Well, Id ordered a pair ofceramic and roughcast A2 magnets to try in both my C5 and Jazz neck in my LTD. Was just gonna attempt the Jazz tonite but got into it and realized, I have the strings detuned and the floyd in a position it wont move so decided might as well put the ceramic inthe C5.
The C5 became a Custom first because the C5 sits in the cable for the Jazz. Easy peasy, hoping I put the magnet in the Custom wind correctly the on to the Jazz, out came the A5 and in goes the rca2. Again, pretty easy, hoping I have the mag oriented correctly.
Got them mounted again, guitar tuned up and fire up the Marshall. Hmmm doesnt sound right, take a peak, oh wait the pickups are way too low. Raised them up some, give it another try. Getting closer, lil more tweaking and Im close to where the pickups should be.
From my few minutes of the Jazz, holy crap, so much happier with the tone, love the sweet tone it now has to it. As for the Custom, definitely like it a bit better than the A5. May still need to tweak it a littlr more and get it dialed in a bit more. But overall happy with my first mag swap.
On a side note, had the original Ibanez pickup that came out of my Iceman, it had an A5 in it as well. Cant remember which pickup came in the Iceman, but it was meh at best. Here is a pict of the 2 A5s from the Jazz and Custom next to the Ibz magnet. Was suprised to see how much shorter the Ibz mag was compared to the SD mags.
The C5 became a Custom first because the C5 sits in the cable for the Jazz. Easy peasy, hoping I put the magnet in the Custom wind correctly the on to the Jazz, out came the A5 and in goes the rca2. Again, pretty easy, hoping I have the mag oriented correctly.
Got them mounted again, guitar tuned up and fire up the Marshall. Hmmm doesnt sound right, take a peak, oh wait the pickups are way too low. Raised them up some, give it another try. Getting closer, lil more tweaking and Im close to where the pickups should be.
From my few minutes of the Jazz, holy crap, so much happier with the tone, love the sweet tone it now has to it. As for the Custom, definitely like it a bit better than the A5. May still need to tweak it a littlr more and get it dialed in a bit more. But overall happy with my first mag swap.
On a side note, had the original Ibanez pickup that came out of my Iceman, it had an A5 in it as well. Cant remember which pickup came in the Iceman, but it was meh at best. Here is a pict of the 2 A5s from the Jazz and Custom next to the Ibz magnet. Was suprised to see how much shorter the Ibz mag was compared to the SD mags.
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