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Old July 26th, 2008, 01:33 PM   #137 (permalink)
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Telenator--I have taken my cunife pole pieces out of my old WR and they seem to have less magnetic pull than an alnico V rod magnet. This softer magnetic field would explain why a pickup with a 10.5 dc resistance doesn't sound like a hot or overwound pickup. Perhaps if you went with the higher wind per coil, but made your pole pieces from alnico II or III, or slightly demagnetized your alnico V poles, you would have a level of magnetism closer to cunife, and the higher winding would get you closer to the WR sound. Great job and thanks for the thread.
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