Ceramic pickups generally offer a brighter and more glassy sound.
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5 how long has fender been using ceramic single coil p.
Ceramic pickups give me a way better tone and a perfect break up on my tube.
If you own a precision bass that is not a 1962 model maybe it s a copy or a japanese version then here is your chance to acquire that sound.
Fender hot noiseless pickups also known as ceramic noiseless pickups originally developed for jeff beck these pickups use ceramic magnets and have a bigger sound than the vintage noiseless pickups which were a bit mellow for some tastes.
Alnico pickups provide a warmer sound and generally have a little more bass response.
Fender literally wrote the book on electric basses laying the foundation for musical innovation and evolution.
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The sound is clean warm and bluesy and screams at high gain.
That being said single coil pickups have certainly evolved over the years allowing players to get different tones while staying within the parameters of a strat.
4 which do you prefer and why.
Sure enough fender started making pickups with alnico magnets as early as the late 1940s.
It is no exaggeration to say that the precision with its unique sound shaped not one but many musical theatres.
And that they did alnico magnet pickups were found to produce a smooth warm and highly musical tone.
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You ll notice more midrange and treble response from a ceramic pickup.
I put some seymour duncan pickups ssl1 alnico 5 on my fender strat and i just bought a squier telecaster bullet with the basic ceramic pickups both use the same kind of strings and both have locking tuners and both body are poplar wood and the difference is there.
From early blues through the embryonic rock.
1 what are the major differences in fenders alnico single coil pickups and the ceramics.
3 are the alnicos really superior quality to the ceramics or just different.