Ceramic Vs Alnico P90

So we often hear.

Ceramic vs alnico p90.

Alnico tends to produce a very musical pickup in most setups. Wildeman jan 8 2019 5. 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. You have a 15 it should have nice hot wound alnico 5 p90 s so enjoy.

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. The reason ceramic has a bad rap is probably due to its use. 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.

Alnico is nice and warm and great for blues. I ve heard 2 s are spongy warm soft and 5s are tighter brighter snappy. Juke box active member. Im looking at two pups and the only difference is the mags.

Whereas ceramic is used in metal as it sounds tight loud and cool. A lot of people automatically say that alnico is superior to ceramic in pickups. Because the ceramic magnet isn t introducing compression the result is a cleaner sound in comparison to alnico. 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.

I ve run through a half dozen p90 makers for various guitars. I appreciate any and all opinions. 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. The old korean epi p90s are ceramic and don t sound as good imo mags are easily changed though.