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  • Dimarzio Air Classic Neck Review (DP190)

    2 or “aged” Alnico 5 magnets. II/weakened Alnico 5 method also muddies the tone the longer the string sustains. Well, As a fan of Alnico 2 and aged Alnico 5 magnets, I can't fully agree with DiMarzio's perspective Anyway, here comes the technical mambo jambo Dimarzio Air Classic Neck (DP190) Magnet  – Alnico 5 Advertised Not as tight as many alnico 5 neck pickups like PAF Pro nor spongy like some humbuckers with alnico

  • Seymour Duncan 59N (SH-1) Review

    First of all, the techical specs; Seymour Duncan ‘59(n) SH-1(Updated 09.02.26) Magnet – Alnico 5 Advertised I believe the easiest way to describe this humbucker is this; "precisely made Alnico 5 PAF clone for 5 magnet, muddiness can be your problem, especially on the wound strings. Swapping the magnet can be good alternative in two ways; i) swap the Alnico 5 magnet with an Alnico 4 bar or partial charged/unoriented rough cast alnico 5 magnets.

  • Ibanez JS1000/JS1200 Review

    This guitar was the white 540P featured on the covers of Satriani's first albums. Hardware Color: Cosmo Black (for JS1200: Chrome) Tuning Machines: Gotoh Nut Width: 42 mm Last Fret Width: 58

  • Dimarzio Al DiMeola Neck (DP201) Review

    Both pickups had lower windings, lower output, and alnico 5 magnets, but I’ll mention the nerdy stuff maple neck in a chunky Endur-Neck profile, a two-point steel tremolo, 25.5” scale, steel frets, Bourns 500K Dimarzio DP201 Al DiMeola Neck Magnet – Alnico 5 Advertised DCR: 10.87 K Ohm (Series) Measured DCR: 10.6880

  • Dimarzio Norton Review DP160

    Let's read my measuremens here; Dimarzio Norton DP160 Magnet – Alnico 5 Advertised DCR: 12.62 K Ohm ( In my Custom 5 review, I mentioned that a reading of 400G was the highest I had measured so far. 5-loaded powerful humbuckers. For instance, in my opinion, the Custom 5 is much tighter. 2 Pro, Jazz or even alnico 4 modded ’59 from Seymour Duncan.

  • Dimarzio PAF 36th Anniversary Review DP223

    …And, my measuremens are here; Dimarzio PAF 36th Anniversary DP223 Magnet – Alnico 5 Advertised DCR: Freq w/470pF: 2.6748 KHz Output: 285 Milivolts (advertised) EQ (B/M/T) – 6/6.5/5 (old catalog data) 4 Thanks to DiMarzio’s Airbucker technique, even though the pickup contains a long Alnico 5 magnet, the flux density I measured at the center of the pickup reads closer to Alnico 2 levels. On the other hand, generally speaking, lowerwind A2 neck humbuckers can suit fine like Alnico 2 Pro,

  • DiMarzio Air Norton Review DP193 – The Ultimate Neck Pickup for Shred?

    Try it with 500K pots for maximum treble and harmonic presence. motivation also played a role. :) Let’s read my measuremens here; Dimarzio Air Norton (DP193) Magnet – Alnico 5 Advertised DCR: 12,58 K Ohm (Series) Measured DCR: 12,74 K Ohm (Series) Inductance @100Hz: 6,39 H (Series) Measured C: -21,9 nF (Series) Output: 270 Milivolts (advertised) EQ (B/M/T) – 6,5/7/5 (old catalogs ) – 6/6/6/5,5 (official website) Gauss: 250G slug, 270G screw (measured at top center of pole pieces)

  • Ibanez V8 Pickup Review – Specs, Tone Character & Mods

    Floyd Rose tremolo with Japanese made stainless steel saddles, 25,5” scale, nickel silver frets, Alpha 500K They are wound with AWG43 wires (yes, i measured from a broken pickups coil), ~16-17K roughly DCR and alnico 5 magnets. Then, next i swapped the stock alnico magnet to unoriented sandcast alnico 5 that i’d bought from “Philadelphia 3.220 H (Slug Coil) Measured C: 92.2 pF (Series)/ 123.5pF (Slug Coil) Calculated Self Resonance Peak: 5.8887

  • ZenD Oldtimer Humbucker Set Review – Vintage PAF Tone with Clarity & Dynamic Response

    …And, my measuremens are here; Oldtimer Bridge Magnet – Alnico 5 Advertised DCR: 8.4 K Ohm (Series) 5 Advertised DCR: 7.40 K Ohm (Series) Measured DCR: 7.3423 K Ohm (Series) Measured DCR: 3.7009 K Ohm 5. Around 200–220G on both the neck and bridge is actually a range that feels quite familiar from many Alnico more toward stronger PAF-style clones with a DCR in the 8.5–9.5K range and inductance somewhere around 5–

  • Seymour Duncan Parallel Axis Trembucker 3 (PATB-3) Review

    ; Blues Saraceno with his plaid guitar Seymour Duncan Parallel Axis Trembucker -3 (PATB-3) Magnet – Alnico 5 Advertised DCR: 9K Ohm (now- several years ago it was 9.8K Ohm) (Series) Measured DCR: 9.1160 K Ohm Series) Measured DCR: 4.47 K Ohm (Screw Coil) Measured DCR: 4.66 K Ohm (Slug Coil) Inductance@100Hz: 5.6602H Resonance Peak: 6.00KHz (advertised) Advertised Resonance Peak: 6KHz Calculated Self Resonance Peak: 5.2280 Basses are tight, clear and pronounced thanks to alnico 5.

  • Dimarzio PAF Pro DP151 Review

    Let’s read the mambo jambo first; Dimarzio PAF Pro DP151 Magnet – Alnico 5 Advertised DCR: 8,4K Ohm (Screw Coil) / -59,4nF (Slug Coil) Output: 300 Milivolts (advertised) EQ (T/M/B) – 6/5/5 (old advertised Let’s saaay, hmm, Duncan ’59 is phenomenal humbucker but it picks guitars. tone pickups; german nickel silver base plate, plain enamel wire, buthyrate bobbins, vintage occurate alnico 5 alloys etc are all but a must.

  • Exclusive Interview with Seymour W. Duncan – Pickup Design, Tone Philosophy & Legacy

    It is a ’59, isn’t it? Player magazine, Joe recorded his great album Surfing with the Alien on a Kramer Pacer that had a ’59 You’ll get an alternative sound using other than standard magnets like Alnico 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7, etc. I like using traditional Alnico magnets for the tone I enjoy. We do experimentation with all kinds of rare earth magnets and I always come back to the Alnico’s for

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