JB w/ Alnico II ?

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Every time I decided I didn't like a JB in a certain guitar, I swapped it out for a BK Holydiver and I've never been disappointed.
Actually doing that right no with my Jackson SL-1.
 
I use a compass and points to the long edge that should be on the screw coil side. Unless it’s a PRS pickup
 
The ones I ordered from the link I pasted are labeled with an ‘N’ for the slug coil.
 
LP Freak said:
Good to know. What direction do they go?
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It's pretty easy to do . When you are pulling the old magnet out place the new magnet up to it , sides or ends and make sure it repels and your good to go. I've done it that way everytime and never had a polarity issue . Are you gonna be swapping mags in a Duncan or Dimarzio ?
 
hammered said:
It's pretty easy to do . When you are pulling the old magnet out place the new magnet up to it , sides or ends and make sure it repels and your good to go. I've done it that way everytime and never had a polarity issue . Are you gonna be swapping mags in a Duncan or Dimarzio ?
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A Duncan
 
hammered said:
Should be a breeze , I've had some issues with DiMarzio magnets being glued in but Duncans have never been a problem
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I’ve heard the an UOA5 magnet in the JB is alot of people’s favorite on the Duncan forums. Sits tonally between an A5 and an A2
 
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What guitar is it for? I ask because I recently pulled a Marshallhead from my LP and put an old High Order custom back in but I swapped the magnet. I forgot Jeff wound it 'north wind' which is opposite most pickups and it made the two pickups out-of-phase (Dr Vintage in neck).

But then I discovered all those tones you get by rolling back either volume just a tiny bit...all of the sudden the output jumps back up and you have a whole new tone depending on which volume you roll back. I'm leaving it. Food for thought if its a LP and you haven't tried it.
 
SpiderWars said:
What guitar is it for? I ask because I recently pulled a Marshallhead from my LP and put an old High Order custom back in but I swapped the magnet. I forgot Jeff wound it 'north wind' which is opposite most pickups and it made the two pickups out-of-phase (Dr Vintage in neck).

But then I discovered all those tones you get by rolling back either volume just a tiny bit...all of the sudden the output jumps back up and you have a whole new tone depending on which volume you roll back. I'm leaving it. Food for thought if its a LP and you haven't tried it.
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or if you wan the PRS type splitting with hum canceling you can reverse the hot and ground and swap magnets polarity. When split and running both pickups, the screw coils would be hum canceling.
 
How many places make magnets for pickups in the entire world? 2-3 in China?
 
japetus said:
How many places make magnets for pickups in the entire world? 2-3 in China?
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Some makers degauss their magnets but I don't know how they do that. The High Order pickup I mentioned above had a degaussed magnet and I would swear that magnet 'faded' over time. That's why I pulled it and then eventually replaced magnet and tried it again and boom, it sounded strong and full again.
 
i owned a 80s JB and its sweeter than modern JB really nice but i stupidly sold it off with my kiesel vader years ago.... now that am eyeing a gibson BB i was thinking if i could get amazing tones off from the gibby with probably a used JB 80s that i may wanna try hunting down again !! Sorry for hijacking this thread
 
I just swapped the magnets in a JB and Jazz to an Alnico 2. I like it a lot. More dynamic, more musical and less harsh. I prefer A2 magnets in just about everything.
 
That pickup wants to see a 125-150K load max, regardless of guitar.

If you have two 500K pots, put at 333K resistor in line from the hot output of the pickup to ground.

That is, if you like the sound of the pickup, but the resonant frequency mid-spike is tearing your ear off. The increased load will reduce the amplitude of that resonant frequency.
 
scottosan said:
I just swapped the magnets in a JB and Jazz to an Alnico 2. I like it a lot. More dynamic, more musical and less harsh. I prefer A2 magnets in just about everything.
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I almost always prefer Alnico 2 over 5 in the neck, for bridge it really depends a lot on the pickup, but usually favor Alnico V and for higher DC pickups usually ceramic

A lot of guys overlook it, but ceramic can actually be excellent in the neck too in some pickups. I never found it actually to be harsh or too bright. It tends to sound very clear, focused, nice pick attack, glassy/sparkly cleans and these qualities can also make it killer for shredding when you want all that clarity and pop to the notes. I’ve done some comparisons in what I have and liked it better than the Alnico V in the neck. A good Alnico II magnet (gotta stress the good part) is still the overall best for my taste in the neck, but ceramic can also be worth a try imo
 
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