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Traditional guitar pickups used alnico magnets or ceramic magnets. Neodymium magnets, a form of rare-earth magnet, have not often been used in guitar pickups. These extra strong magnets are becoming more and more available, and this instructable shows how to use them in a single coil pickup. The design uses screws as pole-pieces with small circular neodymium magnets underneath the pickups. Also contains a bit on how to pot the pickup in wax. The guy salvaged the wire for his pickup from a dog-hair clipper!
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The influence of neodymium on sound
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
A neodymium pickup in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-lv9ltZ2cw Alas, a low-fi recording.
neodymium
Submitted by maciej (not verified) on
hi
i hand wind pups,,from 5 to 30 kiloohms,from 1 to 4 bobines,i ALWAYS,use neodymium individual magnets
i consider a lot of better than any alnico bar,,,it is a great nature miracle ,,this magnets,,with great sound values and an incredible presence,
the bares have propperty of magnetizing the pole s spaces,but when magnet it is 5 times stronger,i think it matters less than nothing
also permitts to make an addaptable pup,,can have magnets above and down,can be removed or added,
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thanks a lot
The first neodymium pickup
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
The very first neodymium pickup dates back some twenty years ago and is called the Q-tuner: http://www.q-tuner.com