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Alembic products => Alembic Basses & Guitars => Topic started by: hifibassman on June 27, 2003, 08:16:19 AM

Title: Series 1 pickups
Post by: hifibassman on June 27, 2003, 08:16:19 AM

I was looking at a series bass for sale out on ebay and in the description i saw monolithic ceramic magnets.  What is a monolithic ceramic magnet and what does that do for the sound of these basses?  Is this a regular ferrite ceramic magnet or something special?
 
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Title: Series 1 pickups
Post by: mica on June 27, 2003, 05:08:48 PM

Monolithic just means one-piece, so it doesn't matter how many strings or where the strings are located as long as they are within the magnetic field.  
 
The ferrite clay contains iron oxide (the ferrite component). I'm not sure if that's the same thing as a regular ferrite ceramic magnet. They are regular to me, we've always used the same ones.  
 
The clay comes from Kentucky. The red color of many clays comes from the iron oxide.

Title: Series 1 pickups
Post by: hifibassman on June 27, 2003, 07:56:58 PM

thanks Mica-