You can't call them up and order 5 or 6 magnets like they put in custom shop strat coils. Producers of magnets for the big manufacturers don't sell retail, they sell in huge bulk to the manufcturers.
It's not just about getting magents-you need to get magnets that are the correct type and strength for your application (in this case, your 'application' is the sound you want to get). Since then, it's all been about refinement, and personal preferences. Gibson and Fender really did everyone a big favor by getting the basic PU sounds right back in the early 1940's. You get a PU with both very good output and very good pick response. Most cusom people like the transparencey of the impregnated paper over palstic bobbins becase they feel the paper bobbins don't interfere as much with the magnetic field that set up around the coil.Ĭheck out a Tele PU-the magnets ar very powerful, but the coil is really big too. Also, the material the bobins are made of. That's how custom manufactures can get a strat coil to sound like a P-90 or whatever. Then, you get into custom ceramic magnet formulas, and all bets are off. Leaving the magents alone and adding coils with lower gauge witre (meaning more turns of wire on the same sized coil) will increase output but also darken the sound-but not in the same way as option 1 does. Leaving the coils alone and adding stronger magnets will give you an edgier sound. Generally speaking, leaving the magnets at the strength they are and making a coil (or coils) with the same gauge wire but with extra winds will darken the sound. It also depends how strong the magnets are. Most of the time, if you stay with alnico 5 type magents, you can get good pick response and clarity. It's all about getting the magnets (type & strength), coil size and wire type & wire gauge right.
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