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11/2/2002 7:11 AM
Carl	Magnet specs Hey, I recently started working for Wolftone Pickups and I was given some homework. My assignment was to view this forum and as many of the posts as I could, and I'm slowly chipping away at them. I have a question about magnets, because I'm a newbie and I don't know too much. I know that there are the alnico magnets and ceramic magnets, but what does that all mean? What are better magnets for distortion? Softer stuff? Is there any advantage to having a covered pickup? How about pickups with screws acting as magnets? How about alan hex heads for screws? Any questions that could be answered would be much appreciated. Thanks a lot. Carl

11/2/2002 7:11 AM

Carl

Magnet specs

Hey, I recently started working for Wolftone Pickups and I was given some homework. My assignment was to view this forum and as many of the posts as I could, and I'm slowly chipping away at them. I have a question about magnets, because I'm a newbie and I don't know too much. I know that there are the alnico magnets and ceramic magnets, but what does that all mean? What are better magnets for distortion? Softer stuff? Is there any advantage to having a covered pickup? How about pickups with screws acting as magnets? How about alan hex heads for screws? Any questions that could be answered would be much appreciated. Thanks a lot.

Carl

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