DD/JB with an A2 magnet

[JeffB]

I know the DD is a JB w/ Ceramic mag (or JB is DD w/ A5...whatever )


What would that wind give ya with an A2 mag? Anyone tried?

 

[JeffB]

Re: DD/JB with an A2 magnet

wow...nobody has tried this?

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: DD/JB with an A2 magnet

I *think* that a JB with an A2 and two rows of slot-head screws is the Allan Holdsworth model.

 

[italic zero]

Re: DD/JB with an A2 magnet

Search the tips & clips section. I think nuntius (?) put some clips up.

 

[Stevo]

Re: DD/JB with an A2 magnet

The a2 seems to create a more grainy tone in a JB pickup. Great midrange response. It cleans up nicely too.

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: DD/JB with an A2 magnet

It gets you tons of mids with a smoooth top end. I tried it about a year ago. I think that Scott_F might have a review of it still up at his Tone Ninja web page.

 

[WICKED LESTER]

Re: DD/JB with an A2 magnet

this sums it up
http://www.toneninja.net/JBA2.htm

 

[ErikH]

Re: DD/JB with an A2 magnet

I just read that review. I think I need to get me some A2 magnets. Where do you buy them? I don't have any dead A2 pickups laying around to pull from.

 

[WICKED LESTER]

Re: DD/JB with an A2 magnet

I just read that review. I think I need to get me some A2 magnets. Where do you buy them? I don't have any dead A2 pickups laying around to pull from.

get them here,
http://www.ampge.com/components.htm

 

[ErikH]

Re: DD/JB with an A2 magnet

get them here,
http://www.ampge.com/components.htm

Cool. Thanks.

 

[ErikH]

Re: DD/JB with an A2 magnet

Does anybody know what the JB will sound like with an A3 magnet?

 

[WICKED LESTER]

Re: DD/JB with an A2 magnet

Does anybody know what the JB will sound like with an A3 magnet?

right in between the JB II and regular JB
will be a great compromise if the II is too mellow and you find
the stock jb too cutting bright

 

[ErikH]

Re: DD/JB with an A2 magnet

right in between the JB II and regular JB
will be a great compromise if the II is too mellow and you find
the stock jb too cutting bright

Thanks, man. Seems like a worthy experiment. Do the magnets come already magnetized or do they need to be? How the heck to you magnetize a magnet bar anyway? I've never done magnet swaps, just read how they're done so this is all new to me.

 

[Zhangliqun]

Re: DD/JB with an A2 magnet

I would recommend Alnico 4 if Alnico 2 or 3 is not quite strong enough for you.

Note also that Alnico 3 has slightly less overall output than 2, BUT...it's EQ curve is such that it has a little more bass/low-mid warmth than 2.

Alnico 4 is like a "harder" 3 and with more output.

NOTE ALSO that not all magnets of each variety of Alnico are alike, in other words, some Alnico 2's are stronger than others. It is therefore best to have a bunch of each variety laying around so you can choose stronger or weaker versions of each, according to taste.