winding your own pickups

[pie_man_25]

well, I've decided to make my own bass when I get some cash, either maple neck-through, or ash bodie with maple bolt on neck. Either way, I was going to wind my own pickups with bobbins made from some scraps leftover from the bodie wood, I'm going to improvise on a winding machine using a drill and a counter, I just need some wire and magnets for the pickups, does anybody have Ideas?

[snarph]

try here stewartMcdonald has just about any thing you need


http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups/Supplies:_Wire,_cables/Pickup_Coil_Wire.html

[tunghaichuan]

Check out "Basic Pickup Winding" by Jason Lollar. It is out of print and used copies go for big bucks on eBay, but you may be able to get a copy from your local library via interlibrary loan.

Jason posts to the Music Electronics Forum (http://music-electronics-forum.com/) from time to time. In fact, there is a pickup winding section on that board.

tung