The pickup is the first one I did with 42AWG wire. 5000 wraps. HUGE difference between this one and the one I built using the 30AWG wire from radioshack. Much better tone and volume. The bobbin is black walnut, and the cover plate is hemlock stained cherry.

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Comment by Steve Becker on September 7, 2009 at 5:09am
The wire from RS does work, but the wire from Stewart Mcdonald works better. I use an old crank style drill to wrap the wire. Each turn of the crank makes the drill head turn 4 times, so I count every 250 cranks and that gives me 1000 wraps. I mark it down with a pencil and crank another 250 times. It takes about 30 minutes. I found the drill at a flea market for $2.00
Comment by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on September 7, 2009 at 4:08am
Oh and what did you use to count the wraps?
Comment by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on September 7, 2009 at 4:07am
I thought about using the 30awg from RS but it didn't seem to be enough. So you got some kind of pickup from that?

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