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Post by edoetsch on Jan 15, 2008 18:23:16 GMT -7
If you took the same pickup and wrapped the same gage wire, same number of turns etc. except for having different magnet type, what are the main tonal differences?
Does this hold true for both single and humbuckers?
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Post by Shannon on Jan 19, 2008 9:41:09 GMT -7
If you took the same pickup and wrapped the same gage wire, same number of turns etc. except for having different magnet type, what are the main tonal differences? Does this hold true for both single and humbuckers? Great question! Anyone?
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Post by scottguitar on Jan 19, 2008 10:11:09 GMT -7
Ceramic magnets get a bad rep because they're usually used in cheaper pickups/higher output(heavey metal type) pickups. Ceramic are used in higher end pickups like the Seymour Duncan Custom Custom. The problem with asking for alnico vs ceramic is that there are several types of alnico magnets ( II, III, IV, V) to compare to ceramic magnets. Ceramic overall will have a more pronounced bass response and "enhanced" upper mids (according to Seymour Duncan) compared to a alnico pickup.
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Post by (8^D) on Jan 19, 2008 14:59:31 GMT -7
Differences are similar to swapping a ceramic or anico version of the same speaker in an amp... (i.e. Weber Blue Alnico vs Blue Ceramic; or, Weber Silver ALnico vs Silver Ceramic)
Ceramic - punchy, aggressive. Bitey top end and a solid/full/tight bass. Alnico - softer, rounder. Chimey/softer top end and a softer/looser bass.
Both pickup materials can be well balanced and both can have accentuated frequency characters depending installation (body/neck woods used), setup, playing styles, amp, etc.
As Scott mentioned, you also get a lot of variation within the pickup materials themselves - between the type of magnet, combinations of the magnets.
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