Magnet Qs

[Sam SG]

Can anyone ID this bar magnet by eye? I pulled it out of a cheap humbucker. Is it ceramic and is it the typical size?
Wanna do a magnet swap on my TB11 to make a Custom

 

[beaubrummels]

Ceramics are typically black or really dark grey looking. That one looks pretty thick. The ceramic out of my Custom is 2.5" x 0.5" x 0.125"

 

[freefrog]

Blurry pics, small screen, old eyes... but it looks to me like the kind of double thick ceramic usually mounted in cheap humbuckers. If you want to be sure, set a multimeter to measure resistance and put a probe on each end of the magnet: it should measure no DCR / infinite DCR if the bar is made of ceramic, since it's not a conductive materials.

 

[Sam SG]

Blurry pics, small screen, old eyes... but it looks to me like the kind of double thick ceramic usually mounted in cheap humbuckers. If you want to be sure, set a multimeter to measure resistance and put a probe on each end of the magnet: it should measure no DCR / infinite DCR if the bar is made of ceramic, since it's not a conductive materials.

Good idea never thought of that.
Now if I try that double think ceramic( if indeed it is ceramic) in my TB11 will it work pretty close to a normal ceramic to make a Custom?

 

[beaubrummels]

Good idea never thought of that.
Now if I try that double think ceramic( if indeed it is ceramic) in my TB11 will it work pretty close to a normal ceramic to make a Custom?

No. Thicker magnets will have a different resulting sound. There are posts on here about the differences; just search for those conversations.

 

[freefrog]

Good idea never thought of that.
Now if I try that double think ceramic ( if indeed it is ceramic) in my TB11 will it work pretty close to a normal ceramic to make a Custom?

What beaubrummels said.

The difference of thickness should have less influence on the tone with ceramic than with AlNi(Co) for questions of inductivity but double thick bars often give a stronger magnetic field.