Has anyone swapped magnets in a super distortion?

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Offline daz

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Has anyone swapped magnets in a super distortion?
« on: November 20, 2017, 01:01:04 PM »
I have often wondered about this because i've been looking at trying it to lower the output in them but the magnet size/shape isn't typical. But i was wondering if anyone has found a alnico that is the same size and tried it, and if so what did you hear?

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Offline DavidSchwab

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Re: Has anyone swapped magnets in a super distortion?
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2017, 02:55:04 PM »
An alnico magnet will soften the highs and make it sound similar to a Duncan JB. But it's still a lot of wire on the coils so it's darker sounding but almost the same output.


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Re: Has anyone swapped magnets in a super distortion?
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2017, 08:57:28 AM »
I have often wondered about this because i've been looking at trying it to lower the output in them but the magnet size/shape isn't typical. But i was wondering if anyone has found a alnico that is the same size and tried it, and if so what did you hear?
I have put a alnico 8 in one of my Super D's and loved the tone.