I did this an a whim. This a wallwart type . I used proper pickup wire that I had,42ga.I tested it and it's loud.I'm gonna use it on my next one.
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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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Nice, Rick. How many winds per side?
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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