Members wanderoo222 Posted May 24, 2012 Members Share Posted May 24, 2012 Replaced mine with an alnico A5 then lost the A1. Now I want go back to the A1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted May 24, 2012 Members Share Posted May 24, 2012 Replaced mine with an alnico A5 then lost the A1. Now I want go back to the A1. A1 ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wanderoo222 Posted May 24, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 24, 2012 A1 ?? I meant A2.Sorry, I'm just so broken up, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted May 24, 2012 Members Share Posted May 24, 2012 You put steak sauce in your pickups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wanderoo222 Posted May 24, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 24, 2012 You put steak sauce in your pickups? Gives tasty toanz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PunkKitty Posted May 24, 2012 Members Share Posted May 24, 2012 You can buy a set of A2 magnets from eBay. FWIW, my set of Classic 57s uses alnico 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wanderoo222 Posted May 24, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 24, 2012 You can buy a set of A2 magnets from eBay. FWIW, my set of Classic 57s uses alnico 3. Were those the original magnets installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PunkKitty Posted May 24, 2012 Members Share Posted May 24, 2012 Were those the original magnets installed?Yes. This is the set I have installed. I can't find a scratch on them. And they sound awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nicholai Posted May 24, 2012 Members Share Posted May 24, 2012 I really should remember, anyone know what was used in the prototype/first bath of PAFs? Bah google is my friend I'll look it up, but since I typed this much.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nicholai Posted May 24, 2012 Members Share Posted May 24, 2012 Ok, apparently Gibson was all over the place. Wish I knew how to identify a magnet. Taking pup apart not an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PunkKitty Posted May 24, 2012 Members Share Posted May 24, 2012 You can identify if it is alnico or ceramic by looking at it. Ceramic magnets are black. Alnico magnets are silver. I don't know how to check the strength of alnico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nicholai Posted May 24, 2012 Members Share Posted May 24, 2012 Oh they're definitely alnico, they are real 57 PAFs. ' alt='>'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PunkKitty Posted May 24, 2012 Members Share Posted May 24, 2012 Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wanderoo222 Posted May 24, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 24, 2012 very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wanderoo222 Posted May 24, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 24, 2012 You can identify if it is alnico or ceramic by looking at it. Ceramic magnets are black. Alnico magnets are silver. I don't know how to check the strength of alnico. Found it, whew! It's shiny but no markings. I only asumed it was an A2 magnet. Any one no how to determine the strenght? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wanderoo222 Posted May 24, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 24, 2012 But I'm still curious as to why it's refered to as "Gibson's special alnico II magnets"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted May 24, 2012 Members Share Posted May 24, 2012 They are about as special as the caps you get with Gibsons 'repackaged' Bumblebee caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PunkKitty Posted May 24, 2012 Members Share Posted May 24, 2012 They are special because they were sprinkled with fairy dust before they were installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nicholai Posted May 24, 2012 Members Share Posted May 24, 2012 very nice! Thanks guys. Didn't mean to hijack. Fairy dust indeed, I've tried some real bumblebee caps in modern guitars (which can be sourced really cheaply if you use your noggin) and they are different and cool (almost have reverb on a strat) but I cannot re-create the tone circuit of my 57, I've tried really hard. Truth is they switched every magnet around in 50's and 60's. I wouldn't be surprised if there are mixed magnets in some pups from Seth's descriptions. Fairy Dust. Gibson want's us to believe in something that never was. Seth put the value of a real paf at around 5$ and gave out the recipe. Gibson is not using it, one of the reasons being no one really knows what happened. To recreate it it would be so boutique, acetone and celluloid i think for the bobbins, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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