What Would Happen???

If you mixed ceramic and alnico into one magnet i personally dont know there properties. Alnico have more bass and high and ceramic has more mids so would you get some kind of super pickup or a piece of crap????

[line6man]

I have no idea, but combining two magnets means that there will probably be way too much string pull.

[walterw]

Originally Posted by garretibanez

Alnico have more bass and high and ceramic has more mids

that's not even remotely true.

anyway, dimarzio ultra jazz pickups have alnico slugs "boosted" by ceramic bottom magnets, and they sound great.

sound is an opinion check this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akwJz...eature=channel

[SGD Lutherie]

Originally Posted by garretibanez

If you mixed ceramic and alnico into one magnet i personally dont know there properties. Alnico have more bass and high and ceramic has more mids so would you get some kind of super pickup or a piece of crap????

Just use a neodymium magnet. The warmth of alnico and the highs of ceramic.



There are other grades of alnico and ceramic also. Alnico 8 is as strong as ceramic 8, but sounds different. Ceramic magnets also have very low inductance due to the lack of metal, as in alnicos.

Neos also have low permeability, since they are similar to ceramic magnets, but they have a low more low end than ceramics.

WHAT????????????????? Can some one please explain this to me about the grades of metal and the what magnets does Bartolini use

[SGD Lutherie]

Alnico magnets are composed primarily of aluminum (Al), nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co), with the addition of iron, copper.

Ceramic (ferrite) magnets are composed of iron and barium or strontium oxides, but are non conductive.

Neodymium magnets are made of an alloy of neodymium, iron, and boron, and Samarium-cobalt magnets are primarily composed of samarium and cobalt.

Bartolini uses ceramic magnets.