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Electric guitar pick-up / electromagnetism question?


In this instructable, an electric guitar pick-up is made by winding the wire around a magnet sandwiched between two small pieces of wood to keep the coil in place.

If I were to replace the wood with steel discs, would it still work as a guitar pick-up?



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Oct 13, 2011. 6:20 AMsteveastrouk says:
Yes..
Oct 14, 2011. 1:18 PMbenbar12 says:
Yes, it will make the pickup more powerful but it will change the tone.
Oct 13, 2011. 10:54 AMRe-design says:
It will also change the tone.
Oct 14, 2011. 6:05 AMRe-design says:
Can't tell until you try it. And good to me might be bad to him. I would expect that it would cut more of the lows but I might be wrong. I hope he'll build it both ways and then come back and tell us what he found out.
Oct 13, 2011. 6:30 AMrickharris says:
+1

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