Ceramic Vs Alnico P90

Because the ceramic magnet isn t introducing compression the result is a cleaner sound in comparison to alnico.

Ceramic vs alnico p90.

Some folks might liken the difference between alnico and ceramic speakers to the difference between tube and solid state amplifiers where one compresses smoothly and the other gives all it has and then clips hard. However there are fantastic sounding ceramic pickups out there such as the g l mfd pickups as well as our own humbuckers and p90 s. Alnico is nice and warm and great for blues. Hey guys i m looking to upgrade my p90 pups and was wondering what you guys like better the alnico 2 or 5.

You have a 15 it should have nice hot wound alnico 5 p90 s so enjoy. 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. 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.

So we often hear. I ve heard 2 s are spongy warm soft and 5s are tighter brighter snappy. Alnico tends to produce a very musical pickup in most setups. The old korean epi p90s are ceramic and don t sound as good imo mags are easily changed though.

Ceramic magnets are made of ceramic surprise. Im looking at two pups and the only difference is the mags. A lot of people automatically say that alnico is superior to ceramic in pickups. Juke box active member.

The reason ceramic has a bad rap is probably due to its use. Don t know who makes the onlymusic vintage dog ear 35 but it s a reasonable p90 dogear for the money installed on an epi junior. I have not knowingly installed an artec but i ve installed a ka 30 in a 160e clone acoustic like it a lot their mini hums are a bargain too. I appreciate any and all opinions.