P90s with slug poles
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freefrog
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You mean P90's with rod magnets, and not just inert slugs instead of the screw poles?
Think to a Firebird PU vs a mini-humbucker: vertical magnets favor touch sensitivity and a brighter tone, a bit thinner (unless they are strongly magnetized, in which case they might favor bass frequencies too). Horizontal magnets laid under the coil(s) contribute to a warmer sound, less focused, more compressed, with a wee bit slower attack.
All other things being equal, of course (I mean: with the same kinds of coils, pots and so on)..
EDIT - Having wrote this answer, I've just found the demo below, more meaningful than my wordy reply...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyhZqaEKbk4
Think to a Firebird PU vs a mini-humbucker: vertical magnets favor touch sensitivity and a brighter tone, a bit thinner (unless they are strongly magnetized, in which case they might favor bass frequencies too). Horizontal magnets laid under the coil(s) contribute to a warmer sound, less focused, more compressed, with a wee bit slower attack.
All other things being equal, of course (I mean: with the same kinds of coils, pots and so on)..
EDIT - Having wrote this answer, I've just found the demo below, more meaningful than my wordy reply...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyhZqaEKbk4
