Differences In Guitar Pickup Magnets - Comparison
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- It's clear that there are a lot of guitar myths when It comes to different pickup magnets.
For example there are the alnico 2, alnico 5, ceramic, ferrite and neodymium magnets.
Lets take a look at how different magnets affect the sound!
So here is somethin you have to understand!
The characteristics of a pickup is defined not only by the magnet but also by the type and the gauge of the copper wire and the amount of turns. And if Magnets, wire and turns are well-matched you end up with a good pickup.
And of cause there are a lot of bad pickups out there especialy on budget guitares where the factory did not so much care about the sound but about saving money.
But for the most part it all comes down to personal preference. While some prefere a warm sounding pickup others will tell you treble is King.
1:17 ALNICO II
1:39 ALNICO V
2:07 Ceramic Bar & Steel Rods
2:31 Neodymium & Steel Rods
3:00 All in one clip
Alnico II sounds like a grand piano, with piercing highs and rumbling lows and sweeping mids. Alnico V on the other hand sounds earthy with soaring highs, thunderous lows and galloping mids. Ceramic sounds bright, with mids, and life changing lows, and.... oh wait I’m just making up descriptions for differences I can’t really hear....
S H “galloping mids” 😂
People talking about tonewood on electric guitars be like:
You forgot "buttery smooth".
Thanks for this. When I listened to all samples blind, I liked what the A fives did the most. Ceramic the least. but the differences aren't that huge. I think you'd get more of a difference by changing amp, pedals, or speaker.
Great comparison, and nicely done. Had heard about neodymium magnets, but never realized what a difference they make.... thx!
nice comparison. everything but the ceramic magnet sounded very close in my opinion. i can't say ceramic sounded bad though, just different.
Thanks. My thoughts exactly. It's purely a matter of taste.
Then one magnet for all steel rods, neodinium,ferrite is sounds different, i using ferrite plate for neck, and neodinium for middle and bridge.
@@toxicduccinator Насколько заметна разница?
The bar magnet adds unwanted output, the alnico 5 is already pushing a bit of mushy bass end that you would find on a humbucker but its not to the point where you could tell but this is normal because literally every single coil pickup uses alnico 5 but with alnico 2 you can hear a difference of clarity, with the ceramic bar added to the bottom what that does is that it pushes the output in an unwanted way and sounds cheap, as with any guitar player that has owned a lot of guitars over the years you can pick up on this immidiately, they sound ok to the untrained ear, and hell better then ok it sounds like a strat! But thats where the similarities end, because i dont know what kind of strat you been playing but when i sit in a room (not youtube youtube compresses the sound a bit) in a clean amplifier and start playing some licks with a alnico 2 pickups and a cermaci bar magnet cheap low end squier one i can immidiately pick out the difference, and ill tel lyou exactly how it sounds.
Alright so have you heard of the sea of mud? muddy sounds think humbucker like distorted fuzzy sound... thats what the ceramic magnet bar is to my ears, in a stratocaster or hell even a telecaster it just doesnt sit right it may sound like a strat, but which strat? cuz if then thats a very messed up strat. Alnico 2 just clears all of that up for you, and is not a matter of "oh this is vintage so it sounds better" its a matter of how a strat has always sounded like and to me thats crispy tamed highs and warm lows, not icepick in the ear nails on a shalkboard highs, and muddy. Thats why we have humbuckers for ladies and gents.
Alnico II for me, Alnico has the spank and twang.
So clear that the Neodymium pickups sounded great . None of them sounded terrible . I always use Alnico magnet pickups , for me , they capture my sound the best . They are always sweet and clear !
This is so great, I can't stop listening. I do love the sound of the ceramics!! lol Maybe less on overdrive sounds but hey you can't have it all.
I love the sound of a ceramic pick up backed off away from the strings. Lush!
Brilliant! No one eye had done this, so many thanks as it was extremely interesting. I'd go for the 18mm originals.
Thanks Man. Appreciate it!
Great test. I always replace ceramic magnets with N35 5x2mm neodymium disc magnets and a spot of superglue to hold them. Nice crisp and clear tone.
excellent job! thanks! so easy to hear the differences with quick edits...funny thing is, they all work....
My favorites were the alnico 2 and neodymium. There's something so precise and crystal clear with that neodymium, I could see a lot of usefulness with those for certain guitars
The Neos look like a cheap upgrade for a cheap ceramic pickup! I havent priced 6 NeoD disks....
@@kevinwearen1187 neodymium stronger magnetic field more sustain and crystal clear to dirty as hell.
They're amazing.
I've started using them in alot of guitars now.
For example the Alan Entwistle neodymium dark star gives bareknuckles and any active pup a run for its money.
For a cheap pickup I can't fault it one bit even if I try. They're amazing
Great test.
They all sound different in a good way.
I thought the Neos sounded the most similar to the Alnico V’s. The alnico 2’s had the most vintage voice with less bass/mids and lots of treble. And the ceramics were the warmest and if paired with 500k pots instead of 250k, you would be surprised how good they can sound
I liked the alnico II best. I think especially because it’s in the bridge position. It’s slightly warmer and lively sounding to my ears. The Alnico V sounds a bit cooler and a bit more pinchier. But I wonder hoe the two will compare in the neck and middle position. The ceramic didn’t sound bad but it’s a completely different flavour.
The 2nd two to me had a more even sound and balance of bass and treble they certainly didnt sound bad at all. The first two had more treble clearly alot brighter sound which is good but you dont want it too ear shattering which alot of telecasters can sound like if you have the vol/treble up full.
I think the neomodinium or whatever is great for what im looking for. Thanks for the great vid
Surprise win for the ALNICO 2 for me
ahah i thought this video will make it clear for me but now i'm completely lost
thanks ;D
Lol ;-)
Great video comparison! Alnico 2 sounded the best for me, ceramic sounds like my cheap pickups. hate that sound lol. I think ceramic bar can be glued through a non-magnetic gasket to decrease it's strength and make pickup sound more alnico-ish
Thanks for creating this video and posting it. This was enjoyable to watch, informative, and to the point. Well done!
Thank you! I really appreciate that!
I'm in the process of building a serious guitar project and even though i pretty much have learned all that is needed i'm gonna through each department of my build slowly and carefully and Wow am i glad i found you. Thanks for great videos.
Thank you! I really appreciate that!
Why is it the number 1 and 3 poles has no sound but the 2 ,4,5,6 poles has a sound what do you think is the possible problem and what will be possible solutions????
Finally someone with a real test that is actually useful, very good, thanks!
Thank you! I truly appreciate that!
Also, Thanks Fabian as your video has convinced me of what to do with my very first guitar... A Yamaha ERG 121 which has more emotional value than monetary... will defenitely take out the Ceramic bar and steel rods and switch it with AlNiCo II magnets... at least on the middle pickup (the other ones are ceramic humbuckers I actually kind of like) .
Great vid. Really like the alnico 2 18mm & the ceramic, ceramic has a warm tone. Thanks.
My Fingerboard I completely agree with you!
I just love my Neo 9s and 7s from GuitarFetish, no humm, thanks, 10Star General
Alnico V 20mm gives more output.
Which is OK if you like that sort of thing.
Alnico II 18mm for me!
I like them too :)
Only in neck position.
Will Ford that’s my vote as well. Medium output and balanced results. Very good.
I like them also. They sound a lot better than the ceramic.
Brilliant comparison, thanks!
Thanks - just what I was looking for - comparison of magnets.
Alnico5 for my ears on this one. Ceramic has a low fi sound like an AM radio. However, lots of humbuckers sound great with ceramic.
Great video, great editing!(thank you) l, really helpful, Cheers!
Fabian, do you have any idea if for the cheap pickups with whole ceramic piece magnet on the back if I split it in 2 from the middle and position it on the sides of the coil instead of the botton It could inprove the sound too ? I see that some good fender pickups have 2 lines of ceramic magnets on the sides of the coil instead of just 1 whole piece on the bottom, any idea ?
Espectacular hermano!! Muy buen video! Se nota la diferencia. Saludos desde Argentina.
Well explained and compared.. I think, the first for me.
20mm for me with the 18mm as a backup, the other ones sounded cheap and muddy.
The problem with this comparison is that the microphone is in front of the guitar itself, not the amp. Most of the top end we are hearing is the acoustic sound of the pick on the strings, somewhat masking the differences in the resonant peak of the pickup when changing the magnets.
Nope.
Ceramic bar&steel rods RULE!!
The problem is is that people use these terms to indicate the type of pick up there getting. So if a pickup manufacturer sells a Alnico V pickup it will be stronger and perhaps have more turns because people expect the Alnico v pick up to sound like that. The II's will have less windings and sound thinner and be more dynamic but perhaps brittle.
The ceramic pickups in the less expensive Fender guitars and MIM's sound tinney-er and thinner then the AlNICO's in the squire and American guitars. but this could be due to the strength of the magnets and the number of turns and not the magnetic material.
I liked the Alnico humbuckers in the sg 400 over the ceramic for precisely that reason.
And it certainly depends on the type of music you play and pickup position.
Well said!
To me the Neodymium wins, with Alnico Vs coming in second. The Alnico lls are too bright for my taste. And the ceramic is just pretty bad, but better than nothing.
I've started to reboot some cheap Chinese ceramic (that appear to have some grunt) pickups with neodymium magnets. What I've noticed so far is that 5mm x 4mm added to the steel pole pieces is quite a considerably less powerful pull. I haven't seen anywhere that someone states whether to use N38 or N52 ND magnets. So I reckon I'll do the conversion again later and see what that result is also. I jumped back and forwards, quickly between all your demos and there's something about the ND charged pickups that stands out to my ear...a certain tone...a certain fruity roundness...I don't know how else to say it. Anyway I feel like that is the standout for me personally. Thanks for this video... you've helped me see. (".)
Clarity is amazing.
I'm using the Alan Entwistle neodymium dark star at the moment experimenting they're killer.
I'll be replacing emgs and blackouts with these things they're flawless!
Steel polepieces increase the inductance of the pickup. If you adjust the number of turns and wire gauge, you could get almost the same sound as alnico, but you have to sacrifice output. With pure neodymium polepieces, you could get the same sound as alnico with way higher output.
Hello,
I have a question. If I change the magnet from a standard fender single coil with alnico 5 magnet pole.. Will it change the pickup to hum canceling or stay the same ?
I know it's a silly question.. but I still wanted to check.
Thanks
No! For hum canceling you will need a second coil with opposite polarity wound in the opposite direction aka humbucker. www.seymourduncan.com/blog/latest-updates/how-hum-cancelling-works-part-1
@@FabiansTinyWorkshop Hi. Thanks for your reply. So if I just changed the pole magnet to alnico 5 pole magnet. It just change the tone right?
I liked the funky sound of the cheap ceramic PU's for blues.
Thanks for the demo! By having them one right after the other, you get to hear the difference. It's amazing, but each magnet made it sound a little different. I recently wound a 3 pole cigarbox guitar pickup with the neodymium magnets and it sounds great! Hard to decide on the Strat though. I think I liked the Alnico V best with Neodymium a close second. Fun to experiment too!👍😎🎸🎶
It all comes down to personal preference :) Appreciate you checking it out!
Fabian's Tiny Workshop yep...sure does. Thank you!
For a tele bridge pickup, what wire gives more of the over the top bright 50’s screaming hi’s & mids? 42agw or 43agw? Will poly or will enamel be brighter. Thanks....your videos are very helpful by the way.
A classic Tele-Bridge is wound with 42 awg plain enamel between 8000-9200 turns, the more turns the more you shift the resonance frequency to the midds = warmer but less bite. It's always a compromise and the accustic sound of the guitar plays a big role too. Some guitars sound better with a hotter pickup others sound better with a brighter low output pickup. In my experience the difference between poly and enamel is not noticeable because handwinding has so many other variables. 43 awg in a bridge is for overwound pickups because you can get more turns with a thinner wire. On a neck pickup on the other hand 43 awg is the correct wire.
Thanks for this video!! For me it was either alnico 5 or 2. Ceramic didn't sound bad either. 😁
Thanks Man, appreciate it! AlNiCo are my favorite but I do have some guitars with ceramic pickups that sound great.
by getting 5mm diameter and 1mm thick neodymium discs, you can use 1mm thick or stack 2 or 3 discs as needed on the bottom of the polepieces .
Very subtle change. But I can hear it. I have crappy ceramic humbucker pick ups in my Jackson Monarch. I wanna upgrade to Alnico magnet double coil puck ups. The sound is a little more pronounced. Thank you very much for the review & vid!
Alnico III is the best I've found for any type of playing.
Alnico 3.5 in the works/mail...soon! Coming to a drug store in your neighborhood, so you don't forget order before midnight tonight, phone lines are open.....
Listening with apple earbuds… I can’t hear any appreciable difference?
My choice would be alnico v, thanks for that demo😀 very interesting
Great video, thanks!!
Sick knobs and i prefer the a2 one
1:19 maybe its because what I play is AlNiCo V and ceramic... but ALnico II sounds sweet to my ears , Specifically as that sounds will cut clear thru a mix and require very little EQ , (and because it is THE one I dont have) also both AlNiCos have the "Stratiest" sound... other configs would pass as an Epiphone but AlNiCo Single Coils === Strat
Fabian, which magnets would you recommend to get the Luther Perkins Sound! If you do not know Luther Perkins He played an Fender Esquire for Johnny Cash in the early days of Johnny cash. I loved the deep Bassey Sound of his esquire. thanks in advance Tom
I am sorry but I don't know how to help you.
Been a player for 40+ years and love ceramic magnets. Must be my old ears lol
On the contrary. I too have some guitars with great sounding ceramic pickups! The caracteristics of a pickup is defined not only by the magnet but also by the type and the gauge of the copperwire and the amound of turns. And if magnets, wire and turns are well-matched you end up with a great pickup.
And of cause there are a lot of bad pickups out there especialy on budget guitares where the factory did not so much care about the sound but about saving money.
But for the most part it all comes down to personal preference.
I agreed with you, I really love my Wilkinson ceramic pickups, it's really warm & smooth.
great video direct and to the point
magnet curvature should follow the neck profile, if you just stick them in, it doesn't make too much sense
This is a great top demo. Thank you very much for this eyeopener. I always remove the cheap ceramics and put A5 in my strats, and now I am wondering why!!!! For me the Ceramic bar sounded the most smoothest, than A2, then Neo (but a lack of low end) and for the last the A5! I cannot believe this experience and I am going to experiment with ceramics in my guitar. In my fantasy the ceramics sounds very clinical and harsh versus the A5, but in this demo I hear the opposite! Very surprised. very confused.
Haha, don't be cunfused. The caracteristics of a pickup is defined not only by the magnet but also by the type and the gauge of the copperwire and the amound of turns. And if Magnets, wire and turns are well-matched you end up with a good pickup.
For example on a lot of entry level guitars the ceramic pickups are way to underwound and the copper wire is not pure. So in this case they sound bad not because of the magnet but because they are not build to sound goode but to be as inexpensive as possible.
Can i put an Alnico V bar instead of ceramic? Kinda alnico bar & steel rod Or did It sounds the same??
Never tried that but and I don't think there is enough space underneath the pickup. Alnico Bars are usually made for humbuckers so the magnetic poles are on the narrow sides. You'd have to glue it with the narrow side to the steel rod.
Master Chuc
The material inside the coil most strongly determines the tone. If inside the coil steel rods -- magnet will affect only output.
Any chance of getting tabs for that riff? Its terrific!
I think i love the ceramic for bride little bit warm
Super Video, Fabian.
Habe zwar keine Ahnung von Musik. Aber von Gitarren bzw. , deren Aufbau scheint dein großes Hobby zu sein.
mit den 20 klang es weicher und voller als mit 18.
Und die Keramik, haben es runder gemacht.
Vielen Dank Günter.
Unter manchen Gitarristen gibt es die wildesten Theorien über die Bedeutung der Magnete in den Tonabnehmern. Darum mal dieses kleine Video.
smile, für mich war es absolut neu, da sin einer Gitarre an der Stelle Magnete sind.
Wie war das> Wirst alt wie eine Kuh und lernst immer noch dazu
Thank you sir.
Thank you Fabian the differences are very light... If they arent affected by the position of pickup along the string. So they can be matched with simple studio EQ tweaking ...and that means expensive guitars are a SCAM !!!
Just remember, an expensive guitar is more than just a better pickup.. they are usually more precise (intonation, fret leveling, etc.), the wood is almost always a higher quality, the hardware is usually higher grade and the pickups are top of the line.. also this ONLY accounts for the magnets.. the number of magnets, size and turns of wiring, etc all make a difference in output from the pickup.
hi,i am looking for warm sound then a rasp sound what could i do thanks
Get a pickup with a lower resonance frequency = warm.
thanks for reply im new to this how will i know the right pickup and would i be better to get the 3 pickups thanks.
I'm not sure I understand the question. Listen to reviews of different pickups and choose one that suits you. To find a pickup you like and that plays well with your guitar you might have to try a few different pickups. Always bear in mind it's not only the pickup. The sound of the guitar is important too.
Great video.....The ceramic didn't have the bite and tone of the alnico and the neodymium was somewhere in between. I tried small neodymium magnets (3mm) attached to the top of the pole pieces on a ceramic pickup. I thought it would give a difference but could not detect any? Thoughts on the magnetic field with this method? Thanks
Thank you. I did not experiment further with neodymium. My thoughts are that neodymium magnets are very strong and therefore can possibly have a negative effect on the vibration behavior of the strings. That's why I've been leaning towards the traditional AlNiCo so far ;-)
@@FabiansTinyWorkshop Thanks Fabian....can I ask what amp you used? Those biting tones are superb. Subscribed
@@fostexfan160 I'm not sure which amp I was using back then. I think it was the Roland Cube 30 but it could also have been the Peavey Bandit 112.
Excellent video! Alnico II
You can hear a clear difference between the Alnicos and the other ones with bar magnets. Alnicos have more brightness. The other ones maybe a bit more low mids?
for me better mix: 1,2,3 str. -Alnico 2 (18mm) and 4,5,6 -Alnico 5 (20mm)
Dr Fabian, in your experience do you have any suggestion with magnets changes in order to "try" to achieve a blues tone close to Steve Ray V on lets say cheap pickups like squiers ? which did you like the most ? Thanks again
Changing magnets on cheap pickups will not do you any good. Usually the cheap pickups are underwound and the copper wire is not a pure alloy. My advice would be to buy some affordable pickups from "Guitar Fetish". To get a SRV Sound it's more important to use Tubescreamer and a higher string gauge. I belive he even used 13-54. Naturaly this makes a huge difference.
wowww thanks, guitar fetish ? this is a great advice, but any idea about the model of pickups in guitar fetish ? I appreciate the effort to answer Fabian, thanks a lot
I have the "1960's Repro Overwound Alnico" and the "Premium Texas Strat Set" and they are both great for the price.
Hello Fabian, Thanks for the comparison but were you just changing all of the poles on the bridge pickup only?
Why? The difference between the magnets would be the same.
I say thanbk you in the name of many viewers who are lazy to like this video, very very helpful thank you, keep doing smart videos like this
Thanks Man, Appreciate it!
Nicely sharing👍👍👍
hello. whats the color of that guitar? did you paint it?
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to me, differences are vey subtle between types of magnet.
You need to buy some new ears 🙂
Thank you for the video!!! It was fun to see...
But can you tell me please if the magnets were charged the same?
Thank you! I can't tell, I did not charge the magnets myself.
Does Alnico 2 and alnico 5 have same dimensions?
Yes
I could maybe hear a difference, but they were so close that you could've finished that little ditty with any of them and it would've made no impact.
From an electronics perspective, the alnico, steel rods/ceramic and neodymium all have different permeability...this is a measure of how well it conducts magnetism...the different amount of magnetic flux (strength of the magnets) and the different permeability of the pole pieces will all give a totally different colouration to the signal. It is no mystery or snake oil...someone should do a proper "science of pickups" video...these principals also apply to dynamic mics and speakers.
The more permeability you have in the pole pieces will produce a brighter coloration and vice versa, same goes the the flux strength (higher is brighter) you also get a higher signal level.
Tried and true combination of the Alnico has usually been a fav for most including myself.
And what exactly were the Gauss levels of each grade of Alnico and were they all matched? When buying pre-charged magnets the Gauss levels are never even remotely close. When you have them all laying on a bench together the Gauss level changes especially when you put 2 magnets together in a repelling fashion. A longer Alnico magnet will also hold more charge than a sorter magnet so there are many more variables to consider for your demonstration.
You are probably correct. This is an old thread, but is it possible for a reasonable price to measure the Gauss levels? And I think it matters too to put the magnets in the right way. N/S.
Neodymium magents are suppose to be all the rave these days (even for me) but no one chose those as their favorite in this video, not even me.I think im going to stop swapping every pickup I own to neodymium.
I actually preferred them in a blind listen. The others were too bright for me. The ceramic were ok, but a little muddy.
I actually like the Neos. It sounded more natural to me...not too harshly bright and muddy boomy...
It's very kind to take the time to do and film these experiments, but making tone comparisons with a room mic a few meters away from the amp and in front the guitar defeats the whole purpose!
not much difference, too subtle to notice by naked ear but is there a difference in feel?
Try listening with some good speakers or headphones. There is a huge difference between alnico, ceramic and neodymium.
very good and usefull test :)
It seems the sound has more to do with quality and quantity of the copper wire than the magnets
It's everything.
The wire, the gauge, the windings, the magnets. Everything will affect how the resonance frequency of the pickup shifts and increases.
Awesome video where did you buy the dice nobs?
Thanks. I think I found them on ebay.
I feel like I heard more highs and well intuitive sound with alnico 5s
I have alnico V pickups and ceramic from fender japan pbass, the alnico sounded dark and a bit muddy and my ceramics is clear, brighter and got more punch. that's a fact
Let me quote myself: The characteristics of a pickup is defined not only by the magnet but also by the type and the gauge of the copper wire and the amount of turns. So maybe your pickups have different wire gaouge and turns?!
It would be useful to know what device commenters are listening to this on. The A5 sounds best to me, on my Samsung S7 phone, lol.
Thank you Fabian for the really informative video! Can you give me a source for wire and magnets on Germany?
Lol ;-) You can find wire at www.sauter-shop.de magnets on the other hand... hm, maybe ebay?!
Magnet has no sound by itself www.billlawrence.com/Pages/Pickupology/magnets.htm. The magnet is there to provide the magnetic field. In this "test" you are comparing how a different magnetic field affects the sound, not the magnetic material itself. The strength of the magnetic field being little different in different materials changes the sound of the pickup ... slightly as you can hear.
Yes Of course l agree with what you said. The power of the magnet or the 'magnetism' matters, plus the kind of Winding, I mean the gauge of the wire, the number of turns, the overall shape of the coil all influence the tone and output of the pickup. Thanks♫
@@ravikumarn6118 Totally true. There are couple of variables that affect the characteristics of the sound. Mostly the character is defined by the frequency of the resonant peak and the Q-factor. Personally I prefer neodymium magnets for their unique permeability which is approximately the same as air. They are very strong also allowing me to design smaller form factor magnetic structures.
Alnico 2 I like
The Alnico 2's sounded thin and hollow to me and the Ceramic just sounded dull. Alnico 5 is much more balanced than the 2s and actually has some body and life, too. The Neos just took that a step further with even more body/fullness.
They sound so incredibly close that it's clear that you should probably buy a low impedance pickup as les Paul said and add pedals.
The only difference would seem to be the strength ... which wasn't posted. Do stronger pickups simply drive the amp more and you get more 'smooth' sound because you're starting to clip the input stage?
Yes stronger pickups drive the amp more but there is more to the story:
Every pickup has (needs) a resonance frequency. We usually asociate a peak at the lower frequencys with a warm sound and a peak at the higher frequencys with a brilliant sound.But if the resonance frequency is too low, the pickup sounds dull. If the resonance frequency is too high, the pickup sounds shrill. If the magnets are to strong the peak of that resonance frequency might be to pronounced and that can not sound good. It the magnets are to weak the resonance peak might not be pronounced enough and thet might sound weak and lifeless.
If you wind the pickup hot (more windings, thinner wire) the pickups also gets louder but the resonance frequency shifts towarts the lower frequencys. Usually these pickups are used for high gain sounds. Distortion creates artificial harmonics so the shift of the resonance frequency to the lower frequencys might be something you want for high gain. For a clean sound on the other hand you might want a pickup that sounds more brilliant/open = higher frequencys.
Long story short a pickups with a higher output is not simply louder it also sounds different.
That's a very true and well expressed point.
The ƒ response of any device is the 'peak' of the output. That is, if you fed a pickup a single tone it would output some level of that tone (and perhaps some level of the harmonics of that tone ... which is very nitty gritty).
So while the ƒ response of, for example, strives to be super flat, it's not going to be so for a simpler, certainly passive (non-powered) device like a pickup.
dylantalkstone.com/blogs/dylan-mckerchie/the-resonant-peak-of-a-pickup-what-is-it-and-does-it-matter
And on the Seymour Duncan website you can hear head-to-head examples. I really like the FIVE-TWO TELE Pickup (neck) which just happens to be a mix of Alnico 2 and 5.
I've never thought to replace a pickup but I'm liking this sweet tone.
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Thankyou!!!
ok thanks i will do that.