Broken Pickup wire??

   I'm building my first CBG and its a 3-string CBG I was winding my pickup and the wire broke , My question is, Can magnet wire be spliced and the pickup still work right? I have around 1200 turns on the pickup. Dang%$&^!! NEED HELP PLEASE, and Thanks.

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  • What's your winding setup? I found myself breaking the wire all the time when I first started. I got very few breaks after resting the spool of wire on the floor beneath the bobbin - the wire comes off easily. Also make sure the surfaces of the bobbin are mega smooth - even the tiniest burr will cause the wire to catch! I'm just thinking prevention is better than cure...

    • Its a build on a budget its a hand crank winder and the wire is recycled from Ac adapters.

  • One other option would be to leave both ends of the 1200 turns you have already, and tape them off on the bobbin. Now start a new coil that lays over top of the first one. Then you should end up with 4 loose ends. Two overlapping coils on the same bobbin. Then just solder the 4 loose ends together to make 2 wires.

    • I don't have any of the copper tape so I'll try soldering it I guess, might be hard just soldering just the wire together, not all that good at soldering. Thank you.

  • Take each end of the pickup wire, scrape the insulating off with your fingernail or a piece of fine sandpaper.

    Either wind them together and solder them, or use a small piece of copper tape like you use to shield a pickup cavity.

    I have had to do that a few times, and it works.

  • Yes, you can!

    • How do you go about splicing it I'm at a lost, thanks.

    • What you want to do is a "Western Union" splice like this:

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      Then solder and keep wrapping. If you're using magnet wire with solderable insulation, you don't even need to strip the wire first (test on some scrap wire first!)

    • Thanks

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