[Zepp88]

Fucking awesome man!

You're in VA so mine should get here rather quickly

[eaeolian]

Awesome! Thanks for the quick turnaround...

[ibznorange]

Hell yeah man! that was fast, compared to the original plan, despite the goofup. good shit. thanks man

[D-EJ915]

I got mine in the mail just now

[Zepp88]

Received mine today! I can't wait to try them in both my JB and my Custom.

Thanks for handling everything very quickly and professionally, you're the fucking man!

[scott from _actual time_]

Originally Posted by Zepp88

Received mine today!

cool--glad they are starting to show up in peoples' mailboxes.

Originally Posted by Zepp88

Thanks for handling everything very quickly and professionally, you're the fucking man!

[The Dark Wolf]

Just got mine as well!

Thanks again to Scott, give him some rep-love folks. He's alright by me.

[JJ Rodriguez]

Is there a thread here that describes the specific quality of each magnet? IE what exactly it will do to your sound? I'm curious, I really like my JB/59 sets, but I'm wondering what exactly swapping it to an A8 or any other magnet would do to it.

[The Dark Wolf]

Basically, as you go from -

AlNiCo II to Ceramic 8

- you get progressively brighter, more 3-D, with harder, faster bass, sharper highs, and mids that get colder and less "spongy."

At the Alnico 2 end, the tone is very, very round, has a real soft, musical attack, and delicious, warm mids. Ceramic 8 is about just the opposite - tight bass, clear, biting highs, 3-d sound, in-your-face.

[ohio_eric]

Bare Knuckle Pickups :: View topic - Magnet types

Originally Posted by Tim Mills

Alnico II is the softest and generally has a smooth bass and treble although this is more pronounced the hotter the windings get.
Alnico III is very transparent, low output and clean,sounds great for rounded fat jazz applications-typical of '50s tone.
Alnico IV is probably the best vintage tone IMHO(for humbuckers) and along with II and III was used in the earliest PAFs-this is a fact and not myth as we've had them analysed and a collegue of mine has also seen original Gibson purchase orders that clearly state AIV bar stock being purchased.The tone of AIV is balanced and extremely organic, it produces the most authentic vintage tone and sits better in slightly hotter vintage winds than AII which tends to get very soft in the bass and highs if used incorrectly.
Finally Alnico V is the hottest producing more highs and lows, great for rock applications or where power and cut are important.
We use ceramic 8 as do most pickup makers-it is more powerful and essentially more efficient so the resulting tone usually has a very fast tracking bass response with a distinct cut in the highs.Some players find them cold/hard when run clean and they can cause alot of compression from their relatively hot output-again, depending on how you use them, they are capable of good clean tones too but the general consensus is that Alnicos are sweeter run clean.