I'm thinking about winding my own pickups (not right away! ) I don't know where I can get the copper, magnets, stuff like that. Where do you get it and how do you make/wind them???!??! How did you learn to wind pickups if you do. Also, would I have to change anything (winding wise) to make it active?
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Koi
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Koi
Fender MIM Jazz Bass Club #1
There's threads in Pickup forum FAQ that should be informative.
I looked into winding pups a long time ago but I could buy them a lot cheaper and felt a long-shot to improve on what's been done - not to mention I could be playing them instead of making them. But I was thinking in practical terms not looking for a hobbie or I may have thought different.
Active pups have an internal preamp and any I've seen are epoxy potted - not a beginner project.
indeed all the stuff you need is available on stewmac. they dont have 1 inch magnets though (exposed poles), and for some very odd reason the .688 are half the price of the .710.... very awkward. They also have tons of good info on their 'free information' section. Schatten makes a nice winder, I have yet to try it though, my buddy says it works great. they also sell copper and a few things. If you aint willin to spend the big bucks for a winder, you can definitely make your own, variable speed motor and a reed switch is basically what you need.
My tutorial mentioned above could be a good start to show you what I went through to build my first pickup but don't use it as a base to build a Musicman pickup. It was basically guesstimation on that one.
I found many answers to my queries on the ampage site.Check out their pickup makers forum.
here's the link: http://www.firebottle.com/ampage/.
You could also check out Seymour duncan's faq on his site, too.
) I don't know where I can get the copper, magnets, stuff like that. Where do you get it and how do you make/wind them???!??! How did you learn to wind pickups if you do. Also, would I have to change anything (winding wise) to make it active?
