B6 Magnet
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 4:43 pm
B6 magnet.
The magnet is magnetized obviously, but how to tell?
Put something made of steel/iron on the top chrome part of the magnet, and it sticks? How hard should something stick?
I saw this somewhere:
"Some pickup designs used magnets that were not made of a permanent magnetic alloy. A prime example is the Rickenbacker horseshoe pickup. These magnets – which are the “horseshoes” themselves – often go dead or “almost” dead. Once they lose their magnetic charge to a sufficient degree, the result will be a loss of output and frequency response".
How does one remagnetize the B-6 magnet if needed?
JonS
The magnet is magnetized obviously, but how to tell?
Put something made of steel/iron on the top chrome part of the magnet, and it sticks? How hard should something stick?
I saw this somewhere:
"Some pickup designs used magnets that were not made of a permanent magnetic alloy. A prime example is the Rickenbacker horseshoe pickup. These magnets – which are the “horseshoes” themselves – often go dead or “almost” dead. Once they lose their magnetic charge to a sufficient degree, the result will be a loss of output and frequency response".
How does one remagnetize the B-6 magnet if needed?
JonS