Members niceguy Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 All I know of are the alnico magnet single coils. Are ceramic singles coils made? What do they sound like? Will they still sound like a single coil, or more like a humbucker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danocoustic Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 All I know of are the alnico magnet single coils. Are ceramic singles coils made? What do they sound like? Will they still sound like a single coil, or more like a humbucker? There's no surplus of Carvin love around here, niceguy---but their AP11 single-coils are some of my favorite Strat pickups. They're ceramic, relatively low-output, and they sound great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FFStratophile Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 They'll probably sound like {censored}, just like ceramic humbuckers. I bet someone makes some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mister Zero Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 Fender Standard Strat pickups are ceramics. Lots of people playing on those guys. Y'know, I've heard great sounding ceramics, and terrible sounding alnicos. Generalizing based upon a magnet's composition is sure a dumb thing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danocoustic Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 They'll probably sound like shit, just like ceramic humbuckers. I bet someone makes some. Way to prejudge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Norcal_GIT_r Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 They'll probably sound like shit, just like ceramic humbuckers. I bet someone makes some. I beg to differ. I make a pickup called the S90 and it uses 2 ceramic 8 magnets and they sound awesome. You can listen to them at www.bg-pups.com/sc.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danocoustic Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 I beg to differ. I make a pickup called the S90 and it uses 2 ceramic 8 magnets and they sound awesome. You can listen to them at www.bg-pups.com/sc.html Hey brudda, do you do any rewinding? I gots this Gibbie minihum, see...it's an awful story... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Norcal_GIT_r Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 Hey brudda, do you do any rewinding?I gots this Gibbie minihum, see...it's an awful story... I do some rewinds. Does your mini use rails or screwpoles?Maybe shoot me a photo with the cover off if you can. Thanks,Bryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RedsFan75 Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 As was mentioned, the Fender Standard PU's are Ceramic, I've got some EMG Ceramic's in my PartsO'Caster that sound pretty good, and I've got a spare set of ceramic's that sounded pretty good before I replaced them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cshaw Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 I beg to differ. I make a pickup called the S90 and it uses 2 ceramic 8 magnets and they sound awesome. You can listen to them at www.bg-pups.com/sc.html Not trying to be rude but I highly doubt you would say anything you made sounded bad. Would be a pretty bad business move call your own stuff shitty. They may be great but let's be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Norcal_GIT_r Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 Not trying to be rude but I highly doubt you would say anything you made sounded bad. Would be a pretty bad business move call your own stuff {censored}ty. They may be great but let's be honest. I'll be honest, every pickup I sell I make. If they sounded like crap I wouldnt bother making them or selling them. Theres quite a few people on this forum who have bought them and every single person is loving them!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members leopardstar Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 They'll probably sound like {censored}, just like ceramic humbuckers. I bet someone makes some. spoken like a true expert....please see my sig:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danocoustic Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 I do some rewinds. Does your mini use rails or screwpoles? Maybe shoot me a photo with the cover off if you can. Thanks, Bryan Rails. It's out of a 60s ES325. I gotta admit, I haven't figured out how to properly upload pics from my new camera yet---need to have xStonr (brother forumite who sold me the camera) go over it with me again I'd love to get this pickup working again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Norcal_GIT_r Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 Rails. It's out of a 60s ES325. I gotta admit, I haven't figured out how to properly upload pics from my new camera yet---need to have xStonr (brother forumite who sold me the camera) go over it with me again I'd love to get this pickup working again Chances are there shouldnt be a problem repairing it. I just like to take a look before I commit to a repair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members whit townsend Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 Fender Standard Strat pickups are ceramics. Lots of people playing on those guys. Y'know, I've heard great sounding ceramics, and terrible sounding alnicos. Generalizing based upon a magnet's composition is sure a dumb thing to do. Yep. Count me as one of em. A used MIM w/ash body & rosewood board. Its 6-7 yrs old, has ceramics I'm sure. They sound fine to me. I like it & it does the job. Plug it in, hit strings, Strat sound comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members _pete_ Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 They'll probably sound like shit, just like ceramic humbuckers. I bet someone makes some. Fender MIM Strats have ceramic magnet single coils. That must be why Fender never sells any MIM Strats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danocoustic Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 Chances are there shouldnt be a problem repairing it. I just like to take a look before I commit to a repair. Understandable. Everything is there, complete---but both bobbins (still wound) are out of the case, and disconnected from each other. Might be repairable just with some micro-soldering! I really should try to get you a pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 There's no surplus of Carvin love around here, niceguy---but their AP11 single-coils are some of my favorite Strat pickups. They're ceramic, relatively low-output, and they sound great! +1 on that. I gigged for 3 years with a set of those in my main strat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted August 20, 2007 Moderators Share Posted August 20, 2007 They'll probably sound like {censored}, just like ceramic humbuckers. I bet someone makes some. From a so called Strat lover thats a very crass statement:DAs above, Fender makes em and so do plenty more, they sound pretty damn good when done well....just like ceramic humbuckers:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 Yep. Count me as one of em. A used MIM w/ash body & rosewood board. Its 6-7 yrs old, has ceramics I'm sure. They sound fine to me. I like it & it does the job. Plug it in, hit strings, Strat sound comes out. Yeah, I had a MIM Strat and the ceramics didn't bug me a bit. I sold it to a friend who needed a decent first guitar, when I needed to finance a different purchase. Replaced it with this: A Peavey USA Predator. Also w/ceramics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members whit townsend Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 Coulda pick up a used one of those a few weeks ago for a steal, but I already had a Strat. Nice axe, but I liked the neck on my MIM better. The Peavey neck felt kinda thin. Maybe a narrower nut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danocoustic Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 +1 on that. I gigged for 3 years with a set of those in my main strat... YOU!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 Coulda pick up a used one of those a few weeks ago for a steal, but I already had a Strat. Nice axe, but I liked the neck on my MIM better. The Peavey neck felt kinda thin. Maybe a narrower nut? Not sure about the nut, I believe the Predator necks are a bit thinner than MIM's, but I didn't own the 2 at the same time, so don't hold me to that. I actually have a slight preference for the Peavey over my 90's-period MIM, the Peavey has bigger frets than the MIM's vintage ones, and also has a 22nd fret to the MIM's 21. Both were made of poplar. Predators are everywhere though, and still cheap for the time being. Mine was $100 on Fleabay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reuben Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 They'll probably sound like {censored}, just like ceramic humbuckers. I bet someone makes some. sigh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted August 20, 2007 Members Share Posted August 20, 2007 They'll probably sound like {censored}, just like ceramic humbuckers. I bet someone makes some. I hate you. Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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