AlNiCo VS Ceramic Pickups If you're into guitar or bass guitar pickups and mods, you probably hear the words "AlNiCo" and "Ceramic" a lot. These terms refer to the magnetic bar located inside the actual guitar pickup of your guitar. Most guitar manufacturers mention the pickup types they use on each guitar model but some [...]
Customer Request Magnet Inquiries in HSMAG The following is the main content of some customers' inquiries about magnetic components and magnets 1, Please send me a price for neodym-magnet N50, Size 50x30x10 (BxLxH)CuNiCu 2, we need arc magnets: r, R, L, degree 10mm, 7mm, 40mm, 45 22mm, 17mm, 40mm, 45 100 / 1000 pieces 3, [...]
HSMAG Customer Contribution: What’s the Deal with Alnico VIII Magnets? I was talking to some of the Seymour Duncan dudes the other day about pickups models deserving greater public awareness. One of the first names on everyone’s lips was the Alternative 8, a a high-output humbucker that uses a powerful alnico VIII magnet in lieu [...]
The working principle of guitar pickup: In brief, when the strings begin to oscillate, these oscillations affect the field in the vicinity of the pickup magnet, it induces a change in the flux of the magnetic field. Thus, there is a week current, the electrical signal is transmitted to the amplifier by wire. Finally, it [...]
Ceramics vs Alnico for Guitar Pickups When I read that ceramic magnets sound harsh and alnico magnets sound sweet, I ask myself, " Who the hell preaches such nonsense?" There are harsh-sounding pickups with alnico magnets and sweet-sounding pickups with ceramic magnets and vice-versa! A magnet by itself has no sound, and as a part of [...]
Alnico Pickups Ask any experienced player and they’ll tell you that you really need alnico pickups if you want the optimum in tone, touch sensitivity, and dynamics—at least if they’ve swallowed the hype that most of the chat-o-sphere has perpetuated for years. After all, aren’t alnico-loaded pickups truly better than those made with [...]
Alnico magnets and guitar pickups, guitar pickup magnets, bulk guitar pickup Alnico bars or rods The heart of any electric guitar is the pickup, and pickups play a huge role in the overall sound of any guitar. So it only makes sense that when players look to improve their sound, the pickup is the most common modification. There are [...]
A guitar pickup’s magnet or magnets provide(s) the power that enables it to do its thing by sensing the movement of the guitar’s steel strings when you play. Different types of guitar pickups use different numbers of magnets, usually one, two, or six, depending on their design. If just one or two magnets are used, [...]
