The next frontier: Alnico 9...

[Imp]

Re: The next frontier: Alnico 9...

:laugh2:

stay away from alnico XP though.. it's incompatible with just about everything

tom

 

[Zerberus]

Re: The next frontier: Alnico 9...

Ask Baron Von Shred, he says he's got one

And it´s staying in my Flying V

 

[gripweed]

Re: The next frontier: Alnico 9...

And it´s staying in my Flying V

I guess I thought that it was just a joke. What is the truth brother Zerb?

 

[Curry]

Re: The next frontier: Alnico 9...

rumor has it NASA is finishing up Alnico 2000 right now and working on Alnico XP.

Oh man, I might dodge those, I dont want my pickups breaking upon reentry.

Edit: sorry about bumping up an old thread, i was searching through some stuff and didnt check dates.

 

[ponch]

Re: The next frontier: Alnico 9...

Wellllllllllll I might not know much 'cause im only up to junior level chemistry but i don't think there is anything such as alnico 9.

 

[Fusion1]

Re: The next frontier: Alnico 9...

rumor has it NASA is finishing up Alnico 2000 right now and working on Alnico XP.

What about Alnico code name: Longhorn?

 

[Zerberus]

Re: The next frontier: Alnico 9...

I guess I thought that it was just a joke. What is the truth brother Zerb?

It´s right smack dab in the middle between a C-5 and Custom

 

[Zhangliqun]

Re: The next frontier: Alnico 9...

As much as you can use different grades of alnico to produce different tonal qualities, it actually doesn't make much sense to look at stronger magnets in my opinion. I know lace sensors use Hot barium in some of there models, which has less magnetic pull and higher output. I would say that the best thing to look into in terms of magnets are new grades of metal. I haven't done enough research to know what to look into but if you could say find a new magnet type that has desirable qualities it would be much more suitable for a magnet swap.

In my opinion many people get so caught up in the vintage aspect of magnets that they forget that there are new frontiers to be explored in terms of pickups. Plus as much as certain magnets give off certain qualities, they arent entirely essential to the design of a pickup. Really the magnet functions as the power supply of the pickup and so in many ways new and more efficient materials would be smarter than a different grade of the same material.

I am not discourageing pickup swapping but i think that it would be wise to experiment with materials for a different result.

Kinman sez, Fuhget about it:

http://www.kinman.com/html/toneWorkshop/perfectGuitar.htm#magnets

 

[Zerberus]

Re: The next frontier: Alnico 9...

I´d say about half of that page is "marketing"... if what he said were all true, nobody would consider even a humbucker with ceramics.... but some of the best / most popular pickups have ceramic mags, not only humbuckers but also minihum /lil´style....

There´s truth in there, but I´d say it´s mixed in 50/50 with the desire to sell his own designs