Output

[Evilbiker]

How many percent less output will it be, if you wind with awg 43 insted of awg 42, or how much more approximately do i have to wind to get the same output?

[David Schwab]

The number of turns is what matters more than the DC resistance, so 5,000 turns of 42 should be roughly the same output as 5,000 turns of 43, but they will sound different.

Other factors are magnet strength and the basic design of the pickup.

[Evilbiker]

But a lite less output will it be, or?

[Evilbiker]

The number of turns is what matters more than the DC resistance, so 5,000 turns of 42 should be roughly the same output as 5,000 turns of 43, but they will sound different.

Other factors are magnet strength and the basic design of the pickup.

On a equal bobbin of course and same kind of magnets! Let say on a Jazz bass pickup winded to 9000 turns, with awg 42...how much more turns do i need to get the same output?

[David Schwab]

On a equal bobbin of course and same kind of magnets! Let say on a Jazz bass pickup winded to 9000 turns, with awg 42...how much more turns do i need to get the same output?

Same amount of turns, but the 43 will sound different.. more mids and a tighter tone. It makes a nice burpy Jazz bridge tone. I like to wind the neck pickups with 42 and the bridge with 43 for bass, but I wind more on the bridge pickup.