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Comment by Rick Alexander on June 27, 2016 at 4:49pm

Cool Dano, I'll bust up some wall warts and try a few more. Yours will probably end up thicker, but I'm hoping that wire is faster and easier to work with.

Comment by Dano Schultz on June 27, 2016 at 4:12pm

Thanks, Rick. If it is something important, I perform best at 2 beers/hour (preferably IPAs). I just have to get myself psyched into a sedentary mode and maybe add pair of ibuprofen for my rheumatic fingers. Hey, this could be a good new activity to keep my fingers moving (!), per Dr's orders...

Also (always thinking), I decided I am going to call my (future) slim pups "Sail Cat Humbuckers".  A "sail cat" is  a dried up and totally flat cat that has spent a few weeks/months lying in the road & getting flattened by autos & trucks. It can then be picked up and thrown to sail like a  Fisbee (R) or a kite with a furry tail... Sort of a way to avoid any implied connection to the fine commercially made and/or patented type(s) of thin pickups (pups) that are carefully crafted by folks who make a living by selling them - Respect!

Comment by Rick Alexander on June 27, 2016 at 3:39pm

Yeah Dave, I was curious about these.

Hey Dano, most important thing I forgot, this takes a while, so make sure you're comfortable, got something to drink, etc. It's simple, just tedious. 

Comment by Dave Lynas on June 27, 2016 at 3:24pm

Nice Rick. I love the slim pups.

Comment by Dano Schultz on June 27, 2016 at 3:22pm

Thanks, Rick. I saw  onestringmusic.blogspot.com already. I'll be winding later this week on my first try.  I'll try to keep count of my wraps...  and report back.

Comment by Rick Alexander on June 27, 2016 at 5:30am

Hey Dano, I think you want 400 wraps per side. The wire I used is probably 4-5 times finer than what I saw in the picture of the wire from the wall wart, so I wrapped until it was as high as the magnets. You might want to try and count, you will have better results , I think. I went to  onestringmusic.blogspot.com . I already had the magnets, Home Depot has em', 1/4" round x 1/8" tall neodyium. 

Comment by Dano Schultz on June 27, 2016 at 4:47am

Thanks, Rick. I got my busted up wall wort coils of fine wire ready. There are so many detailed specs from serious pickup winders out there & I've been a bit confused as to how many wraps, what size magnets, etc (I think too much sometimes)... 

Your answer is authentically CBG in the best way:

not too pretty, but it sounds good

and

I didn't even try to count 

Best way to go, I think!

Comment by Rick Alexander on June 27, 2016 at 2:31am

Hey Dano, I didn't even try to count. The wire is thinner than silk. I spent over an hour winding each side. I was pretty surprised that it actually worked.

Comment by Dano Schultz on June 27, 2016 at 2:18am

Nice, Rick.  How many winds per side?

Comment by Rick Alexander on June 27, 2016 at 2:06am

The wire has a coating on it, it needs to be sctatched off the ends when soldering leads to it, I wouldn't consider it insulated, though.  I mounted it in a box, and it definitely will need to be grounded to the strings. I was holding it by the corners when I tested it, so I was grounding it.

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