alnico 2 and 3 magnets

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:44 pm

Got some magnets from Jim Wagner and just tried alnico 2 and alnico 3 in my darkburst pickup.

both recorded the same. 12 series per dans layout

i believe alnico 2 is the sweetest of the two.
both 2 and 3 are way sweeter and not as edging as alnico 5 which is what came in the darkburst.

see if you can tell.

http://www.markabrahamian.com/alnico2and3/ALNICO2.mp3

http://www.markabrahamian.com/alnico2and3/ALNICO3.mp3

(hard to tell alnico 2 is the funnest to play at this point for me)

Mark

JasonC · Post by **JasonC** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:13 pm

I can tell. The A2 is, like you said, a little sweeter. The A3 seems a spec edgier on the top end.

How do you change the magnets? I've never tried something like that before.

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:28 pm

i agree totally.
4 screws on bottom pickup - loosen alittle allows bobbins to be raised from pickup base and the magnet slides out.

Mark

JasonC · Post by **JasonC** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:42 pm

Hmm, I've got a High Order A2 Gibson spaced pickup I'm not using... maybe I'll see if I can swap the magnets into the A3 pickup in my main axe. Thanks Mark!

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:43 pm

JasonC wrote:Hmm, I've got a High Order A2 Gibson spaced pickup I'm not using... maybe I'll see if I can swap the magnets into the A3 pickup in my main axe. Thanks Mark!

kewlness! report back your findings

Mark

Mike c · Post by **Mike c** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 6:07 am

Try an a5 too.

Bow · Post by **Bow** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:12 am

The Alnico 2 seems to be a little clearer, with a little more of a cutting edge to it...

Amit · Post by **Amit** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:07 am

Can you post the same riff with A5 and rec setup?
Thanks