The Pickup Magnet Discussion Thread:

Cadorman said:
I resemble that comment.
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This MIM (in body only) has Fralin Blues Specials in it and I really don't care for the sound at all. Been thinking about getting another pickguard and going with Humbuckers, but I'm afraid to throw more money at something I may not play.
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I have a few humbuckers if you need one to try out...
 
eclecticsynergy said:
I remember a post years ago on the SDUGF from somebody who swapped a ceramic into a Duncan 59B.
He described it as a fire breathing monster.

Actually in the early 70s Seymour sometimes used to supercharge people's humbuckers by installing a ceramic mag.
He said these pickups had been "Seymourized."

A bit later there was a ceramic-powered standard Duncan model called the Seymourizer, the short-lived SH-7. This was found to be perfect for pairing at the neck with a Duncan Distortion bridge, so it was renamed the SH-6N Distortion Neck and is still being made today.

Uses a double thickness ceramic bar; these days not many realize that it makes a helluva bridge pickup.
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I've seen bar magnets epoxied to the bottom of pickup baseplates.
 
Robert Herndon said:
I've seen bar magnets epoxied to the bottom of pickup baseplates.
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DiMarzio often uses some sort of glue as extra protection against microphonic problems.
It's said that a heat gun is enough to soften & loosen that glue.
Some have used blow dryers to soften wax potting but I'm not sure that would work on a stronger glue.

I have one P90 that I've been unable to mag swap because of epoxy. Don't want to wreck it.
 
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First pickup completed. Actually got this done with no wire breaks on either coil. Total resistance is 8.42k ohms. Screw side was 4.20k ohms and I had 4.19k ohms on the slug side the other day. I ran the slug side for 50 minutes at 108 rpm and the screw side for 45 minutes at 113 rpm. This should have given me about 5400 turns and about 5100 turns. It must be closer than this with such a minimal difference in resistance. I will install it in the blueberry tomorrow and try it out.
 
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It's mounted in the bridge position and I think it's a keeper. I had a 57 Classic + in the bridge before. I adjusted the pole screws and pickup height to be the same to begin with. Then I adjusted a little to my liking. Seems to be a little less muddy than the 57+ and maybe just a tad darker. An open G chord sounds pretty glorious. Individual notes are very open and clear. Time to start working on a neck pup so I can sell this 57 set on Reverb for the ridiculous prices they are going for!
 
@Robert Herndon do you know what wire they used in that fancy new pickup you got from Dimarzio? Using plain enamel 42 AWG I think it would be hard to get enough wire on the bobbins to get beyond 10k ohms. I'm pretty full at 8.42k.
 
Cadorman said:
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It's mounted in the bridge position and I think it's a keeper. I had a 57 Classic + in the bridge before. I adjusted the pole screws and pickup height to be the same to begin with. Then I adjusted a little to my liking. Seems to be a little less muddy than the 57+ and maybe just a tad darker. An open G chord sounds pretty glorious. Individual notes are very open and clear. Time to start working on a neck pup so I can sell this 57 set on Reverb for the ridiculous prices they are going for!
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Good work!!!!

I'm glad this worked out!!!!

I can't get enough output from those 8k/9k windings. I have made several pickups from mixing/matching bobbins, but nothing starts exciting me until I hit around 14k.

For reference, my custom DiMarzio Neanderthal Humbucker is 16.5k AlNico9.
 
Robert Herndon said:
Good work!!!!

I'm glad this worked out!!!!

I can't get enough output from those 8k/9k windings. I have made several pickups from mixing/matching bobbins, but nothing starts exciting me until I hit around 14k.

For reference, my custom DiMarzio Neanderthal Humbucker is 16.5k AlNico9.
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Thanks! I prefer the medium/medium low output pups. Just my thing.

I'm wondering if my new pickup sounds clearer than the 57+ because the Gibson is potted? Something else to ponder.
 
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