Hi all,
i have recently decided to have a go at making my own pickup.
There are dosens of pages on how to do this but none say where to get the "bare" (no plastic surround) copper wire in the UK. I have tried electrical wholesalers near by but no luck.
Does anyone know of any places that might sell them (preferably Herefordshire/Worcestershire or West Midlands).
Thanks
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Maplin?
They tend to have most things
www.maplin.co.uk/
Rapid electronics they have a really good web site.
Thanks - I'll have a look at Maplin's website now.
I have found what i need on the Maplin website
all of the 'how-to' sites gave the wire gauge in AWG (the American measurement) so I found this page to convert it our sysytem:
I've seen somewhere on the web a bloke making pickup from the coils of wire in transformers. He said a 12V transformer akes a good pickup... I mean to gett round to having ago over the next couple of weeks. I'm thinking of getting some magnets from an old hard drive to see if I can use the coui from a transformer as a pickup.
Anyone tried it?
see this You Tube clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQkRVgLDgho
Hi Sean,
Yes I have seen this before and have taken apart a couple of old transformers - but haven't but them to use yet.
Also (great minds think alike) i have two old hard drive magnets I have thought of using. :)
Crap - my first attempt at winding a pickup just went horribly wrong. :(
hurray IT LIVES
stupidly i forgot to scratch off the enamel coating at the ends of the coil to make a connection
doh!
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