* Permanent Magnet Merial:
AlNiCo 2/ Alnico 3/ Alnico 4 / Alnico 5 /Alnico 8
* Size: 2-3/32″ x 5/16″ x 1/8″
(53.18mm x 7.98mm x 3.18mm) (approx)
* Polished:  Polished or Unpolished (rough cast, sand cast)
* For humbucker and P90 pickups
* A2/A3/A4/A5/A8 – one end painted colour (customer choose blue/red/green/black -.) for easy identification
* Magnetizing Options:
Not Magnetized or Magnetized

A guitar pickup’s magnet or magnets provide(s) the power that enables it to do its thing by sensing the movement of the guitar’s steel strings when you play.

Different types of guitar pickups use different numbers of magnets, usually one, two, or six, depending on their design. If just one or two magnets are used, they are usually found as bar magnets mounted beneath the pickup’s coil, which charge steel pole pieces running through the coil.

Sometimes, though, the pole pieces are themselves magnets, which means one is required for each string, or two per string if it’s a humbucker. On some occasions, though, a single bar magnet is used inside the coil itself, also doubling as a blade pole piece for all strings together.

Because every little variation in pickup construction makes a difference to its sound, the type and positioning of the magnets is significant.

Magnets of different compositions are also used in different pickup designs, and these play a big part in shaping these components’ sounds, too.