ive recently heard of a guitar with alnico 3 pickups, ive never heard of it before, only 2 and 5. can someone explain the tonal properties of alnico 3? does anyone own a guitar with alnico 3?

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I have em in a strat, this is what the manufacturers say about em (Bare knuckle pickups)


"Apache single coils are based on the rounder, fatter tones of the original '54 to '57 coils. Deep bottom end with a bell-like chime in the highs and rich, wide mid range produce a crystal-clear clean tone without ever sounding harsh or thin. Overdriven tones sound full and crunchy with plenty of body for single note work. Scatter-wound by hand with vintage correct Heavy Formvar wire, the bridge coil is wound a little hotter to give better balance across the set. The calibrated Alnico III magnets are hand-bevelled and set in fibre board flat work in either the original '54 stagger with low G magnet or the more common '56 stagger. The low magnetic pull of the Apache allows for excellent dynamics and perfect intonation. "

@Al 87: There is a sticky thread about "magnet types" in the Bare Knuckles forum. I won't quote or link it here, but anybody should be able to find it. It's in "pickups".

Cheers

David

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My Hwy 1 tele has them and they scream and are very versitile at the same time. Yet some of that may have to do with the greasebucket circuit. I've noticed some CS models have Alnico 3s as well.

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09 Squier Custom Tele II-Blonde
04 Squier Standard Strat Antiqueburst
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a squier i'm getting has them... i'm gonna change them though putting in some pickups i've been saving for ages