14k at 15,000 turns??

[lowell]

I broke the winding towards beginning of this winding and solder spliced it back together. I'm guessing this is what is causing this pickup to read to high? The solder was not very good? note: this is the second pickup I've ever wound.

[guitician]

A solder joint has a very low resistance. Anyway, ~1ohm per turn seems a bit high. What are you using to measure the ohms?

[lowell]

A wavetek multimeter. I think it cost me around $160.00.

[Blindjimme]

What bobbin are you putting 15000 turns on?

[lowell]

oh yeah that'd help... a vintage strat bobbin and I'm using 44awg wire.

[Possum]

44 gauge wire is very high ohms per foot, you're going to get a pretty dark sounding pickup with that many winds, you probably won't like it....

[PoorMan]

44 gauge wire is very high ohms per foot, you're going to get a pretty dark sounding pickup with that many winds, you probably won't like it....

+1

[lowell]

aside from sound any thoughts on why such a big difference in DC resistance only 1000 turns difference? I wound another coil at 14,000 turns and it measures 7.8k.

[chevalij]

I'd think the first one at 7.8k was probably shorted somewhere giving you a false low reading. Putting 14,000 turns of 44 should be high. 8000 turns of 43 on a tele bobbin (which is smaller than a strat) will yield mid 7s.

[lowell]

aha! Yes makes sense. Thanks for your input! exactly what I was looking for.

[NightWinder]

Your probably going to want to bumb that turn count up a bit possibly. 14,600 is gonna get you around 17.55k with single build 44....

[NightWinder]

aside from sound any thoughts on why such a big difference in DC resistance only 1000 turns difference? I wound another coil at 14,000 turns and it measures 7.8k. You have a short in the coil, or the "mend" at the break did'nt hold to good. You should be at around 17k for 14,000 turns of 44

[Ruel]

Did you insulate the soldered joint? I use lacquer in a spray can and a hair dryer. I only continue winding after the lacquer has dried enough to insulate the soldered joint.

[lowell]

I did not. My theory is why insulate one sanded off point if the rest of the wire on the bobbin is insulated? Is someone gonna slap me on the wrist?

[Ruel]

Jeez! Why would anybody want to slap you on the wrist? If you are confident that your soldered joint will not short out, then good for you.

[David Schwab]

I did not. My theory is why insulate one sanded off point if the rest of the wire on the bobbin is insulated? Is someone gonna slap me on the wrist?

Because the solder joint can easily scrape though the very thin insulation on the other turns of magnet wire?

I think the pickup is already showing the problem.

[lowell]

it was a joke guys... I was just saying that thinking I had possibly done a "no no" w/ not covering that bit of wire. Which it turns out is true. thanks!