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- Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:37 pm
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: hand wound pickup question
- Replies: 9
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Re: hand wound pickup question
Wow, info overload lol. First, Beate, thank you for that info. still kinda doesnt make sense but i understand most of it. Secondly, David, I may just keep the larger wire wind pickups. Definitely sounds interesting. On to Brian, as for how much wire? I have no idea. All I know is , I wound it as smo...
- Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:09 am
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: hand wound pickup question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11244
Re: hand wound pickup question
Okay. when i peeled wire coating off of coil harness i found that the wires for coil tap had touched against the shielding copper. That's why I figured blown. So I removed the shielded wire bundle down to just the 4 short wires coming out of the coil, I tested there. 1 showed continuity. Nothing on ...
- Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:47 am
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: hand wound pickup question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11244
Re: hand wound pickup question
Okay first. The reason for my thoughts of blown. I tested pickup leads with a mutimeter. No reading at all. So I took it apart. 1 coil showed continuity, the other none. So, 1 bad coil. 1 bad on neck as well as bridge. When I tore it apart, I found coil tap wires had touched ground. So I pulled them...
- Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:36 am
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: hand wound pickup question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11244
hand wound pickup question
Hello. I have built an electric guitar. I have done all of it myself so far. Body, neck, fretboard, everything myself by hand. I put the pickups in and wired it all up only to find 1 wire in the bundles touched ground and blew 1 coil in both pickups. I have another set coming, but in the meantime I ...