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  • Can you magnet swap on a JB?

    I hear people talk about swapping mags on the Custom series but I assume it could be done on a JB too?
    Where do we get these mags? Thanks. - Rob

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    You can swap the magnet on any pickup if you choose to do so. I used to have a link to a place with magnets, but I can't find it anymore.

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    • #3
      www.ampge.com

      Got my magnets there. Alnico 4s are tough to come by unfortunately.
      Originally posted by Pink Unicorn Horsey
      Dumbness on massive idiocy with the stupid dumb-dumbnity of ridiculous WTFation in the dumbass of you-idiot.
      Originally posted by Sosomething
      "How do I improve the tone of my ThrasherKidzz-O-Blaster combo??"

      The answer is always "burn it, dumbass."

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      • #4
        there are a few places out there that sell pup magnets. alnico 5 tends to be easy to find others are a little trickier, but i know there is some one out there that sells them. hopefully some one who knows will put up a link

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        • #5
          Originally posted by JOLLY
          You can swap the magnet on any pickup if you choose to do so. I used to have a link to a place with magnets, but I can't find it anymore.
          any magnetic pickup you mean

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          • #6
            Originally posted by JOLLY
            You can swap the magnet on any pickup if you choose to do so. I used to have a link to a place with magnets, but I can't find it anymore.
            SURE a JB with a II sounds very close to a alan holdswoth model and many prefer it with a II.
            the II gives it a smoother less attacky tone but it still retians those amazing harmonics
            actually the JB with a II and a set of screw polpieces in place of the slug poles IS a AH-1 pup

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            • #7
              My several year old Seymour Duncan catalogue says that the JB and AH both use Alnico 5 bar magnets. Has this spec changed? Thanks. - Rob

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              • #8
                Originally posted by rmcfee
                My several year old Seymour Duncan catalogue says that the JB and AH both use Alnico 5 bar magnets. Has this spec changed? Thanks. - Rob
                no that must be a typo in the catalog though?

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                • #9
                  I'm considering the exact same thing- putting an Alnico 2 in my JB. I know that www.ampge.com has the magnets, but does anyone have any instructions for how to go about switching the magnets? Someone once said it's "not hard", but the one site I found that gave instructions were for Les Paul pickups and while it looked somewhat involved they had steps for rewaxing and that sort of thing that I imagine I wouldn't have to go through. Are there any instructions specific to SD pickups?

                  Thanks!
                  Carvin SC90 (Jazz neck, CC bridge)
                  Fender Aerodyne Telecaster (stock pups: tele bridge and p-90 neck)
                  Ampeg Reverberocket combo

                  http://emayhem.com/toptenidols
                  http://emayhem.com/the_fords
                  (note: these songs were not recorded using the gear mentioned above...)

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