What went wrong
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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Pick up help
I've never made a pick up but I like the look of the correct number of poles to strings (Ya OCD is strong within me) which is why I'm thinking I want to make a humbucker pick up with 3 or 4 poles.
First I need some clarification on Pup anatomy, a si
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I'm making my 2nd CBG and decided a matching amp would be nice. I've made other amps (noisy cricket) so I followed that again but omitted the tone knob. I had it working on the bench but now that I have it all installed in the box I have really low
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I've been playing guitar(6 string) for 4-5 years and slide for the last few. I've been a woodworker off and on since high school shop class and I've always wanted to make a guitar. I'd done lots of internet reseach on guitar building but never got o
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