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Reply With QuoteAnd let's not forget III's.
I didn't change mine, so my post doesn't really count, but my Voodoo 59's are both AL3s. I think they let me get the old PAF bluesy tones but will also wind up nicely into a rock crunch when I want it.
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Feedback Score 2 (100%) Let's talk Alnico II, IV, V etc etc
Has anyone changed the magnet type in their pickups and what effect did/does it have?
Feedback Score 3 (100%) And let's not forget III's.
I didn't change mine, so my post doesn't really count, but my Voodoo 59's are both AL3s. I think they let me get the old PAF bluesy tones but will also wind up nicely into a rock crunch when I want it.
- Don
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Guitars: '01 LP-R9, '60 Melody Maker, '74 LP Custom, '98 Am Std Strat, '64 ES 330
Amps: JCM800 1x12, JTM60 2x12 w/2x12 ext cab, '62 Leslie 45, MS Pro3T
Organs: 1959 Hammond A-100, Korg BX3
Feedback Score 2 (100%) I took the original PU's out of my WHY1 Tele and replaced them with S.Duncan Alnico ll and they sound great. I wanted a more softer bluesy sound and I got that and then some. The Duncans came out of a stock Light Ash Tele so if you want to hear what they sound like, go to your local store and pluck away at a Light Ash.
Feedback Score 0 it's all taste. there is a lot more than magnet strength determines how your pickup will sound also. there was a thread in the les paul forum ( I think) with a ton of information about how wide and inconsistent the range in magnet types and strengths are. I have been digging for it, but they dont have a search function and I am getting nowhere
I have Js moore paf(ish) pickups that he wound for me with a4 in the bridge at 8.2kohms, and 7.5kohms with a2 in the neck. GREAT sounding
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