Truth is...I've been focusing on CBG acoustics. Electronics haven't interested me much. But now I have this Flathead box that just yells out "plug me in!"
So here I go...
I prefer the broad smooth humbucker sound over standard pickups. I pulled apart a cheap 9 volt wallwart and a couple headphones and used the larger wire for a test wind (the thinner wire was too tangled and fragile to use). I got sound, which was nice. I also picked up talk radio, but that happens.
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Cheers!
Robert
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The standard wire for pickups is 42 AWG, which as the others are saying, is about as thin as a human hair.
If you want to keep your sanity, you'll need to come up with a pickup winder to assist in winding it. There are various cheap/low tech ways to make a pickup winder. A drill is probably the best.
On the other hand, here is a guy who used thicker wall wart wire and hand wound it - http://onestringmusic.blogspot.com/2013/03/winding-1-string-humbuck...
Thanks for the valuable input everyone! Great suggestions top to bottom.
Dave (et al) - Is on-board volume considered a standard part of the pup assembly?
Wayfinder - I appreciate the 'wallwart or buy' advice. I might wallwart this one, though that growly sound is not where I'm drawn.
Skeezix- Thanks for the warning. If I were looking at 8000 winds I'd be auto-winding for sure. The article you linked (which I had meant to link in my post) references 400 per side. That sounds like a couple nights worth of walking dead. See...I'm a glutton for all types of punishment.
The image below is the style of pup that I'd like to become good at making. (It's from http://www.original-flatpup.com/)
Thanks again for all your help!
I think the input you're getting is great. I like a volume control on the instrument. I like tone too as i like a deep bass tone from my pickups. The volume control lets you adjust to the band while playing and you can pump up for the solo.
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