There is an old myth about pickups and ohms. Though I understand the misunderstanding of higher ohms equals a hotter pickup. You take an electrical meter, measuring the ohm of a pickup, the numbers climb up high and viola, you think its a hot picku
Read more…Hey guys, I am starting to get my hands dirty in making my own homegrown pickups. I figured a custom CBG should have custom pickups.
I decided to tackle the P90 design because thats my favorite sound thanks to Jimi Hendrix ;)
Anyway, I been searching
Read more…What is the best quality coils out there?
Stewmac has coils but they were too expensive, so I took a ride with cheap alternatives and was not disappointed.
My findings are that coils made by Electriksola and Adept are very quality coils and cheap in
Read more…I have tried a couple and they come out extremely bright and harsh. Is there a way to warm them up?
Read more…I have a few questions concerning using a wood lathe to turn a pickup. My knowledge is very limited so here goes.
1. The lathe turns toward the operator, does the direction of the windings matter?
2. Which would be a better counter a mechanical or
Read more…Hi guys I know nothing about electric but I have gust built a resso and use a pre amp but not over joyed wjth the results can I bur a flat pub and use it with the pre amp systom Mal (UK)
Read more…Just started CBG's about 6 months ago have made 2 fret less 3 stringers one diddly bow a 4 string fret less , one fretted 3 string with a pickup I wound on my home made winder. I'm currently working on a nother fretted 3 string with a domino topped w
Read more…Does anyone have any soldering/resoldering tips when finishing up their pickups? I tried lightly sanding the wire before soldering, but it's tough! It's also difficult to hold and control the thin wire while soldering.
Thanks,
Wade
Read more…is it possible to wire up a humbucker and piezio picups together or do you need o use a swtich Mal (UK)
Read more…I wound two coils for a humbucker before they coils were put into the PUP they measured 4.6&4.3k Ohm. Installed the PUP sounds weak so I remeasured and now I get 4k and .6k. This can't be normal what could be going on?
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