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That doesn't really tell you much which is a shame because I've been making my own pickups for a while and always like to see new methods and processes.

This on the other hand is a good article and worth bookmarking.
 
muttley600 said:
That doesn't really tell you much which is a shame because I've been making my own pickups for a while and always like to see new methods and processes.

This on the other hand is a good article and worth bookmarking.
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That's a good article. I've seen it before.

I wasn't trying to do a "how to" so much, but just offer a glimpse of some of the process. I made the video to email to my sister. I thought I'd share it here too. Volumes could be written on the nuances of pickup making.
 
JCH said:
That's a good article. I've seen it before.

I wasn't trying to do a "how to" so much, but just offer a glimpse of some of the process. I made the video to email to my sister. I thought I'd share it here too. Volumes could be written on the nuances of pickup making.
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Sorry didn't realise that was you and I wasn't critising just being hungry for more detail. Nice one I'd like to talk methods sometime if thats OK with you. Particularly interested in your winding setup. I've been meaning to jig up another setup soon. Mine is a bit old now and I'd like to get a better method of counting the wraps. How do you do it? Got any pics of how your doing it?
 
muttley600 said:
Sorry didn't realise that was you and I wasn't critising just being hungry for more detail. Nice one I'd like to talk methods sometime if thats OK with you. Particularly interested in your winding setup. I've been meaning to jig up another setup soon. Mine is a bit old now and I'd like to get a better method of counting the wraps. How do you do it? Got any pics of how your doing it?
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No apology needed. I'd be happy to share technique with you at any time.

I built the winder out of normal hardware store stuff for less than thirty dollars. It's my own design. The wheel on the right is directly driven at a 5:1 ratio by the motor. The wheel on the left is for the counter. It's driven by the mainshaft at a 10:1 ratio for the counter. It's a decade counter that counts every tenth turn. This allowed me to use a cheap reed switch that isn't very reliable at high speeds. The counter itself is a cheap pedometer that I wired to the switch. The maximum RPM is about 2,500 although The fastest I wind is about half that. I control the speed with my variac.

I've only got a couple guitars that don't have my handmade pickups in them.
 

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This could be quite useful, when I set about to build my own lap steel guitar. So far, I'm thinking along the lines of mahogany for the body/neck, and rosewood for the fingerboard, with pieces of maple as position markers (instead of frets). Right now, I can't decide which pickup I want to use. TV Jones TV-HT? Seymour Duncan Phat Cat? Seymour Duncan Lipstick? Gibson P90? Then again, after reading that article, my own creation? Decisions...decisions...

Matt
 
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