Anyone tried an Alnico Pro II/Alt-8 hybrid yet?
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frankfalbo
In Fluence Y'all
Re: Anyone tried an Alnico Pro II/Alt-8 hybrid yet?
IMO those two coils would be best together if they had an Alnico 5 magnet. A2 is too soft to appropriately charge the Alt 8 coil, which is very big and fat, and A8 is very powerful for a coil that lives in the 3.5-4k range. They are highly mismatched, I'll bet with an Alnico V you'd get a pickup with good top and bottom and an open midrange.
IMO those two coils would be best together if they had an Alnico 5 magnet. A2 is too soft to appropriately charge the Alt 8 coil, which is very big and fat, and A8 is very powerful for a coil that lives in the 3.5-4k range. They are highly mismatched, I'll bet with an Alnico V you'd get a pickup with good top and bottom and an open midrange.
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Ultimate Kitten Puncher
Re: Anyone tried an Alnico Pro II/Alt-8 hybrid yet?
"They are highly mismatched, I'll bet with an Alnico V you'd get a pickup with good top and bottom and NO midrange"
Fixed that for you, haha.
I think an A2 might be fine, depends on what you're trying to achieve. A2 sounds good in a JB to me, must sound good to George Lynch and Dimartini too.
"They are highly mismatched, I'll bet with an Alnico V you'd get a pickup with good top and bottom and NO midrange"
Fixed that for you, haha.
I think an A2 might be fine, depends on what you're trying to achieve. A2 sounds good in a JB to me, must sound good to George Lynch and Dimartini too.
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MonkeyDungologist
Re: Anyone tried an Alnico Pro II/Alt-8 hybrid yet?
^ when you have 2 different coils together you get a lot more midrange, as well as high-end, as there are less frequencies being cancelled out all over.
to the OP - don't perform surgery on 2 perfectly good pickups without trying the stock alt8 in your strat first. i think the alt8 would kick serious arse in a strat.
^ when you have 2 different coils together you get a lot more midrange, as well as high-end, as there are less frequencies being cancelled out all over.
to the OP - don't perform surgery on 2 perfectly good pickups without trying the stock alt8 in your strat first. i think the alt8 would kick serious arse in a strat.
