Parts-bin Telecaster and winding your own pickups

[ken cierp]

Yep I had one - talk about primitive! This bobbin is about fifty years old, made of wood using a coping saw and drill press. Actually I am glad I found this thing -- just a reminder that where there's a will there's a way.

[Daniel P]

thanks guys - Ken that one is much cleaner than that first one I made.

Hopefully my hall sensor will show up today, and I can get programming an Arduino based wrap counter. Once thats in place, it'll be time to wrap. First up will be a humbucker for a friend's lap steel that I'm helping hot-rod.

Then I'll get into some tele and strat pickups...

[Daniel P]

The hall effect sensor arrived, and worked great with the Arduino. I programmed it to display both RPM and wrap count. The winding went smoothly. After reading some about the sonic benefits of a hybrid coil I woulnd them at 5050 wraps, and 4750 (5%under) and came up with a series resistance of roughly 7.75kΩ ( you can see the resistance change as it warms up in your hand).

Now to wire it up in the lap steel.