Peter Bryenton's Blog – April 2021 Archive (1)

Make your own mini-humbucker pickup from a scrapped electric toothbrush

Question: what do you do with a “wirelessly” re-charged electric toothbrush when its battery eventually dies?

Answer: salvage the tiny induction coil from inside the sealed body of the toothbrush handle. It’s ideal for making your own pickups. All it needs is a magnetic core and some patient, fine wiring work.

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Added by Peter Bryenton on April 8, 2021 at 12:00am — 15 Comments

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