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    Source for Lexan resin?

    We're using pre-dyed, jet-black Lexan. I was able to get 50lbs of it. The dryers are pretty good I'm told with dewpoint control etc. The molding machine has more than enough pressure available and the die is preheated. Location is Los Angeles, California. I found this interesting from...
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    Surface Finish On Polycarbonate

    Thanks patprimer. I'll try to post a photo link soon. There was a problem with silver streaking (splay) but that seems to have been resolved. I'll try to find out more about the material. It did come pre-dyed from the supplier. Nothing else was added during the molding process.
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    Surface Finish On Polycarbonate

    My injection molding supplier is having a hard time getting a good finish on the critical face of my parts. The finish appears grainy and with magnifaction small, almost microscopic craters are visable on the surface. The surface of the die is polished smooth however. Are these being created by...
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    Source for Lexan resin?

    Where can I get a small quantity of black pre-dyed Lexan 141? The company doing some injection molding for me is having a hard time getting a good finish on the parts. There are tiny specks of what looks like splay on the face. He's having a hard tome getting a clean black finish mixing black...
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    Insulating Steel Laminations

    I've got some steel lamintaion strips that are used in a guitar pickup to cut down on eddy currents when transfering magnetic flux from the magnets to the pole pieces. They're about .027 thick and stacked about 8 high. I've been insulating them with varnish and it's a little too labor intensive...
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    Alnico vs Ceramic in Guitar Pickups

    You guys might get a kick out of this: http://www.q-tuner.com/index.shtml This design is using neodymium. Interesting text...
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    Alnico vs Ceramic in Guitar Pickups

    Back to my original question. I like the sound of the design I'm making. Many people do. The problem is that I don't know why it sounds "better" than other designs. I'd like to be able to understand and communicate this to people and steer away from any sort of "hype". I'd like to be able to...
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    Alnico vs Ceramic in Guitar Pickups

    Gentlemen. Thank you all very much for responding. Truthfuly I'm having a hard time with the physics dialog. A bit over my head. Actually I'm thinking that the direction you have taken would best be discussed using quantum physics... Pickup making is a "black art" and nobody seems to...
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    Alnico vs Ceramic in Guitar Pickups

    "...the "Third Quadrent" charasteristics of the magnet. Ceramic is basically linear in recoil permeability where Alnico is quite nonlinear." Are you talking about a hysteresis loop? I just did a Google search on "3rd quadrant, recoil permeability"
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    Alnico vs Ceramic in Guitar Pickups

    Could you explain that please...to a layman? This may be what I'm actually asking about. I was just writing a follow-up to nbucska's response: ----------- Thanks. I've heard this argument before too. The conductive Alnico will invite eddy currents which may rob high freq and dampen the sound...
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    Alnico vs Ceramic in Guitar Pickups

    This is an old discussion among guitar players and pickup makers who are into "vintage" hardware. The usual belief is that Alnico V sounds "sweeter" in a pickup and ceramic is harsh. I've heard people say it depends on the design and not the magnet...flux is flux. My question is that if Alnico V...
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    Audio Circuit Design Software

    Thanks guys. The thing is that, I'm not sure I need anything so involved. The wiring harnesses are simple compaired to what I'm looking at in these software info pages. Couldn't I just assume a single AC frequency as a signal from a pickup going into the switches, volume pots, tone pots, caps...
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    Audio Circuit Design Software

    OOops I realize now the you're IRstuff not TTFN Sorry about that. I was they had an editing feature here. FH
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    Audio Circuit Design Software

    Thanks again TTFN I understand (theoreticaly) that there is a certain capacitance/impedence from the amp/cable affecting the circuit. Grounding to pot cases is quite common in guitar circuits. Here's a simple diagram of a Gibson circuit showing the technique. The real cool thing is to have the...
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    Audio Circuit Design Software

    I should have included words like "AC" and "Analog" in my original question. I suppose that's not always assumed with audio circuits. Here is a diagram one of my customers sent me. He's customized a Fender Jazz bass with one of my pickups a la Barry Oakley from the Allman Brothers. I know this...
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