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CERAMIC VS ALNICO V
- Thread starter ecufunk
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The magnet choice has very little to do with the pickup response when you factor in things like inductance.
It's like saying which is a better piston - the one in the V8 or the one in the V4?
I'd say do a search on each quality that you look for in a pickup - and read the intro stickies.
But please - oh please do not get wrapped up in the ceramic versus alnico debate especially when you are starting a top line comparison of sound qualities.
A better topic would be - true single versus linear humbucking or stacked humbucking or side by side humbucking. Or how certain preamps add or subtract from certain pickups.
It's like saying which is a better piston - the one in the V8 or the one in the V4?
I'd say do a search on each quality that you look for in a pickup - and read the intro stickies.
But please - oh please do not get wrapped up in the ceramic versus alnico debate especially when you are starting a top line comparison of sound qualities.
A better topic would be - true single versus linear humbucking or stacked humbucking or side by side humbucking. Or how certain preamps add or subtract from certain pickups.
Actually I hear a big difference between the 2. Mainly with stingrays...its one the reasons I love stringray4s(alnco) over stingray5s(ceramic)
Yep, I replaced my Sterling stock PU (ceramic) for a Nordstrand (alnico) and it's a huge difference.
I bet, the number of windings, wire gauge and wire materials as well as the cable used to connect the pickup to "the outside world" are all different as well.
QUOTE=BassJunkie730;4939098]The magnet choice has very little to do with the pickup response when you factor in things like inductance.
It's like saying which is a better piston - the one in the V8 or the one in the V4?
I'd say do a search on each quality that you look for in a pickup - and read the intro stickies.
But please - oh please do not get wrapped up in the ceramic versus alnico debate especially when you are starting a top line comparison of sound qualities.
A better topic would be - true single versus linear humbucking or stacked humbucking or side by side humbucking. Or how certain preamps add or subtract from certain pickups.[/QUOTE]
ok man the question is simple and is about all the pickups configuration that you know...which one do you like the most? simple, or do you like both
which sound because they have different sounds youy know????
It's like saying which is a better piston - the one in the V8 or the one in the V4?
I'd say do a search on each quality that you look for in a pickup - and read the intro stickies.
But please - oh please do not get wrapped up in the ceramic versus alnico debate especially when you are starting a top line comparison of sound qualities.
A better topic would be - true single versus linear humbucking or stacked humbucking or side by side humbucking. Or how certain preamps add or subtract from certain pickups.[/QUOTE]
ok man the question is simple and is about all the pickups configuration that you know...which one do you like the most? simple, or do you like both
which sound because they have different sounds youy know????
Of course and IMHO the result is a much better sounding bass.
I had a Fernandes Strat copy with ceramic PUs, sounded like sh**, dropped a couple of old Duncans I had laying around and it turned into a real nice Strat.
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Huh? not common, but they are real... lots of outboard boat engines are V4s, Yamaha's V-Max bike had one as did my old bike the Honda V45 Sabre (750cc 16 valve V4), so did some of the 60s Saab Sonnet models (although that wasn't a true V4 since the two opposing pistons did not share one crankpin).
