Storing pickups

As far as I know, there's nothing in this type of magnet that would wear out over time and keeping two magnets together doesn't cause them to lose magnetic pull. The only wear that pickups tend to get is on the electronics themselves (like corrosion), but if stored in a dry place, I don't see how anything would go wrong.

 

I put them magnet to magnet per someone I trust. But if you want the straight poop PM Barncaster, he's da man

 

I've wondered the same. I got some shipped pole-to-pole, so I've been storing them that way.

 

I like to keep mine separate from each other just so there's no polarity issues and keep them away from metal that could weaken them or electronic media(hard drives/memory in computers/tablets, cd's/dvd's).

 

I usually store mine in separate drawers or boxes from each other. Just for my sanity and me thinking the magnetic pull might mess with it

 

It won't damage or degrade the magnets by storing them together.

If you've ever bought magnets (any type), they come all stuck together from the supplier.

What damages magnets is extremes of heat and rough handling/impacts/shocks. If you drop a magnet it can weaken it or sometimes even reverse the polarity.

More importantly for pickups is the fragility of the coil wires: if they're bare pickups (no box), wrap them in several layers of heavy paper and write what each pickup is on the outside wrap.