Guitar Pickup Magnetics
Guitar Pickup Magnetics
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I'm building a bass guitar pickup of an older design which uses two bar magnets on either side of steel laminations with steel cylindical pole pieces running through the laminations and a copper coil.
Could somebody tell me which is the best material to use for the laminations and pole pieces and where I could get it in small quantities? I noticed that when I disasambled the origional, there was no residual magnetism in the material.
Thanks.
Fred
Could somebody tell me which is the best material to use for the laminations and pole pieces and where I could get it in small quantities? I noticed that when I disasambled the origional, there was no residual magnetism in the material.
Thanks.
Fred





RE: Guitar Pickup Magnetics
The laminations material has no effect on pick up, as long as it isn not electrostatic shielding the poles.
The poles should be some Ni-Steel alloy, but any ferro-magnetic Steel will do. The magnets are the main problem to purchase. Perhaps it is possible to remagnetize?