![]() ![]() The classic gold foils can look like humbuckers on the outside, with a row of adjustable screws along one side, but are single-coils on the inside. There are many different pickup form-factors and designs that use "gold foil" inside the pickup cover. It's one of my favorite repairs in my shop and very rewarding for me and my customers. Winding coils is a learned skill to apply the wire on the bobbins by hand. ![]() It lights up the copper and insulation sufficiently to greatly aid the application. One trick I learned is to use a small 120V snake-light with its small shade directed to the wire ahead of where it contacts & goes onto the bobbins - that way I can hand wind the wire, see it clearly and never go over the side of the bobbins. I encourage everyone who wants to build a winder to be creative so it fits their needs and skill levels. Jason's self-winder is genius but I hand wind. Since I hand wind all my pickups, I use my right hand to guide the wire, left hand to control the slide switch for speed - works great for me. For speed control I use a 120V light dimming switch and mounted it in a box that's attached to my winder's wooden plate. ![]() I use a physical mounting screws for my bobbins. I had a machinist make aluminum bobbin mounts in different sizes and different center to center mounting specs that attach to the axle and to the bobbins for the bobbin sizes we encounter. I changed some things due to my motor size, axle size, pulleys, axle bearings availability, room on my work bench and the device to tension the wire being wound on the bobbins. It's a bargain at $60 for what you'll learn if you want to build electronic pickups. Wanted to enter this thread and share from 10+ years experience and several different winders built: I have the Jason Lollar book and built a pickup winder using it as a guide. ![]()
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