A custom guitar builder has asked me to build his some sort of humbucker that is angled to match the frets (30° in the case of the attached bobbin image, but 16° is the required). No problem with the construction IF I use alnico pole pieces like in a Strat. I have never built a set of straight up alnico based humbuckers (without a baseplate) and was hoping some of you have and could comment of the difference in tonal characteristics from a regular humbucker of similar spec's. Obviously I would have 2 of the attached bobbins side-by-side with the corner fillets removed from the side of each pickup where they make contact.
Any comments on tonal differences would be much appreciated.
Any comments on tonal differences would be much appreciated.
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