So I FINALLY tried Alnico 4 in a neck PAF...
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Re: So I FINALLY tried Alnico 4 in a neck PAF...
If that's the way you feel, then try A3.
To much attention is given to the so-called "e.q." of different magnets, and too little to the output. IME, output is the main difference between different magnet types. That translates to e.q. differences at given amp settings, but it's largely due to different amounts of compression. Adjust for e.q. differences using your amp's tone knobs, and you're really just hearing different magnets hitting the amp at different levels of output, causing more or less compression.
If that's the way you feel, then try A3.
To much attention is given to the so-called "e.q." of different magnets, and too little to the output. IME, output is the main difference between different magnet types. That translates to e.q. differences at given amp settings, but it's largely due to different amounts of compression. Adjust for e.q. differences using your amp's tone knobs, and you're really just hearing different magnets hitting the amp at different levels of output, causing more or less compression.
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Re: So I FINALLY tried Alnico 4 in a neck PAF...
ItsaBass- I know this is an old thread,
However, you have an interesting take on mags. I remember loving A4's for a long time, then I liked UOA5's, but the last couple of years I really like the sound of a roughcast A5. And I may be wrong, but they seem to sound "grittier" for lack of a better word. Brighter, more upper mids, more of an attack, as if my pick had been run over some rough sandpaper. These qualities that I hear, are the same regardless of the pickup I use. So: is there something more to this "Roughcast" thing that is different than just a volume increase. I play on a very clean amp at my condo so I really hear all the details.
Steve
ItsaBass- I know this is an old thread,
However, you have an interesting take on mags. I remember loving A4's for a long time, then I liked UOA5's, but the last couple of years I really like the sound of a roughcast A5. And I may be wrong, but they seem to sound "grittier" for lack of a better word. Brighter, more upper mids, more of an attack, as if my pick had been run over some rough sandpaper. These qualities that I hear, are the same regardless of the pickup I use. So: is there something more to this "Roughcast" thing that is different than just a volume increase. I play on a very clean amp at my condo so I really hear all the details.
Steve
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