First magnet swap was a success! (10/10)

[Top-L]

Ok so here is a radical idea... Using an angle grinder to tune the pickup.

If the roughcast holds less charge, then grinding away some of the bar should have the same effect.

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[GuitarDoc]

Grinding on a magnet will have the effect of losing some of the charge...it will not do what you ecpect.

 

[Top-L]

Grinding on a magnet will have the effect of losing some of the charge...it will not do what you ecpect.

GuitarDoc,
You are incredibly negative in most of your posts. You act "as if" you know more and are better than everyone else.

Lowering the charge of a ceramic magnet might have an effect that someone would desire. Like a way to lower the output of a pickup and slightly alter the tone.

How would you know if I want that? There is no way you would know what I want or am trying to achieve. You need to check yourself and your attitude.

 

[Lewguitar]

Ok so here is a radical idea... Using an angle grinder to tune the pickup.

If the roughcast holds less charge, then grinding away some of the bar should have the same effect.

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Gibson switched from 2 1/2" length to a short 2 3/8" magnet in the first half of the 1960's. Those became standard in the T-Tops.

A lot of great players got their sound using those pickups including Larry Carlton.

You can just buy the magnets from Addiction FX.

I liked the sound from neck pickup. nice round tone. Lower output than the pickup had with the longer 2 1/2" magnet.

It only spent a few days in my guitar.

I never stopped liking it, I just wanted to keep going and learning some new things.

I might return to it. I've always liked the sound of a T-Top neck pickup although putting a 2 3/8" A5 magnet in a 59N didn't give me exactly that sound.

Close though!

Not sure if Gibson used rough or polished A5 magnets at that point in their history.

Mine are roughcast which generally result in a sound that's a bit warmer than polished.

 

[Top-L]

Does anyone know what the Custom sounds like with an A8?

In this guitar, I've decided that A5 is better than ceramic, but I want the pickup to be hotter.

I took out the Custom 5 and replaced with an Ibanez INF2, which is A5 and hotter than the Custom 5. I like it better than the Custom in this guitar, but it could be a little hotter.

Would an A8 raise the output and retain some of the top end clarity of the Custom 5?

 

[Obsessive Compulsive]

GuitarDoc,
You are incredibly negative in most of your posts. You act "as if" you know more and are better than everyone else.

Lowering the charge of a ceramic magnet might have an effect that someone would desire. Like a way to lower the output of a pickup and slightly alter the tone.

How would you know if I want that? There is no way you would know what I want or am trying to achieve. You need to check yourself and your attitude.

Are you even serious? Guitardoc is one of most respected technical guys in the forum. He probably knows a lot more about guitar electronics than you and I do in our entire life.

 

[Clint 55]

A8 is probably darker in the top end than A5 and ceramic but you will get more output than A5.

If you want more output I could make you some double thick mags. You can tune the sound even more by making hybrids. Such as for rock: A5/A8 or A6/A8 or even A5/ceramic. Lot of cool possibilities.

 

[Top-L]

A8 is probably darker in the top end than A5 and ceramic but you will get more output than A5.

If you want more output I could make you some double thick mags. You can tune the sound even more by making hybrids. Such as for rock: A5/A8 or A6/A8 or even A5/ceramic. Lot of cool possibilities.

Sounds like the Custom is a great pickup, but not quite hot enough for what I want for this guitar.

 

[Clint 55]

You could use a double thick ceramic to make it hotter.