Aoresteen Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Is there any definitive evidence that Epiphone ever made any humbuckers with Alnico II magnets? If so, how do you identify them if found loose not in a particular guitar? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Epiphone.com says the Probuckers are Alnico IIs, for one and FWIW. Any particular reason you have some sort of suspicion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Epiphone.com says the Probuckers are Alnico IIs, for one and FWIW. Any particular reason you have some sort of suspicion? Edit: no dis, just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aoresteen Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 Pinch, I did a lot of research and opinions vary widely on the type of magnets in Epiphone pickups. Last week I called Gibson/Epiphone and the tech told me that all their Epiphone humbuckers have Alnico V magnets and that they don't have any humbuckers with Alnico II magnets. Yet in 2014 they state the the Probuckers have Alnico II. I can't find any magnet info on the Probucker-2 and Probucker-3 pickups either. So how do I identify a Probucker with Alnico II magnets if found loose out of a guitar? Thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Ah! I see. Are AlNiCo IIs generally more expensive, so that they'd like for people to think they're IIs, or something? I'm not the most pickup-savvy guy, but IIs should be noticeably less hot than Vs, right? Yet the Probucker is designed to be Epiphones version of the Burstbucker Pro. That has Alnico Vs in it. And the Probucker sounds, to me, like it has about the same output as the Burstbucker Pro. I'm inclined to think the PBs have Alnico V magnets in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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