Rough Cast vs Polished Magnets

[scottosan]

neodymium?


https://www.q-tuner.com/



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I dont know about first, Tom Anderson has used them for a while

 

[rsm]

I dont know about first, Tom Anderson has used them for a while

IDK; this site hasn't been updated for a few years?

I'm guessing it's not promising, thought it was interesting.

 

[grooveHT]

I dont know about first, Tom Anderson has used them for a while

I thought it was Bill Lawrence that used the neodymium in his microcoils? Think TA used big pole piece alnico, even in his humbuckers.

 

[scottosan]

I thought it was Bill Lawrence that used the neodymium in his microcoils? Think TA used big pole piece alnico, even in his humbuckers.

Tom uses them in some of his single coils

 

[japetus]

Tom uses them in some of his single coils

I will never trade or sell my sunset strip

 

[grooveHT]

Tom uses them in some of his single coils

Right on man, you would know. Thanks for the education.

 

[Music&Chaos]

I started using the 2.36 magnet earlier than the Whiskey. It was my standard magnet for my bridge pickups starting with the Sunset Strip, Roxy, then the Whiskey. It does have a decrease in gauss at the pole pieces which would result in slightly less highs and lows and the lows would be tighter. But, the driving factor for the use of that magnet was from the rabbit hole of reading that EVH famed PAF was from a 1961 ES335. By 1961 Gibson had standardized and was using the 2.36 A5. My earlier pickups were wound with higher tension and to be able to facilitate tight high gain tones and quick response. By time I got to the whiskey was when I really started deviating from traditional winding patterns and tension. The Whiskey was really the first pickup where I got back to some of my favorite tones when I favored the more relaxed feel under the fingers and thicker single note tones. As a result, the whiskey has a much lower spike than other high output pickups. It does well in bright guitars light maple capped Les Pauls and bolt on alder or ash body guitars. Can do rhythm well enough but i put more focus on lead tones with this pickup.

Ah - I am a lead player and what you just described is what I am after overall. Thank you for taking the time to explain this. If one ever pops up, I'll be snatching it up - that's for certain!

 

[Music&Chaos]

I swapped the A5 back into the neck and bridge. These pickup sound the way they were intended to with the rough cast A5s. It really is an awesome neck pickup and the bridge is a lot of fun - I think I may want more from a bridge than slightly hot/vintage but IDK. I like the A5 bridge with gain - it still stays clear and open and never gets muddy or congested sounding or feeling, it doesn't slam the amp though. If you are looking for something that is a slightly hotter vintage PAF with an open bridge and some nice bite and snap - this is the set. It really is great and nails what it is after. If I want something with a bit more juice to it - I may check out one of their 'full throttle' or the like for the bridge position. I have been listening to a lot of the Throbak podcast clips of their pickups and this reminds me of their stuff - so that's cool.