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somewhere in that alumitone thread you'll find a post where i made a pup with just the transformer,no magnets,you just connect to the wires on the larger coil side of the tranny,and ignore the smaller side
Hey Richard, I was in this boat a week ago. I made one that didn't work, and it hummed when I plugged it in. I resanded the ends of the coil wires, tinned them, and resoldered the leads. This time it worked without any hum. As far as the magnet polarity, I had the magnets so that they are pulling together, not repelling each other, but I don't know how important that is.
Jonno,those 2 wires effectively become your pup wires,straight to a jack if you wish,or to a vol pot if you choose,i've linked one of Ted's diagrams if that's what you need,if you don't want the tone pot as well,just ignore it and don't connect to it.B T W,different transformers have different power/response ratings,so before you wire it up permanent,it would be a good idea to temporarily hook it to a jack and try it out to be sure it's good for what you need......http://handmademusicclubhouse.com/photo/pickup-vol-tone-jack?contex...
This is the one i played with Jonno,the piece of tin on top was to see how it worked on a reso,you don't need it.....http://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/how-to-make-a-license-pl...
1st thing Jonno,the other side of the transformer is not used,you could remove it if you want to to save weight,but some are connected internally,and you can ruin your main coil,as for the plate pick up,look at the
'how to make an alumitone pup' thread,it's pretty long,but you'll find most of the info you need to make a simple one,there's a lot of info re what's best,and it's still being explored and changing,but some of the really simple ones work pretty good
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