MAKING GUITAR PICKUPS!

Dan Sleep December 9, 2011 at 3:02pm

You guys realize this thread is over 2 years old, right?

mike anderson Blues Box Guitars December 9, 2011 at 2:53pm

sorry, i'll try and help, i aint smart but, my pups work good. all my knowledge was gained here at the nation, and some on you-tube. if you want i could send you one to examine.

BUGGY (C) December 9, 2011 at 1:14pm

Just made one and for the first time it works, see my video.. its quiet but doesnt hum and works

used 3 maplins magnet and wire..

I'm now trying to perfect them..

There is a great book on pickups on amazon I could highly recommend.,

you need 7000-8000 winds of very thin wire, the magnets all need to be facing the same way a base plate of steel to help the magnetic flow, wax to pot it afterwards, and dont forget to scrape the wires before you solder them to remove the invisible protective coating..

Kevin M. Kraft November 2, 2009 at 11:07am

I did.

Naz Nomad said:

... did you check your invites?

Kevin M. Kraft November 1, 2009 at 9:52pm

And I guess I didn't receive your notice pointing me to Mad Scientist forum for some reason. Thanks for not ignoring me affter all. :)

Ted Crocker said:

Hi Kevin, I haven't ignored you but you asked a millionteen questions that require more time than I've had lately and a lot of answers and links I've already posted.

I did point you to a Pickup discussion in Ted's Mad Scientist Lab and if you have specific questions not answered there just post a question there. I'm happy to help, but moving my shop and home has taken a big bite out of the time I have to answer one on one questions that are already answered here. Sorry, but if you ask here, me and others who are knowledgeable will jump in and help.

The search feature here works great!!

Hope this helps, but if not let's open it up here to discussion...

Ted

Kevin, what's up with Drifters? Should be any day now right?

Kevin M. Kraft November 1, 2009 at 9:51pm

Yep. Drifters should be up any day now. Sometime this week, I'm hoping.

Ted Crocker said:

Hi Kevin, I haven't ignored you but you asked a millionteen questions that require more time than I've had lately and a lot of answers and links I've already posted.

I did point you to a Pickup discussion in Ted's Mad Scientist Lab and if you have specific questions not answered there just post a question there. I'm happy to help, but moving my shop and home has taken a big bite out of the time I have to answer one on one questions that are already answered here. Sorry, but if you ask here, me and others who are knowledgeable will jump in and help.

The search feature here works great!!

Hope this helps, but if not let's open it up here to discussion...

Ted

Kevin, what's up with Drifters? Should be any day now right?

Jkevn November 1, 2009 at 9:27pm

Must be the eloquent way you ask for help......maybe five quality responses will dial back the frustration level a bit. I may have missed it, but out of the six discussions you've started, only this one asks about pups. I'm not a mag-pup expert, but I, like everyone else here will do what we can to help.

Play nice :)

HENRY LOWMAN November 1, 2009 at 9:20pm

I use piezos, as they are the easiest to make (if one knows how to solder them properly). Ted Crocker has posted some diagrams on the photo page that should help you immensely! Good luck! Remember, no rules, no limits...

Skeesix November 1, 2009 at 6:52pm

My pickup winding workshop http://cigarboxguitars.com/workshops/Pickup_Workshop.php will give you some ideas. A piezo pickup is another option. There's tons of info on how to do that around the web.

Or you can buy a pickup from me at http://skeesixcbgs.com/index.html (there's a link to my eBay auctions there).

Or you can buy pickups from Ted Crocker. Or you can use any guitar pickup; it will just have extra polepieces if you are using less than 6 strings.

Skeesix

Mortimer Snerd November 1, 2009 at 12:42pm

http://www.buildyourguitar.com/resources/lemme/index.htm

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