Honestly, the alnico are perfect! That glassy top end is amazing! And yes it sounds more thin, but it’s a strat! That’s the tone I dig!

It's great that pickups can be so diverse, love it.

I liked the ceramics much more,didn't expect that but they sounded just rounder to me. Keep up the good work!

i havent tried modding a pickup yet but the knowledge ive gained from this video and your others has nonetheless allowed me to make smarter purchases and get beautiful sound. thanks heavymetalATC!

I am a welder and have been setting up + modifying guitars for over 25 years now.
Never thought to use torch tip cleaners as a nut file.
Thats a freaking great idea! Thanks!

Dude nice riff playing around the 2min mark.

I NEED to stop finding these sick videos on mods... I opened my MiM strat to switch 1 pot, and now it’s been 3 months and I can’t stop: coil split, concentric treble and bass cut, 10-way selector switch, shielding, artec QDD2 (check it out), and now I want to do this. It never ends, it’s so fun.

I have to say I preferred the sound of the original ceramic magnets. Good video.

When you are charging up the alnicos with the old ceramic bar magnets, just tape a small strip of corrugated cardboard to each bar. You can then just run them back and forth and the cardboard will make it easy to maintain an even distance.

I just did this to a set of Wilkinson ceramic pickups, and I'm blown away with the results!
Took me about 15 minutes to do it! Thank you for the idea!

Glad you taught me this stuff. Very helpful and destroys a lot of myths!

I've done this mod many times, always works well.

This is one of the best videos on the internet!

Very good demonstration of modding the magnets in a guitar pickup. I prefer the sound of the original ceramic pickups.

Alnico with the Klon boost gets you right in that bell-like ballpark.
Very cool.

first time i understand the anatomy of different pickups, thank you

Excellent à savoir merci

I also think the ceramic sounds better. Likely, because the pickup was originally wound to match the ceramic pickups.

Those stock pickups sounded decent

They both have great qualities in your clean tones! Great video! Love doing these projects. This may sound stupid, but thanks for taking the mystery out of doing this mod.