Ceramic Vs Alnico 2

So we often hear.

Ceramic vs alnico 2.

You see ceramic is easier to come by than alnico making it a cheaper magnet to make. You often hear that the sound of a pickup is dominated by the choice of magnet used in its construction. The result is a slightly hotter sounding pickup with more treble response. It has the most balanced and even eq out of all of the alnico.

Magnetically speaking ceramic magnets produce a stronger field than alnico. Alnico is nice and warm and great for blues. Alnico v has more scooped mids and tighter in the low end. Ceramic magnets are made from ferrites often iron oxides.

Alnico vs ceramic magnets. This is a tutorial video to demonstrate the difference in sound and performance between a ceramic and alnico v magnet in a bridge humbucker looking specific. Whereas ceramic is used in metal as it sounds tight loud and cool. To crown a winner in our alnico vs ceramic magnets shootout we would need a way to accurately compare the two which is not an easy task.

A lot of people automatically say that alnico is superior to ceramic in pickups. Alnico 4 is stronger than both alnico 2 and 3 but weaker than alnico 5. Alnico viii is generally between ceramic and alnico v with quite a bit of magnetic pull punchy with upper mids but a little more warmth than ceramic. Ceramic magnets are made of ceramic surprise.

Donate to guitars for good causes. Alnico tends to produce a very musical pickup in most. Curiously alnico 3 is weaker than alnico 2 in a bar magnet form but stronger than alnico 2 in a rod magnet form. What s the difference between ceramic alnico magnet pickups.

By some players the ceramic magnets are given a bad reputation when compared to alnico which is probably due to their association with cheaper instruments. Let s listen to how they sound. We use alnico 3 magnets in our real 54 s to give them a bright glassy tone.