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Post subject: Demagnetized N3 polepieces?
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 11:12 pm
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Hey y'all, I have a 2011 American Deluxe Strat.

I noticed that the low E had a much lower output on the neck pickup, regardless of height.

I took a string and tapped each polepiece and found that the low E had no magnetic pull; upon testing the other pickups I found that the high E on the middle pickup had no pull either.

Is this normal for alnico II and alnico III pickups? The alnico V in the bridge has equal pull on each polepiece.

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Post subject: Re: Demagnetized N3 polepieces?
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2016 3:13 am
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I had a similar problem with my 2006, when I switched to the middle pickup the high E string was dead. I was going to try adjusting the pickup when I noticed there was no pull on the screw driver.

I can’t say this will work with a N3 pickup, but here is what I did.

I had a small rare earth magnet that was about the size of a shirt button and attached it to the pole piece and left it overnight, the next morning it worked fine and is still fine.

You must be sure you re-magnetize it with the correct polarity. Take the magnet and slowly move straight down towards a good pole piece, if you feel it being pushed away, turn it over and attach it to the dead pole piece. If you feel it being pulled toward the pole piece then just attach it to the dead one.

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