You need to know what gauge to buy from a supplier like say stewmac. Lollars constant goal is to wind pickups that have both character and clarity. The effects of winding and load on pickup tone gearslutz. I make custom pickups and rewind almost any guitar pickup. You need to know what gauge to buy from a supplier like say. In 1965, fender changed to machine winding, as it is a completely automated process. A lot of the sound of old fender pickups is due to the random layering and variable winding tension of the wire, which effects the tone. Pickup selector crossreference corresponding terminals of different types pickup switches. Jason lollars book, basic pickup winding and complete guide to making your own pickup winder, is now available for direct purchase. Reducing the voltage of the dc motor reduces its speed, but more importantly reduces its torque to the point where the wire wont break even if you hold the wire so it cant move. Not only that, weve also added some covers, bonus tracks, and a couple of remixes.
I wouldnt do it unless you are really in to learning how its done for pickup projects. In this article, we take a break from wiring pickups, switches and pots, and get to grips with the internal structure of a humbucker. Pickups and microphones for your musical instrument. Vintage pickup specifications for fender, gibson, etc. Lollar pickups is a tacoma, washingtonbased company that creates handmade pickups for electric guitar, bass, and steel guitar.
Lollar pickup winding book basic pickup winding book lollar. The winder has an auto traverse adjustable to various speed by. There is a lot of myth about pickups and pickup winding, and i found nothing in this book that an intelligent researcher couldnt afind on the internet, or bfigure out for themselves after taking a pickup or two apart. Our new kandahar guitar society ep, never forever, has dropped and is ready to stream and download for free. The basics of electric guitar pickups pro audio files. We can overwind or underwind your pickup as you desire. To isolate a problem, unsolder the pickup from the guitar so that other electronic components dont affect your tests. For the guitar enthusiast, basic pickup winding and. A comprehensive guide to the dizzying world of electric. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free.
It can be used for semi automatic winding of guitar bobbins by just using the bobbin motor and guiding the wire by hand or you can use the fully automated feeder arm that has a incremental resolution of 0. Hey, im thinking of getting into pickup winding my own pickups, and i wanted to know a couple of things before i bought anything. Pickup winding at stewartmacdonald your source for guitar parts, tools, and supplies. Listen and download, and let us know what you think. There is also a putty that is used for pickup winding, though i. Save pickup winding machine to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed. Pickup winding with turn counting, rpm, eta and auto stopstroboscopic guitar tunerohm meter for coil resistance measurementgaussmeter for measuring polarity and magnetic flux density of pole pieces i decided to use an arduino to control my guitar pickup winder. Winding and rewinding by hand allows us to stagger the winding process making for a much better sounding pickup. General properties of plain enamel plain enamel magnet wire is insulated with a synthetic resin enamel. It worked reasonably well, though i think maybe a bit thicker of tape would be better. Furthermore it gives us control over the number of winds and the quality of parts thus improving the tone and sound quality of the pickup. Winding few meters of thin enameled copper wire uniformly with h. This allows us to demystify fourconductor cable and understand how we can split coils or wire a humbucker in parallel instead of series.
You can find it in the lollar merchandise section under the resources tab. Pickup winding machine user manual features heavy duty 24vdc geared motor high efficiency dual h bridge motor driver ucontroller controlled speed, direction, and turns approx 1200 rpm max speed magnet gauss sensor backlit blue lcd screen powder coated metal casing optional foot control. The magnets are handy if rewinding a pickup that already has the slugs inserted. Read pdf online here 0966259912 pdf download for the guitar enthusiast basic pickup. Pickup winding book by jason lollar now available lollar. Back when electric guitars were a new thing, winding pickups was a.
Vintage fender guitar pickup spec info new river guitars. A 1979 graduate of the robertovenn school of luthiery, jason is the author of basic pickup winding and complete guide to making your own pickup winder, now in its third edition, and a contributor to bart hopkins getting a bigger sound. The company was founded in 1995 by luthier jason lollar, a 1979 graduate of the robertovenn school of luthiery, and author of basic pickup winding and complete guide to making your own pickup winder was also a contributor to bart hopkins getting a bigger sound. The overall design of a magnetic electric guitar pickup is very simple, but numerous variables such as the type and strength of the magnets, size of the coils, size of the wire, wire material, wire insulation, number of windings, winding pattern, pole piece design and so on affect a pickups performance, output and tonal characteristics. That wire is amazingly fine and easy to break during winding. Oct 03, 2016 winding bass guitar pickups with a homemade jig.
Sep 12, 2014 proquality pickup winder you can make at home. There is also a putty that is used for pickup winding, though i have not tried it. Machine winding takes away much of the character of the pickup. Hey yalls, im bored out of my mind and have decided that i want to make a really lousy pickup out of scrounged parts i have a whole bunch of really rather powerfull magnets out of hard drives, wires from the back end of tv ray tubes and lots and lots of free time, can anyone point my in the direction of basic pickup making tutorials or something. Relatively easy removal of film by mechanical or chemical means. If the coils are too far apart i figure out which one is wrong and rewind the pickup.
For attaching the pickup, i used a thin double sided tape that i had sitting around from repairing screens on a cell phone. Click here to read all about our pickups including our 1984 humbucker. If the reading is within tolerances i tape both wires up and move on with the next step, sealing the pickup. There are lots of books out there on the market on guitar repairs and guitar building, but i cannot think of any how to books on winding guitar pickups. This 70page edition includes a new preface, an updated list of parts and materials suppliers, and an updated list of references. Fifteen years ago i made a coil winder from plans in a book by jason lollar isbn 0966259920 specifically for winding guitar pickups. Pickup winding with the schatten pickup winder troubleshooting here are some common pickup ailments. It is the oldest of the film insulations and all basic properties are good. Software manual for the coil winding arm controller software. The bobbin is turned by a dc toy motor running on 6 volts instead of 9.
For the guitar enthusiast, basic pickup winding and complete guide to making your own pickup winder by jason d. Jason lollars classic book, basic pickup winding and complete guide to making your own pickup winder. If a rewind is needed we take many notes on winding pattern and wire used and do our best to restore the original sound and appearance of the pickup. It uses a sewing machine motorshaftflywheel for winding, and an oscillating fan motor driving a cam to slowly and uniformly guide the wire toandfro. Magnetone wire for guitar pickups on whitmorwirenetics. Proquality pickup winder you can make at home hackaday. With machine winding, this is all very sterile and consistent. We offer magnet and pickup aging and relic services upon request. Nov 28, 2008 this is the pickup winder ive just finished putting together. If you are interested in purchasing pickups, fill out the following form and i will email you an invoice. Pickup winding book by jason lollar now available lollar pickups. Lollar, stephanie lollar, april 1999, lollar publications edition, paperback in english 2 edition. We do a lot of custom pickup work and if you want something you cant get from a big box store, ebay, or an offshore website, shoot us an email. Thanks for the suggestion, ill add them to the instructable.
Pickup switch terminal diagrams internal switch connections for pickup selectors and mini switches. Machine winding a machine spins the bobbin and moves back and forth at a regular pace, distributing the wire evenly across the bobbin. Over the recent days, i have been planning to make numerous projects that include electromagnetism. Or you can simply follow this link to purchase jason lollars book about basic pickup winding. Ok im going to be winding my own pups soon from the stewmac humbucker kit. Pdf download for the guitar enthusiast basic pickup winding. I figured it would be a good way to put it into use. We are getting some great comments on our custom jwilliams attackbucker and super duper pickups. Hand winding a machine spins the bobbin, but the magnet wire goes through the hands of an operator who distributes the wire along the bobbin. Pickup winding handmade guitars luthier school guitar. For the guitar enthusiast, basic pickup winding and complete guide to making your own pickup winder book. Jason lollar is an american luthier, musician, and cofounder of lollar pickups. The magnets are handy if re winding a pickup that already has the slugs inserted. Swatem swatem is a software for designing and analyzing of windings systems for electrical machines.
It took many tools and much time and effort to make. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. This page shows how i adapted a small drill press for winding pickups. Basic pickup winding by jason lollar is available directly through the lollar pickups web site. This is the best choice for periodcorrect, authentic single coil pickup winding wire. Normal dc resistance for a singlecoil pickup is 68k. His book basic pickup winding and complete guide to making your own pickup winder, set off the industrys aftermarket pilgrimage to achieving better tone through better pickups. I have a copy of this, seemingly, homemade book, and you can get much of the information in it elsewhere, nowadays. You can download the guitar electronics schematic plus pdf collection here. All these projects require copper wire to be wound uniformly in the form of a coil. The two main pickup families are singlecoil and humbucking pickups. Im particularly interested in p90s and charlie christian pickups, which i plan on making for my jolana tornado mod. This documentation applies for use of the software on the following machines.
Output is weak what is the dc resistance of the pickup. This is the pickup winder ive just finished putting together. If it is a humbucker coil im winding i make sure that it closely matches the readings of the other coil. Cnc 200mm coil winder mk2 mini coil winder mk2 custom coil winders.
Jason lollar is widely considered the moses of pickup winding. This essay covers the conversion of an inexpensive pickup in this case a mexican fender singlecoil first thing that must be done is to strip the pickup down to its components. Info on other kinds of pickups, as well as magnet comparison, wire choice, bobin making, magnetization, and diy windersmagnetizers is also very. The s90 is my version of a strat pickup like a p90.
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