Differences between alnico 8 magnets !

[fab.regnaut]

I have two guitars Ibanez , same model , same pickup with alnico 8 .
Yesterday I found that one was not as good as the other ; no body , shrill , a tendancy for feedback .
Today I changed the magnet for alnico 8 , but coming from another lot , and GONE the problem , the guitar is now better than the other one !

So just to say that magnet , even of the same type can be of a very different quality !
Bad one were coming through a forum member named Chill
( joke ! how could he know , he tryied to help by sending to France the precious alnico 8 ), good one are coming from Wymore Guitar also member of this forum .

Da ya hear me ?

[Fusion1]

fab, I could be wrong but I would assume their source for both are All Star Magnetics, as I thought I read thats where Wymore sources them from and if Chill is the same guy I am thinking of he was the one that placed a big order for the Alnico 8's last year right? If so his source was All Star Magnetics as thats where I bought mine from after reading the Custom 8 thread when it exploded.

That said even if two seemingly identical magnets came from the same manufacturer, their tolerances might be such that there is a discernable difference.

[fab.regnaut]

Probably but Allstar Magnetic don't produce them , they probably had different producers .
Visually they are not cut the same way and the ears tell you that they are nothing alike .

[MartinSixStringCustoms]

I get my magnets from AllStar as well and honestly have never heard anything bad thus far.

[Zhangliqun]

All Alnico is made in China these days due to environmental rules. But you can get A8 from Allstar.

[WGTP]

I'm trying to think of how a bad magnet would cause feedback and be more shrill. It would seem to have more treble and output for that. Hmmm.

[fab.regnaut]

Yes Zangh , you can get your magnets from Allstar and they get them from China maybe .
But as any product , there seem to be good and jerk in alnico 8 magnets .

[Zhangliqun]

A8's have been pretty consistent in my experience. Any differences are probably level of charge.

[heymcz]

A8's have been pretty consistent in my experience. Any differences are probably level of charge.

I got one from Wymore, and it was super-powerful, with massive string pull that made it harder to bend notes and sucked the sustain out of the notes! It was my first...and last...piece of A8, but when I posted about it, it didn't seem to gel with other people's experience, so it seems possible that there can indeed be different strengths....

[hamerfan]

Hi Fab, i think you are raving about the Ibanez Super 70. Dispite that fact that they are all named Super 70 they are of different construction over the years. I read about ceramic magnets in the younger one. That would explain a lot!!