Ceramic Pickups Vs Alnico Bass

Pickups with alnico v magnets that are voiced more aggressively than pickups with ceramic magnets and alnico ii pickups that sound totally different from other alnico ii pickups definitely exist.

Ceramic pickups vs alnico bass. The result is a slightly hotter sounding pickup with more treble response. The ceramic pickups in the current production mim standard tele s are dubbed hot pickups. Magnet age and tempering. So we often hear.

Just remember that this is only one factor that goes into designing the tonal characteristics of a pickup. Hello all again just a few questions i have got a jackson dk2 that i want to replace the bridge pickup and was going to go with a duncan custom sh 5 with a ceramic and it specs are 7 6 9 on the bass mid treb but i was looking further into a alternative 8 and it has an alnico viii bar with specs 7 8 9 on the bass mid treb what is the best and what kind of sound differences in these. These hot ceramic pickups have more output and warmer tones than standard alnico 5 pickups making them well suited for jazz blues and rock music styles. While my fender japan ri 57 p bass which has ceramic pups didn t corroded at all.

When it comes to magnets the size used in pickups however ceramic is actually stronger. I don t know if my treatment is right or wrong. To crown a winner in our alnico vs ceramic magnets shootout we would need a way to accurately compare the two which is not an easy task. I agree that ceramic is sounded harsh while alnico has darker tone and modern sounding pups.

Magnetically speaking ceramic magnets produce a stronger field than alnico. You often hear that the sound of a pickup is dominated by the choice of magnet used in its construction. Which brings me back to that rumor of alnico pickups being brighter. Alnico vii is in some pickups but this is rare.

A lot of people automatically say that alnico is superior to ceramic in pickups. Alnico seems to be the popular favorite but on the other hand there is no shortage of popular recordings that feature ceramic. If you had pickups the size of a football yeah the alnico will be brighter but good luck trying to fit that inside your axe. Alnico tends to produce a very musical pickup in most.

I had seymour duncan spb 3 installed in my ibanez which was alnico and it was corroded in my case after a month unplayed. Ceramic magnets are made from ferrites often iron oxides. Whereas ceramic is used in metal as it sounds tight loud and cool. Alnico is nice and warm and great for blues.