Dylan Talks Tone Ep #13 Magnets! Alnico 3 vs Alnico 5 Vs Ceramic #33
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- Опубликовано: 31 мар 2015
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I've watched a few of your vids so far, and just want to say thanks for putting all of this into language I can understand. I'm new to some of this, and you make it very simple to wrap my head around. Thanks.
We love your videos and it feels like we are having a one on one convo with you about all this useful knowledge. Keep up the amazing work Dylan!
Ok so I now understand how the magnets affect the electrical response, how does that translate into tone? Is it brightness, harshness, clarity? Can you talk about what happens when someone contacts you for a custom pickup and they describe to you what tone they are looking for in a pickup? So let’s say, I call you and say, I want a set of strat pickups that have a lot of chime and sparkle, but I don’t want them to sound too thin. I want a beefy bridge pickup that can handle medium gain for blues. How do you formulate that in terms of which magnets, how many windings, etc. ? Thanks!
Very well explained! Two points: I've read (on various forums, etc.) that A3 is actually the weakest mag, followed by 2,4,5, etc. Also, a lot of pickup makers (including the Big Two, Duncan and DMZ) have been producing A4 humbuckers, so there is a demand for that sound, which is reputedly very even and transparent, making it suitable for warm guitars.
Thank you for this simple explanation. The only thing I would add is that although stronger magnets are capable of a more powerful signal (i.e., more amplitude), their stronger magnet field is also more capable of interfering with string vibration. A common symptom of this is "Strat-itis", where having the pickups too close to the thicker strings will cause wolf tones. Pickup strength (combined with coil characteristics) will also affect the relative amplitude of various frequencies, which is why some pickups sound comparatively balanced, while others sound trebly or muddy. That's why pickup height is so important to good tone: you want as strong a signal as possible without putting a drag on string vibration or causing the frequency response to become unbalanced.
Thanks for helping me understand the difference between alnicio and ceramic !!!
Yea, I remember that experiment as a Cub scout, I plugged it into the wall socket. That didn't go well.
Easiest to understand explanation I've yet heard about this subject.. thanks for the knowledge and 👍👍
This was very informative! Thank you.
awesome knowledge to have thanks Dylan
Excellent explanation! Thank you!
good overview but you need to talk about the relationship of the magnet strength versus sonic characteristics. Amplitude is not the only thing.
How do alnico magnet pole pieces compare with soft steel pole pieces with neodymium disk magnets attached?
That was very well explained, thank you!
very informative/interesting, subscribed!
What's the difference in the effect of lowering pickup height, vs using a lower powered magnet? Either way, there is less magnetic pull on the strings. Thanks, Richard
Thanks for the informative videos you produce. Here are a couple of answers that are not covered in this video about magnets in pickups. Number one the magnet has a direct relationship to the strings in the guitar. The pull of the magnet on the strings can change the characteristics of the strings to some degree changing the overall sound. Remember metals (guitar strings) can themselves become magnetized to a small degree. Number 2 the flux density around the pickup coils is different. As the guitar string moves in this magnetic field it reacts a little differently since there is a little difference in the magnetic field. Therefore the sound produced is a little different. Remember the guitar string is moving up and down as well as sideways.
Interesting! Very well explained.
HI. Is that true that the gauge and the winding of the copper wire used to build pickups affects the sound a lot?
Do you know anything about fender Rhodes pickups/circuitry? I can't get my hands on the specs, but I wanna know what makes the Rhodes sound like it does