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Comment by Eric Townsend on August 28, 2011 at 1:39pm

Thanks Kenneth, I think my next ones will be wound at 3 or so -- thought I'd even try a low-powered humbucker so that both coils add up to 3-ish....  I sure wish I had a woodshop/bench I could keep set up all the time...I have to haul out, set up and put away the tools and/or have everything do double-duty -- like I have to build my winder each time I want to wind...pain in the A and lends itself easily to procrastination --- 

 

as for magnets...gotta find a cheap source for ceramic bar magnets...this is cool and sure works but it's a wide one like a frig magnet...wish these weren't so brittle: I could saw these in half and they'd be perfect sized for the CBG bobbins. I'll let you know when I get the next pickup wound.

 

ET

Comment by Kenneth Peterson on August 27, 2011 at 8:02pm

  Leo"s  Strats were 3.5  to 3.8 or so ...Ive had 5 pre BS   the ones I tested never got the ohm meter to 4.ohms   

  even the grey bottoms on my 1965 transitional [4 bolt neck] it could make all the AXIS sounds     ..FULL and HUGE  with fast gains  in the pickups themselves.....all the polepieces were ground slightly different...Alnico 5  mags.   the presence  very open...  the slab Strats  61   62  63    were different [blk bottoms]   my faves were the grey bottoms.       wish we could sit  and  strum over coffee    good luck         KP

Comment by Kenneth Peterson on August 27, 2011 at 7:18pm

Way to go!!!     I got to wind some pickups before I die......bucket list is long,..........KP