Hot rails Magnet swap: Cermamic to Alnico 8

[unleashthejay]

anyone ever swap a magnet out of a single coil sized humbucker? I want to change the crummy ceramic magnet to a alnico 8 on my hot rails, any help or suggestions?

 

[Fusion1]

Re: Hot rails Magnet swap: Cermamic to Alnico 8

Interesting. Can it be done? "We have the technology..."

 

[krankguitarist]

Re: Hot rails Magnet swap: Cermamic to Alnico 8

I thought those mags were epoxied on there...

Plus, they're gonna have different dimensions than the standard HB magnets.'

I can imagine its probably possible...but it'd probably be really difficult.

 

[Fusion1]

Re: Hot rails Magnet swap: Cermamic to Alnico 8

I think they are epoxied on there as I tried in vain to remove the ceramic magnet from my JB jr.

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Hot rails Magnet swap: Cermamic to Alnico 8

Sounds like a Custom Shop jobber to me. BTW, your in box is full, Unleashthejay. :burnout:

 

[unleashthejay]

Re: Hot rails Magnet swap: Cermamic to Alnico 8

I think they are epoxied on there as I tried in vain to remove the ceramic magnet from my JB jr.

You never got it off? why?

My hotraills is in my strat right now but when I take them out its experiment time! I think they are exposed, im sure ill have to rewax it or something will see

 

[Fusion1]

Re: Hot rails Magnet swap: Cermamic to Alnico 8

I got to the point of using a chisel and hammer and was afraid I'd F*** up a perfectly good pickup just to see if the magnet was removeable. With some tapping it seemed unmoveable. YMMV.

 

[krankguitarist]

Re: Hot rails Magnet swap: Cermamic to Alnico 8

Sounds like a Custom Shop jobber to me. BTW, your in box is full, Unleashthejay. :burnout:

Doubtless he'd have to provide the magnet too.

 

[Zhangliqun]

Re: Hot rails Magnet swap: Cermamic to Alnico 8

Doubtless he'd have to provide the magnet too.

Yup. At Seymour it's A2, A5, ceramic, or the highway...

 

[unleashthejay]

Re: Hot rails Magnet swap: Cermamic to Alnico 8

Yup. At Seymour it's A2, A5, ceramic, or the highway...

Your right! I emailed them they said: "go away" j/k :newangel: they really said, "Can not be done and we do not have alnico 8 magnet on that size sorry" are the alnico mags to big or small? can it be cut? if i do cut it do i have to re-magnitize it? has anyone ever tried to switch the mags out a single coil sized hum?