.... Good luck finding it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 i think brian sells them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tirapop Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 Jehle had used these guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 (iskim86 @ Jun 16 2005, 10:14 PM) a bit on-topic (or off-topic), but where can I find Mighty Mite parts? ebay!!! They have their own store, I don't have time now to link you... but their ebay store is called quickconnect or something... just search mighty mite neck or something and you'll probably find the store, under all their items (in the description) is a link to their store.... Good luck finding it. I don't think quickconnect is *the* Mighty Mite ebay store. There are several MM dealers on ebay, and he's just one of them (his warehouse is here in town). Jehle had used these guys. Dancing Dragon Guitars is Quickconnect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javacody Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 The Mighty Mite PAF pickups are the same as on the Cort Matt Guitar Murphy signature model. They are ok. I've got some in an Agile Les Paul copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 Those pickups debuted on the '95 Cort "Sterling" series, name changed to "S" series, now called the "G" series. I don't know what they did with the pups on those guitars after I left, but I owned the S1000 prototype shown in the 95/96 catalog, and they were the only Cort/Mighty Mite pickups I never changed. I thought they were great. I wish I'd kept that guitar. With all the mediocre pickups they were making at that time I saw no reason to import pickups, so we didn't sell pickups. Who would want Powersounds or Ibanez EX stock pickups anyway?! They wanted to just bring those in and brand them "Mighty Mite" and all of a sudden start selling them as if they were so great. But then they updated their machinery and started using Alnico magnets and all of a sudden there was something good there. That's when I started thinking we could sell them. Those Alnico vintage winds are great, and so are the Alnico Strat singles. It's been awhile since I've heard the P-90s, but I think those impressed me too. They started selling them right after I left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorecki Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 Jehle had used these guys. ← As have I, prices are fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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