Is there a pickup out there with mixed magnets?

[Camer138]

just curious if this exists or if it would even work. would be cool to have a pickup with ceramic in the low strings and alnico in the high strings.

 

[Strobe]

Seymour Duncan makes a single coil with alnico V on the low strings and alnico II on the high strings. I have yet to see the Ceramic/Alnico combo you describe. It could definitely be done, but I suspect you may have to go custom to get it.

 

[littlephil]

I had the same thought a while ago. I haven't actually tried any magnet swaps like that, but I think the ceramic magnet would over-power the alnico side a bit. Obviously there would be quite a bit of interaction between the two as well.

 

[Kamikaze7]

From what I was told, the Seymour Duncan Invader has 3 different magnet types in it... Which ones I don't know, but I was informed this by the folks at SD themselves. It was found out upon inquiring about getting a price on a Custom Shop Invader 7-string single coil. They told me it couldn't be done because there's no way to fit all 3 magnet types into that housing, then still need to wind the coil itself, and the monsterous hex head pole pieces that's on it.

If you can do a little more research on it, someone some where has the answer to that and which 3 magnet types are used in that pickup...

 

[littlephil]

From what I was told, the Seymour Duncan Invader has 3 different magnet types in it... Which ones I don't know, but I was informed this by the folks at SD themselves. It was found out upon inquiring about getting a price on a Custom Shop Invader 7-string single coil. They told me it couldn't be done because there's no way to fit all 3 magnet types into that housing, then still need to wind the coil itself, and the monsterous hex head pole pieces that's on it.

If you can do a little more research on it, someone some where has the answer to that and which 3 magnet types are used in that pickup...

Was it 3 magnet types or 3 magnet sizes? I know the Bareknuckle Painkiller and Aftermath have 3 different sized magnets in them, rather than just a single bar magnet.

 

[Kamikaze7]

Was it 3 magnet types or 3 magnet sizes? I know the Bareknuckle Painkiller and Aftermath have 3 different sized magnets in them, rather than just a single bar magnet.

From what the woman at the S.D. Custom Shop told me, it was 3 different magnet types.

 

[Camer138]

From what the woman at the S.D. Custom Shop told me, it was 3 different magnet types.

it was a woman... what do they know?

kidding aside, the invader doesnt sound up my alley, i hope someone perfects this idea into an amazing pickup

 

[Sepultorture]

The invader is very bass massive, almost too much for my liking

although Nile make good use of them as they have them in all theire guitars

 

[Shrooms]

"The combination of 3 large ceramic magnets, hot coils, and 12 black oxide cap screws give this awesome pickup bolts of volts for an electrifying force of energy"

Says google..

 

[notasian]

that would be cool if they used like rare earth magnets, those mega powerful ones that can lift a crazy amount!

 

[Racerdeth]

The strings wouldn't like it!

 

[Camer138]

indeed they wouldnt, though i guess you wouldnt need a chorus pedal if you had those magnets... not that anyone really NEEDS a chorus pedal.. just saying.

 

[SirMyghin]

indeed they wouldnt, though i guess you wouldnt need a chorus pedal if you had those magnets... not that anyone really NEEDS a chorus pedal.. just saying.

Lies, everyone needs a chorus pedal.

 

[Kamikaze7]

it was a woman... what do they know?

From what I've heard and been told, the woman I spoke to who had an asian/oriental voice, she is the head honcho of Duncan's Custom Shop. So in giving that, I'd say she obviously knows her shit if she's the head of the Custom Shop...