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My first pickup from scratch! Couldn't' find any brass eyelets so had to rig my own from grounding tabs. Maple bobbin. sized for a 3-stringer. Bobbin measures between a Strat and a P-90...a little shorter and fatter than a single coil. Wound to 6.2 ohms...probably could wind it to 3.5 and it'd sound great, since this is a little dark without pushing the treble and mids on the amp.
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  • Thanks Kenneth, I think my next ones will be wound at 3 or so -- thought I'd even try a low-powered humbucker so that both coils add up to 3-ish....  I sure wish I had a woodshop/bench I could keep set up all the time...I have to haul out, set up and put away the tools and/or have everything do double-duty -- like I have to build my winder each time I want to wind...pain in the A and lends itself easily to procrastination --- 

     

    as for magnets...gotta find a cheap source for ceramic bar magnets...this is cool and sure works but it's a wide one like a frig magnet...wish these weren't so brittle: I could saw these in half and they'd be perfect sized for the CBG bobbins. I'll let you know when I get the next pickup wound.

     

    ET

  •   Leo"s  Strats were 3.5  to 3.8 or so ...Ive had 5 pre BS   the ones I tested never got the ohm meter to 4.ohms   

      even the grey bottoms on my 1965 transitional [4 bolt neck] it could make all the AXIS sounds     ..FULL and HUGE  with fast gains  in the pickups themselves.....all the polepieces were ground slightly different...Alnico 5  mags.   the presence  very open...  the slab Strats  61   62  63    were different [blk bottoms]   my faves were the grey bottoms.       wish we could sit  and  strum over coffee    good luck         KP

  • Way to go!!!     I got to wind some pickups before I die......bucket list is long,..........KP
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