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Thin Pickup sound check

Posted by Dan Sleep on March 19, 2013 at 6:38pm
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A hand made thin pickup for a cigar box guitar

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  • Dan Sleep March 20, 2013 at 5:48pm

    Here is a side shot where you can just make out the windings...

    http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/img-0910-1?context=user

  • Dan Sleep March 20, 2013 at 5:46pm

    @Slowhound...90 minutes, not 90 miles.

  • Dan Sleep March 20, 2013 at 5:45pm

    Yes, there are some really thin neo magnets in the middle. They are an inch long, .25 inch wide, and 1/16 inch thick. I have four of them, 2 are end to end, with 2 more stacked on top.

    I don't know how many turns I put on it, but it is probably in the vicinity of 1 to 2 thousand, tops. If I continue to do this, I will have to invest in some equipment, including one of those calculator hacked counters.

  • Stevesteve March 20, 2013 at 5:07pm
    I reckon there's some little neodymium magnets in the middle!

    Cheers,
    Steve
  • BUGGY (C) March 20, 2013 at 4:23pm

    is the formica ferrous then?... or is this witchcraft?

     

  • BUGGY (C) March 20, 2013 at 4:22pm

    ??? eh

  • smilingdog1 March 20, 2013 at 12:28pm

    Cool! An area barely explored in guitar technology. Keep us up dated.

  • Randy S. Bretz March 20, 2013 at 8:34am

    !!!!!! 

  • Stevesteve March 20, 2013 at 8:25am
    I found a value of 2.18ohms per metre for 42swg copper.
    So 1800ohms would be 825m.
    Assuming it is approx 0.1m (very rough guess) circumference then that would be 8250 turns... Really? Does that sound right?

    Cheers,
    Steve
  • the anonymous pick March 20, 2013 at 3:12am

    nice and thin  ..     pretty tone too  . 

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