Taming highs -- degaussed magnets?

[gripweed]

I've noticed that there are several brothers here who don't like the highs in some of the Duncan pickups. Would putting a Dun-Aged magnet (degaussed) tame the highs any? Lets say I were to take the magnet from an Antiquity and pop it in a PG or Screamin Demon, would that help tame the highs at all?

 

[Artie]

Re: Taming highs -- degaussed magnets?

I think "Dun-aged" is more of a guass stabilization technique. When you charge a magnet, it has an initial value. Over a few years, a few percent fade away. "Aging" pre-ages the pup so that it stays the same over its life.

I don't think it has much to do with "highs" per se.

 

[Zhangliqun]

Re: Taming highs -- degaussed magnets?

It'd be easier just to put an Alnico 4 in place of the Alnico 5.

 

[ES350]

Re: Taming highs -- degaussed magnets?

little trick for ya...use a 20-150 pF range cap from pu hot to ground to lose some highs...tailor cap value to taste. Works great on those 'breaking glass' Teles...

 

[MattPete]

Re: Taming highs -- degaussed magnets?

little trick for ya...use a 20-150 pF range cap from pu hot to ground to lose some highs...tailor cap value to taste. Works great on those 'breaking glass' Teles...

Did something similar (don't remember the value, but it is the same used for the treble-bleed mod). I have it as a push-pull on my volume pot so that I can take it in-and-out of the circuit.

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Taming highs -- degaussed magnets?

Seymour uses 250K pots in his Tele/Gibb. Replacing 500K pots with 250K pots will lose some highs. You could experiment with just changing the volume control or just changing the tone control to 250K. I had a 500K volume control and a 250K tone control in my Strat and I was unaware of that and couldn't figure outwhy my bridge JB sounded so dull. When I switched the tone pot to a 500K it brightened it back up again. Lew

 

[callous_frigid_chill]

Re: Taming highs -- degaussed magnets?

why not turn down the treble?

 

[dr.barlo]

Re: Taming highs -- degaussed magnets?

I've noticed that there are several brothers here who don't like the highs in some of the Duncan pickups. Would putting a Dun-Aged magnet (degaussed) tame the highs any? Lets say I were to take the magnet from an Antiquity and pop it in a PG or Screamin Demon, would that help tame the highs at all?

In one word: YES!

BTW a4 sounds like an aged a5 as Zhang said. I have an aged a5 out of a custom shop pickup and have compared it against a fralin a4 (the pickup was a bridge antiquity). Virtually no differences.

But an a2 does NOT sound like an aged a3, and a3 does NOT sound like an aged a4!

I gotta get myself a gauss meter. :smack:

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