Could somebody explain why ceramic magnets produce a hotter p/up? Is it a higher gauss, or the material they are composed of or something else? If its a matter of gauss, could an alnico magnet be charged to the same level as a ceramic and provide similar output while still retaining its own characteristic sound?
Also, I have read somewhere the slug pole pieces in a humbucker tend to have slightly more output, is this due to their having a bit more mass than the adjustable poles? If so, is there a way to equalize them without adding more winds to the one coil?
One more question (sorry)- if you took a humbucker, did away with the bar magnet, and had two bobbins drilled for slugs and put alnico-2s in one bobbin, 5s in the other, and charged them, would it result in a kind of blended tone, or not really work at all?
Also, I have read somewhere the slug pole pieces in a humbucker tend to have slightly more output, is this due to their having a bit more mass than the adjustable poles? If so, is there a way to equalize them without adding more winds to the one coil?
One more question (sorry)- if you took a humbucker, did away with the bar magnet, and had two bobbins drilled for slugs and put alnico-2s in one bobbin, 5s in the other, and charged them, would it result in a kind of blended tone, or not really work at all?
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