alnico

I'm thinking of replacing the ceramic MEC MM in my Warwick Streamer with an alnico replacement, either the Seymour Duncan alnico or the Nordestrand MM (both the dual coil variety). I've heard a lot of reviews of both the Nordie and the SD, but never really seen any opinions in direct...

I have a custom shop Warwick Streamer Jazzman which I've never quite been satisfied with the tone of. It's made out of bubinga, and I've always thought the sound was quite tinny and dry lacking both the top end "zing" and the rich bottom end that would make it the slap machine it deserves to...

Am I correct in saying that the magnets in my MEC MM pickup are Ceramic? Can't seem to find that information anywhere, but it sounds ceramic. I'm sure there is some simple way to tell visually too, but I don't know what it is.