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Des Howl

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Does it not even matter what year the Gibson Alnico-V magnets are?

I was reading in the 'burst book that casting alloy magnets is rather tricky, and therefore magnets can be quite individual in a given YEAR. So I wondered how consistent Gibson would be (year to year) with alloy metal ratios when they can't even make the same color plastic twice (wink-wink nudge-nudge..)

(I'll admit it's really a different thing.) This could explain some difference of opinion on how the mod sounds, taking in account this "variable constant" (heh heh.)
 

roadrunner

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Thanks Big Al, LHakim and everyone else involved with this discovery... it is truly an amazing thing:wow. These pickups sound killer:smokin... just absolutely killer!
Des Howl: fyi: the P-90 I got the magnets from is out of a '98 R4... hope that helps. :)
 
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