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  Slow Mick October 29, 2023 at 4:43am

  Looks impressive! How many threads of wire do you use? What gage of wireˆ

  Thank You
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  HarleyTodd May 7, 2013 at 5:07pm

  Looks great.  I would really like to build my own slim style pickup (really any pickup, but slim seems to work so much better on neck thru design).  I have been to the great Elmar's site and stuff looks great, as does this one.  I read in the comments here about alot of references to parts of the building of this, but for someone who has never made a pickup, seems hard to follow discussion enough to try my own build.  Is there a step by step, with pics, explanation anywhere to making pickups?  I read about "north up, x ohms, magnets in teh middle etc," but never quite understand.  thanks everyone. 
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  Maddog April 18, 2013 at 10:51pm

  Looks nice Patrick.

  There must be magic in that Sheep Cheese Elmar lol I don't believe the local grocery has that here in Nebraska :-)

  These flat pickups ya'll make are quite amazing gentlemen!
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  Slowpaw Steve T April 18, 2013 at 2:06pm

  tin plated cans (which formerly contained sheep cheese from Denmark to be exact :-)

  ...so that's the secret!  i thought the magic was in the coils....! (-;

   
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  Craig Mayhem April 18, 2013 at 12:53pm

  well never mind then, lol
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  Patrick Snapp April 18, 2013 at 12:52pm

  No that's a different more conventional pick up
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  Craig Mayhem April 18, 2013 at 12:47pm

  Ah, now I see that the steel is sticking out at the top! 
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  Patrick Snapp April 18, 2013 at 12:36pm

  Just sanded smooth I did think of that prior to winding, should be good only time will tell.
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  Elmar Zeilhofer April 18, 2013 at 12:20pm

  did you protect the edges with tapes or so? In the beginning, some of my coils were damages due to the sharp ends. They shortcutted
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  Patrick Snapp April 18, 2013 at 12:15pm

  Regular 22 gauge sheet steel is wht I used