These have a very crisp high end and remain clear even with heavy distortion.
Do lace pickups have ceramic magnets across the back.
They can also exert more string pull.
Yep measuring a pickup s dc resistance will not tell you if the magnets are alnico or ceramic.
Different types of guitar pickups use different numbers of magnets usually one two or six depending on their design.
I love humbuckers too same deal.
With windings like for like the ceramic will usually have a thicker less stratty sound with a chunkier midrange and less definition.
Some of my favorite pickups have ceramic magnets i like not love the sound of mim ceramic single coils they sound really stratty the 80 s mij low output ceramic pickups almost sound more vintage to me than real vintage pickups.
Alnico is a family of iron alloys which in addition to iron are composed primarily of aluminium al nickel ni and cobalt co hence acronym al ni co they also include copper and sometimes titanium alnico alloys are ferromagnetic and are used to make permanent magnets before the development of rare earth magnets in the 1970s they were the strongest type of permanent magnet.
While their hard brittle quality and low energy exclude them from some applications ceramic magnets have won wide acceptance due to their corrosion and demagnetization.
They tend toward a response with less low end and a strong upper midrange.
I have an authentic old p90 cream coloured with a fabric covered cable.
To my ear much of the personality of the strat is lost with this type of pickup.
I love vintage a2 a3 a5 magnet pickups.
What is a ceramic magnet ceramic magnets also known as ferrite magnets were developed in the 1960 s as a low cost alternative to metallic magnets.
If just one or two magnets are used.
These are even stronger than alnico.
These pickups are rare.
The ceramic pickup non magnetic poles plus bar magnet has a different tone from the classic alnico.
I bought a pair of the warman humbucker sized p90 pickups with ceramic pickups and i find them too harsh in both neck and bridge positions.
Adams magnetic products supports the music industry every day by supplying high quality alnico and ceramic magnets for every style pickup made.
If you are a skilled designer of pickups looking to create the best sound from your instrument you have a choice between alnico and ceramic magnets when it comes to magnetic guitar pickups.
