Strat Ceramic Vs Alnico

Technically more efficient ceramic magnets took over in a wide variety of commercial applications starting in the 1960s but ceramic magnet guitar pickups were found to have a generally harsher more brittle sound with sharper peaks than their alnico predecessors.

Strat ceramic vs alnico.

Alnico is nice and warm and great for blues. Donate to guitars for good causes. Magnet material is usually one of two varieties. Ceramic magnets are made of ceramic surprise.

So we often hear. By some players the ceramic magnets are given a bad reputation when compared to alnico which is probably due to their association with cheaper instruments. Whereas alnico pickups use magnetic slugs direct loading. You often hear that the sound of a pickup is dominated by the choice of magnet used in its construction.

What s the difference between ceramic alnico magnet pickups. Alnico aluminum nickel and cobalt or ceramic. Ceramic vs alnico discussion in stratocaster discussion forum started by ratherbefishing. Whereas ceramic is used in metal as it sounds tight loud and cool.

Magnetically speaking ceramic magnets produce a stronger field than alnico. The result is a slightly hotter sounding pickup with more treble response. I haven t seen a strat pickup yet where ceramic magnet rods were used instead of metal polepieces or alnico slugs but it would be interesting to be able to compare them. You see ceramic is easier to come by than alnico making it a cheaper magnet to make.

A lot of people automatically say that alnico is superior to ceramic in pickups. Alnico tends to produce a very musical pickup in most. Let s listen to how they sound.