How much does magnet size effect the pickup's tone?

[guitarcam123]

Seeing as though I'm in Australia, I'd rather buy from Australia instead of across the border. Although the only alnico magnets that I can find are 60x15x5mm, whereas the bar magnets from mojo are 60x12.5x3mm.

Will the size difference make much of a difference in tone?
I'm guessing that it'll add a bit more power/ strength to the pickup?



Also, unrelated to the thread, but when I try to see mojo music supplies pickup wire stock the page is blank. Is anyone else having this problem?

[Peter Naglitsch]

I think that you will have a hard time fitting a 15 mm wide magnet in a standard HB. You might pull it off by removing the keeper bar, but I doubt that it will fit anyway. You migt try a "screw only" type HB. The sound will be affected (a bit Gretschy if you make it a bit under wound) but not neccesary in a bad way. Try it!

[David Schwab]

I'm guessing that it'll add a bit more power/ strength to the pickup?

The thickness of the magnet matters more in this case.