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yup it's the ability to make the magnet smaller for the same guass . that give you new design possabilitys. All sorts of talkers . If you don't do something becase someone told you not to you don't do much. LOL The best thing is to let the experts BS till they are blue in the face and try it. If it sucks do something else. I've read a few of Duncans expert articals and find him somewhat full of it. Professional ripper of others work. The best Ideas somtimes come from those with a more open mind. Like rank beginners. Of course the whole Idea of asking a computer for plans and building Ideas is kinda just that. Taking others Ideas. Try and use your bean and figure without others holding your hand. I wasted most of last week on a failed design but I have the germs for the next one and new Ideas because of it. I got inspired not from Duncan but from a beginning builder. I guess I'm no better. LOL
Salty Sea Empire said:wheather seymore duncan said it or not...the math doesn't lie...strong magnets will affect the vibration of the string.
as far as testing magnets and wiring goes...i'm more well versed in theory than practice. for your first pick up i don't think the strength of the magnets will really matter...i suppose it is more of a subject of tone freaks. but it will be a factor
Heh, that's why I love this group. One of the greatest reasons why I was impressed in the beginning is just what Johnny says -- we learn, experiment, use our beans and come up with great ideas. CB(anything) is where the real innovations are being made in my opinion.
-WY
Johnny Lowebow said:yup it's the ability to make the magnet smaller for the same guass . that give you new design possabilitys. All sorts of talkers . If you don't do something becase someone told you not to you don't do much. LOL The best thing is to let the experts BS till they are blue in the face and try it. If it sucks do something else. I've read a few of Duncans expert articals and find him somewhat full of it. Professional ripper of others work. The best Ideas somtimes come from those with a more open mind. Like rank beginners. Of course the whole Idea of asking a computer for plans and building Ideas is kinda just that. Taking others Ideas. Try and use your bean and figure without others holding your hand. I wasted most of last week on a failed design but I have the germs for the next one and new Ideas because of it. I got inspired not from Duncan but from a beginning builder. I guess I'm no better. LOL
Salty Sea Empire said:wheather seymore duncan said it or not...the math doesn't lie...strong magnets will affect the vibration of the string.
as far as testing magnets and wiring goes...i'm more well versed in theory than practice. for your first pick up i don't think the strength of the magnets will really matter...i suppose it is more of a subject of tone freaks. but it will be a factor
As for potting, I think the good soak is probably easier and works fine. The wax is tenacious at finding the little cracks when it is hot so with a good soak and the odd tap and shake during it, it should work fine. Don't over think the process and make it complicated....have fun!
Here's my take on the Subject - if you use a Magnet that is to Strong (Neodymium) it will dampen the string vibration i know because i tried it - still sounds good but not as tunefull as a pickup made with Alnico magnets which lets the strings vibrate a lot more also with the Neodymium magnet you get a higher tonal range but not as warm sounding as a Alnico this may infact be due to the Strings movement being restrained by the magnet - i'm still working on testing these magnets myself - at the end of the day they both work - i've got to the stage now that i'm using Neodymium magnets but very small ones - here 's a pic of a new slimline Pickup i've just made - it's a rail pickup which covers either 3 or 4 stringers and it uses a Neodymium magnet that measures 50mm x 10mm x1.5mm -
if you check out this video you can hear it in action
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/trytone-demo
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