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Charlie Christian Pickup
 4/30/2006 4:11 PM |
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| DMW | Charlie Christian Pickup In the latest issue of a M.I. trade rag, "The Music & Sound Retailer" there is a full-page article on the Charlie Christian pickup, written by jazz guitarist Kenny Gill. Kenny just raves about the C.C. pickup and says that he's tried all sorts of pickups and nothing compares, in his view. He says, "Its tone is well balanced, it has a velvety smooth response, and it has that great jazz sound that I've never been able to get from another pickup." That's just a portion of his praises of the C.C. pickup. What caught my attention was that this pickup uses Cobalt 59 magnets. Have any of the builders here used Cobalt magnets? If so, what is unique about the magnetic properties of Cobalt magnets, versus ceramic or AlNiCo. Does Cobalt 59 also have a mix of other metals like Aluminum or Nickel? |
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| DAve Stephens I don't really think its the magnet... -- 4/30/2006 7:04 PM Lukas I think that 59Co magnet contains o... -- 5/1/2006 12:44 AM Spence Cobalt 59 is an isotope of Cobalt.<... -- 5/1/2006 2:52 AM Dr. Strangelove I heard they used CuNiFe, an alloy ... -- 5/1/2006 2:41 PM |