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In Reply to: RE: magic microphonics posted by GSH on February 24, 2015 at 17:30:30
Ahhh..! I knew there would be a vintage guitar guy to rub in my mistake about fender guitar wood in the 50's..LOL.
Ok now on to alnico magnet discussion.
I am not sure how much more scientific you could get showing that most major difference in sound we heard in the two different strat pickups was attributed to different magnet strengths of the alnico magnets.
My buddies 56' Strat has hardly any more microphonics on any of its pickups that either of the new pickups. Even if it did, we could detect
no major differences between old and new pickups.
1. Both new strat pickups were scatter wound by the same winder.
2. Both new strat pickups used the same wire on windings and leads
3. Both new strat pickups used the same carbord ends
4. Both new strat pickups used the same alnico pole pieces except for charge level.
The only difference was the magnet strength and the pickups with the weaker 1957 alnico magnet strength was so close that two of the most nitpicking audio a holes on the planet could scarcely detect a difference that was meaningful between the new Rolph strat pickup and a real 50's one it was copying.
Did I miss something here?
Anyway all this talk about guitar magnet strength still does translate to alnico hi fi speakers because yes they do loose power over time but I would guess it is not necessarily the end of the world most of the time if you don't recharge your very old alnico drivers unless the magnets are super weak. May actually be a nice mellow clear sound to your vintage alnico that is quite pleasant.
Follow Ups:
The same audio a holes may not be able to tell the difference between a 57 strat pu and a recent Korean ceramic strat pu. LOL
Which says a lot about what can be done today for pennies.
Your friend's strat may not be microphonic at all, but the phenomenon exists, period.
I can see why professional writers get paid well. There is definitely a fine art to making something understandable without being long winded and loosing people. I will attempt to be more clear and to the point with short numbered points.
1.I 100% agree it is a fact that microphonic guitar pickups exist, it is a well established fact, I never disputed that, so what the heck? I guess I guess my story was not clear that the strength of the alnico was just much larger a factor for sound differences than microphonics in our particular test.
2.I 100% disagree that a ceramic magnet "anything" be it guitar pickup, speaker driver, microphone, etc. can sound the same as an alnico. The magnetic field responds very differently and no amount of shorting rings or other tricks can ever change this in my experience so far.
3.I know you are joking that that my a hole buddy and I are completely clueless but c'mon do you seriously believe even a non guitar player could not hear the night and day difference between an original 1950's strat and low cost Korean model with a thick tone sucking poly finish, non-responsive too bright crappy ceramic pickups? Maybe you do, people on this planet believe seem to believe all kinds of crazy things I have found. Guess my buddy should sell his real 56' strat before people find out that the low end Korean strats sound just as good? LOL..!
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