BKP Pickup Review and Question on Model Identification

[dheim]

this is very interesting! MUST stop RY GAS, now... ;)

[darkbluemurder]

you can also check the height and the side color of the magnet to know if it's a bridge cold sweat
ceramic will be dark grey, while alnico has a metallic appearance
also, the ceramic magnet bars used by Tim are thicker than the alnico bars, so you'll notice that it will be taller than the neck pickup

Eric,

I am not quite sure - the colour is not really dark grey nor is it "shiny" metallic. Is there any source for a picture of both magnets? That would be really helpful for the comparison.

In addition my multimeter appears to read low - I have to recheck the reading with my other meter.

Kind regards,
Stephan

[schantist]

Just to make sure, Stephan, PM me your email adress and I'll send you a scanned facsimile of the BKP invoice which I still have for both of the pickups (which indeed are a HD and a CS just as I sold them to you on the bay).

P.S. Du hättest mir auch so 'ne Mail schreiben können wenn es Unklarheiten gegeben hat.

[FELINEGUITARS]

Yes - I have an original spec Holy Diver here and it's DC resistance is 13.3k ohms

[darkbluemurder]

Yesterday I put a 4 conductor wire on the bridge pickup and reversed the magnet so I can use it for the 5 way rotary switch on the PRS Custom. I noticed that the sides of the magnet are shiny metallic and not dark grey. I am no longer in doubt that the magnet is an Alnico. Hence I now believe the pickup is a Holy Diver.

@shantist: Danke für das Angebot, ist aber nicht nötig. Wie ich geschrieben habe, hat mir der Pickup ja von Anfang an gefallen, und das ist auch nach wie vor so. Gilt übrigens für beide Pickups, die bleiben in der PRS :D. Ich war mir halt nur nicht ganz sicher, weil auf den Pickups der Modellname nicht angegeben ist. Von meiner Seite also nichts für ungut.

Cheers Stephan