JimRayden Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 I know how the magnet intensity differences make a pickup sound brighter or darker. What about if one magnet has a strong close-up intensity but the other one has a more wider area, with less overall intensity? Can that be? What would be the sound difference? Regards, ---------- Jimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Bell Posted March 19, 2005 Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 A wider magnet will sense a larger area with more harmonics giving a warmer tone. A thinner magnet will sense a smaler area and give a brighter tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimRayden Posted March 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 Any differences between changing brightness by coil dimensions and magnet dimensions? Dynamic changes? I'm assuming that warming tone by enlarging the magnet cylinders would suck more sustain with it's greater magnet field, but widening the coil wouldn't do that. I might be totally wrong though. ---------- Jimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted March 19, 2005 Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 I guess Jon Bell has it about as close as you can get. I tried to make a pickup shaped like a "W" a couple of months ago and its magnetic footprint was HUGE. Very indistinct output (muddy) and way low output (my fault). Would have been a great pickup for a banjo! Let's see, where is that dumb lol thingie? THERE it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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