Gold Magnets?

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Hails guys... PARDOM my ignorance but...
isthat possible a duncan pickup , instead (SINinstead ahahah) of a a2,a5 or ceramicmagnet.....a PURE GOLD Bar? is that possible to magnetize a GOLD BAR?
IF YES, HOW IT SHOULD SOUND? POWERFULL? BRITTLE/HARSHY/FUZZY?
GLORIOUS AND TOTALLY UNHOLY?
If the answer is the last LINE type...i´ll sent some jewelries that my mother owns here and do a PURE GOLD BAR and put in the CC. ahahahahahahah
HOLY ****.

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Gold Magnets?

I don't think you can magnetize gold, as it's a non ferrous material.

Although having a solid gold humbucker would be cool.

The Goldmember Special. :burnout:

 

[NathanCahill]

Re: Gold Magnets?

Gold can not be magnetized.

 

[WITH FULL DISTORTION]

Re: Gold Magnets?

Hummmmm, OK.... what ABOUT SILVER???
The same?

 

[Zerberus]

Re: Gold Magnets?

Yep.

Nickel, Cobalt, or Iron would work, for example. But definitely no precious metals or metals of the 1st 2 periodic groups, at least not without a physical change to the structure of the atoms, essentially creating either a magnetic (but probably unstable) Isotope or a different element altogether

 

[Davey]

Re: Gold Magnets?

'pure' elements, cannot be magnetised permanently, unless they already have magnetic abilities. if you magnetise iron, nickel, cobalt, etc, they all lose their magnetic abilities quite fast (compared to the bar magnets used in the pups)

 

[Zerberus]

Re: Gold Magnets?

I forgot that, thx.

Even AlNiCo (AluminumNickelCobalt) and Ceramic magnets lose strength over time, just much slower

 

[WITH FULL DISTORTION]

Re: Gold Magnets?

Thank´s for the info
what about BULL****? haHAhaHAhahaAHahAHahAhahaHAHAha

 

[Davey]

Re: Gold Magnets?

I forgot that, thx.

Even AlNiCo (AluminumNickelCobalt) and Ceramic magnets lose strength over time, just much slower

indeed, there are certain formulas used in the making of these types of magnets. as you see there are only a couple of diferent ones. the others dont 'live' up to the standards.

used in the right proportions they stay magnetised a very long time without major changes. if they are pure they either stay magnetised for life (and longer), cannot be magnetised, or you can magnetise them for a short lifespan (plus they can be demagnetised just as easy)

 

[JammerMatt]

Re: Gold Magnets?

Yep.

Nickel, Cobalt, or Iron would work, for example. But definitely no precious metals or metals of the 1st 2 periodic groups, at least not without a physical change to the structure of the atoms, essentially creating either a magnetic (but probably unstable) Isotope or a different element altogether

I dare you to say that twice fast

Someone stayed awake in Chemistry I see.

 

[WITH FULL DISTORTION]

Re: Gold Magnets?

AHhahHAhahAHAHaHAHAhaahAH
OK, no gold on the MAGNET.... but WILL GOLD GET A BETTER TONE AS STRINGS ?
STRINGS OF PURE GOLD. WILL THEY LONG ETERNALLY?

 

[ranalli]

Re: Gold Magnets?

AHhahHAhahAHAHaHAHAhaahAH
OK, no gold on the MAGNET.... but WILL GOLD GET A BETTER TONE AS STRINGS ?
STRINGS OF PURE GOLD. WILL THEY LONG ETERNALLY?

I don't think pure gold is dense enough to make good strings...it's too malleable as a metal.

 

[jeremy]

Re: Gold Magnets?

ive seen gold strings before, not sure how they sound but they looked really cool with the light reflecting off them

 

[WITH FULL DISTORTION]

Re: Gold Magnets?

Holy ****. we should create a SD randomic research center. ehehehh to rresearch about other materials that will become better options for doing strings, guitar pickups, etc.
that´s a good idea. isn´t IT?

 

[Zerberus]

Re: Gold Magnets?

ive seen gold strings before, not sure how they sound but they looked really cool with the light reflecting off them

Probably Maxima strings

The gold plating is purely for corrosion resistance (and doesn´t even do that very well IMO, tried them a LOONG time ago )

The string itself is a normal nickel wind on a hex core

 

[Davey]

Re: Gold Magnets?

pure gold is not good for string meterial. it's got a similar consistency as copper. and you know you can bend and tear a copper wire.. now try that with a steel wire and try not to cut your fingers of. now gold plated instead of nickel plated, that's a diferent cup of tea

 

[brinton]

Re: Gold Magnets?

there's always these kind of questions that come up in my mind. LIKE:
Using an alloy with Neodymium for pups, they use that for speakers!
Basically just anything alternative to ceramics and (AlNiCo)'s like fenders samarium cobalt!,

It's just cool to see stuff that's different. It'd probably be hard to get it right but we've come far as hell since the P-90, most people still prefer the old way like pafs, fender single coils etc. but stuff like active pups, stacked SCs and strat-90 type pickups are ground breaking,

and I'm sure there's another thing to come in tone: amps, pups like lace, line 6 stuff (variax guitars, POD) modeling stuff. Although I hate the POD and Variax guitars because they don't exactly sound good to me, I really respect the effort to be revolutionary, it sucks when the best thing you hear isn't from modern technology, but from something 40-50 years ago. But then there's stuff like better than vintage (antiquity strat pups, JB, PG, etc. vintage flavor with modern twists). too much writing sorry

 

[brinton]

Re: Gold Magnets?

I've always thought about glass for stuff like frets, nuts, saddles etc. and using all the elements like einsteinium, califorium, cerium etc (all that crap on the bottom of the table) for pups & speakers.
I'm interested in making a strat and tele pickup fit side by side in a HB slot, and having both coils tapped and then wiring it up for the 4 individual sounds in one position.


enough!

 

[sanrafael]

Re: Gold Magnets?

Brinton, Neodymium works fine for pup magnets, but you have to use very small pieces on the back of each pole piece; it is way too strong otherwise. You cannot use neodymium magnets as the pieces as you can with Alnico.

 

[brinton]

Re: Gold Magnets?

what about if you weakend it's magnetic properties, mixing it with a rather dull metal, creating an alloy that's not as pure. Or do like you said use it like a HB uses a bar, bottom loaded.
what happens to it's magnetic properties when you melt a whole bunch of steel and then add some neodymium or anything else different into the mix.