Alnico & Ceramic magnets sound different - why is this?
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theboatcandream
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Re: Alnico & Ceramic magnets sound different - why is this?
I've played with a lot of low output ceramic pickups too, thanks to my experiences with Epiphone. I wouldn't call them brighter - just different. Under high gain they have a more grainy sound which is more metal, while alnico magnets are less modern and more smooth. Ceramic pickups have a more fuzzy top end which kind of flattens out, while the treble of alnico pickups is the opposite of fuzzy, whatever that is. It's hard to describe what I hear, especially since I'm probably just imagining it anyway.
joe 90 said:
I've played with a lot of low output ceramic pickups too, thanks to my experiences with Epiphone. I wouldn't call them brighter - just different. Under high gain they have a more grainy sound which is more metal, while alnico magnets are less modern and more smooth. Ceramic pickups have a more fuzzy top end which kind of flattens out, while the treble of alnico pickups is the opposite of fuzzy, whatever that is. It's hard to describe what I hear, especially since I'm probably just imagining it anyway.
STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Re: Alnico & Ceramic magnets sound different - why is this?
You guessed it exactly....Ceramic is more powerful..
You guessed it exactly....Ceramic is more powerful..
rckmusicartst7
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Re: Alnico & Ceramic magnets sound different - why is this?
From all that i've heard, alnico v mags are grainier in the mids than ceramics.
theboatcandream said:I've played with a lot of low output ceramic pickups too, thanks to my experiences with Epiphone. I wouldn't call them brighter - just different. Under high gain they have a more grainy sound which is more metal, while alnico magnets are less modern and more smooth. Ceramic pickups have a more fuzzy top end which kind of flattens out, while the treble of alnico pickups is the opposite of fuzzy, whatever that is. It's hard to describe what I hear, especially since I'm probably just imagining it anyway.
From all that i've heard, alnico v mags are grainier in the mids than ceramics.
theboatcandream
dreamonologist
Re: Alnico & Ceramic magnets sound different - why is this?
Really? My experiences have been otherwise, but most of the ceramic ones I've used have been dimarzio while every alnico one has been seymour duncan. I don't know.
rckmusicartst7 said:
Really? My experiences have been otherwise, but most of the ceramic ones I've used have been dimarzio while every alnico one has been seymour duncan. I don't know.
Zhangliqun
Questionologist
Re: Alnico & Ceramic magnets sound different - why is this?
Ceramic is just a different material entirely from Alnico, so it's not surprising that it would sound different. The surprise would be if it sounded the SAME as Alnico.
Ceramic is just a different material entirely from Alnico, so it's not surprising that it would sound different. The surprise would be if it sounded the SAME as Alnico.
theboatcandream
dreamonologist
Re: Alnico & Ceramic magnets sound different - why is this?
High output alnico pickups sound like alnico pickups....
Low output ceramic pickups like stock epiphone pickups from korea still sound like ceramic pickups under gain.....
It's not the output. At least, I don't think it is.
High output alnico pickups sound like alnico pickups....
Low output ceramic pickups like stock epiphone pickups from korea still sound like ceramic pickups under gain.....
It's not the output. At least, I don't think it is.