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Hello I'm interested in having a set of pickups built but I'm still new to the game. Can anyone give me a general idea about the types of sound different magnets produce? And how the style of pickups effect the tone. -thanks
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Re: Magnets
While magnets affect the tone of the pickup, they are only a component of the overall tone of a pickup. You say you are new to the game. What pickups do you have experience with and what types of changes would you like compared to those reference points?
While magnets affect the tone of the pickup, they are only a component of the overall tone of a pickup. You say you are new to the game. What pickups do you have experience with and what types of changes would you like compared to those reference points?
44thminute
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Re: Magnets
New to the inner workings of a pickup. I'm a blues player but I use the Dave mustaine live wires. (Weird I know lol) which to my understanding are pretty much an active version of the Jazz and JB. The clarity is what really does it for me. But I have a guitar that is not set up for active pickups so I was hoping to have a passive set made like like the JB and the Jazz (hopefully with Dave mustaines tweaks) but higher out put.
New to the inner workings of a pickup. I'm a blues player but I use the Dave mustaine live wires. (Weird I know lol) which to my understanding are pretty much an active version of the Jazz and JB. The clarity is what really does it for me. But I have a guitar that is not set up for active pickups so I was hoping to have a passive set made like like the JB and the Jazz (hopefully with Dave mustaines tweaks) but higher out put.
Re: Magnets
Welcome to the forum!
You have a lot of reading to do. Check out our FAQ section, and read through our prevoius posts here. There is a lot that goes into selecting the right pickup. Research is free (other than time), and we'd all love you to be really happy with whatever pickups you end up with. Check out our stock models too, to see if anything there will suit you.
Welcome to the forum!
You have a lot of reading to do. Check out our FAQ section, and read through our prevoius posts here. There is a lot that goes into selecting the right pickup. Research is free (other than time), and we'd all love you to be really happy with whatever pickups you end up with. Check out our stock models too, to see if anything there will suit you.
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This is all you will ever need to know, if getting a pickup set made is what you want.
As an analogy, I remember a car mechanic getting really pissed off with a customer because they tried to be 'car doctor' and determine the cause of the issue. The mechanic spent fruitless hours trying to track down a non-existent issue in one area of the engine, as the problem was in somewhere else entirely. A simple set of symptoms (eventually given by the client after a phone call) led the WAY more experienced mechanic to the issue immediately.
Tell the pickup winder what you want to hear.......let their WAY more experienced skills determine the wind and magnet.
If you are truly interested in the inner workings of pickups, do a couple of searches here/with google on magnet types and pickup tones......for wire gauge and output, for wind characteristics. Its been gone over ad nauseum and the coutless threads will be a vast resource for you to trawl through at your leisure.
The pickup forum on MyLesPaul also is filled with equal number of threads.....but those have quite a few boutique winders contibuting to them. Almost all you could want to know about PAF's really.
This is all you will ever need to know, if getting a pickup set made is what you want.
As an analogy, I remember a car mechanic getting really pissed off with a customer because they tried to be 'car doctor' and determine the cause of the issue. The mechanic spent fruitless hours trying to track down a non-existent issue in one area of the engine, as the problem was in somewhere else entirely. A simple set of symptoms (eventually given by the client after a phone call) led the WAY more experienced mechanic to the issue immediately.
Tell the pickup winder what you want to hear.......let their WAY more experienced skills determine the wind and magnet.
If you are truly interested in the inner workings of pickups, do a couple of searches here/with google on magnet types and pickup tones......for wire gauge and output, for wind characteristics. Its been gone over ad nauseum and the coutless threads will be a vast resource for you to trawl through at your leisure.
The pickup forum on MyLesPaul also is filled with equal number of threads.....but those have quite a few boutique winders contibuting to them. Almost all you could want to know about PAF's really.
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blueman335
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Re: Magnets
If you're new to the game, you don't what's out there now in the market, and odds are what you want already exists (there's millions of people playing electric guitar in the world, and there's nothing you want that thousands haven't already thought of). I'd spend some time learning and listening to develop an ear for qualities you like and don't like. No matter what you have made, there are so many variables in wood, guitar design, amps, tubes, speakers, pedals, etc, that a winder may not be able to readily dial in your ideal PU to your unique set of variables. You can put the same PU in 5 guitars, even the same kind of guitar, and they may all sound different. That's why in this forum we learn how to modify our tones with set ups, magnets, pots, etc.
If you're new to the game, you don't what's out there now in the market, and odds are what you want already exists (there's millions of people playing electric guitar in the world, and there's nothing you want that thousands haven't already thought of). I'd spend some time learning and listening to develop an ear for qualities you like and don't like. No matter what you have made, there are so many variables in wood, guitar design, amps, tubes, speakers, pedals, etc, that a winder may not be able to readily dial in your ideal PU to your unique set of variables. You can put the same PU in 5 guitars, even the same kind of guitar, and they may all sound different. That's why in this forum we learn how to modify our tones with set ups, magnets, pots, etc.
treyhaislip
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Re: Magnets
As already mentioned, magnets do affect the tone but they are just a part of the whole equation AND yes, the same pickup will sound different in different guitars–that's why a lot of us tweak them with different magnets and pole types and some even rewind them...many things can be done to tweak 'em.
New to the game? Read this article
Interested in more on magnets? Here is another article that is worth looking and listening to
As already mentioned, magnets do affect the tone but they are just a part of the whole equation AND yes, the same pickup will sound different in different guitars–that's why a lot of us tweak them with different magnets and pole types and some even rewind them...many things can be done to tweak 'em.
New to the game? Read this article
Interested in more on magnets? Here is another article that is worth looking and listening to
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