Neodymium and Alnico together?

[Meowy]

If I use a standard alnico humbucker bar and small neodymium magnets together in one pickup is the alnico at risk of being demagnetized?

[Stan H]

My guess would be yes. I use neodymium to charge and sometimes reverse the polarity of Alnico, although I believe there has to be some movement between the magnets for anything to happen. Maybe someone else could chime in...

[Dogbone]

The neo definitely will affect the alnico. We have experimented with the neo alnico combo and have come up with some great sounding pickups. Keep an open mind!