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by John Eisenhower
Wed May 13, 2020 11:03 am
Forum: Electronics
Topic: Increasing magnetic strength of a pole piece
Replies: 10
Views: 29437

Re: Increasing magnetic strength of a pole piece

Playing with magnetic fields on a guitar pickup can be both fun and difficult. But adding a small neo magnet to a pole piece does work. The issue is that individual pole pieces cannot be taken in isolation because they form part of a whole magnetic circuit with each other, the strings and (especiall...
by John Eisenhower
Wed May 13, 2020 9:21 am
Forum: Electronics
Topic: Magnetic fields
Replies: 4
Views: 9624

Re: Magnetic fields

It’s is important to understand that all matter responds in some way or another to magnetic fields ... even seemingly ‘inert’ stuff like wood, humans, ceramics. But metals are especially prone to magnetic influences - all metals for the purpose of this discussion. Ceramic materials, too. That is Cer...
by John Eisenhower
Wed May 13, 2020 8:36 am
Forum: Bowed Stringed Instruments and Bows
Topic: Double bass neck - restoration and refinish.
Replies: 5
Views: 17051

Double bass neck - restoration and refinish.

Hello guys. I have acquired the neck and fingerboard of a 3/4 double bass. The instrument was made about 120 years ago by someone called, Emile ??? - I cannot read the second name. The bass had been trashed, repaired with MDF, painted white and used as an ornament in someone’s home. The plan is to s...

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