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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: MrBump on November 25, 2008, 10:12:50 PM

Title: Different magnets within the same humbucker
Post by: MrBump on November 25, 2008, 10:12:50 PM
... is this possible?  Or even desirable?

I mean having different magnet types for the north and south, and even different windings on them...

The possibilities would be endless, surely...

Mark.
Title: Re: Different magnets within the same humbucker
Post by: Philosoful on November 25, 2008, 10:14:33 PM
Interesting idea, I'm sure someone'll completley floor it for you soon :P
Title: Re: Different magnets within the same humbucker
Post by: MrBump on November 25, 2008, 10:17:18 PM
Interesting idea, I'm sure someone'll completley floor it for you soon :P


:lol:
Title: Re: Different magnets within the same humbucker
Post by: Philly Q on November 25, 2008, 10:40:39 PM
Seymour Duncan has his Five-Two Strat and Tele pickups, with AV poles for more definition on the wound strings and AII poles for a sweeter sound on the unwound strings.

I suppose it's possible to mix magnets on a humbucker - most only have one magnet of course, but there would probably be ways to adapt the design.
Title: Re: Different magnets within the same humbucker
Post by: ericsabbath on November 26, 2008, 05:15:20 AM
the gibson iommi has alnico 2 and ceramic mags
Title: Re: Different magnets within the same humbucker
Post by: HTH AMPS on November 26, 2008, 02:33:09 PM
I'm sure the old DiMarzio Super Distortion and the Duncan Distrotion both have multiple magnets - Tim would know for sure.
Title: Re: Different magnets within the same humbucker
Post by: ericsabbath on November 26, 2008, 04:32:40 PM
the dstortion has only one
the invader has 3
the gibson 500t has 3, sometimes 4 bars

I think the bk painkiller has 3 mags too
Title: Re: Different magnets within the same humbucker
Post by: gwEm on November 26, 2008, 08:10:52 PM
the pickups you mention eric do have multiple magnets in, but are they of different types?
Title: Re: Different magnets within the same humbucker
Post by: ericsabbath on November 27, 2008, 04:18:05 AM
only the Iommi