Separating glued poles from bobbins

[GlennW]

I have a Fender style pickup and need to flip the magnets to reverse the polarity.

Are there any tricks to this? I'd rather not screw up the flatwork.

[Magnetosaure]

Why don't you just reverse the polarity of the magnets?

Much easier to do.

[GlennW]

I figured that would be easier, but I've never done it and didn't want to damage the magnets.

[Magnetosaure]

Don't worry, you won't damage anything.

If you can, mesure the magnets "strength" with a gauss meter before and after the change, you will find more or less the same result, exept a pole inversion of course.

And, remember, you can always control the gauss level if you find any difference.

[GlennW]

I don't have any magnet stuff, other than a few magnets and a compass.

I'll find a link or something about how to reverse polarity and try it with an extra magnet. Thanks.

[Peter Naglitsch]

Just get some strong rare earth magnets or similar. Almost at the bottom of this page:
http://www.stewmac.com/freeinfo/Elec...ng/i-5967.html
you will find info on magnetizing pickups. Use that as a guide and just reverse the polarity

[GlennW]

Thanks Peter. Looks simple enough.