Old Fralin Video (Stew-Mac)

[Jeff Callahan]

I just saw an old Stew-Mac video of Lindy Fralin talking about pickup winding and electronics recorded in the 90's. It's a seminar he gave somewhere, and have never heard of it. Anybody heard of this?

[PoorMan]

Where did you see it?

[Possum]

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Yes I have that video somewhere around here. Its pretty basic. The thing that kind of shocked me was he said he sees no conceivable use for 44 gauge wire :-) Does StewMac still sell it?

[David Schwab]

The thing that kind of shocked me was he said he sees no conceivable use for 44 gauge wire :-) Does StewMac still sell it?

No they don't. They even say that Rickenbacker pickups use 43!

43-AWG is used at the Tele® neck position and in Rickenbacker pickups. 43-gauge wire requires fewer windings to attain a desired coil resistance.

I never think about the "desired coil resistance"!

[Jeff Callahan]

A friend gave it to me. It's a great reference for people like me still trying to learn the basics.

[Possum]

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It also contains all the secrets of vintage PAFs. Well, at least the copy I got from that guy I met down at the crossroads at midnight.....funny, he wanted to tune my guitar for me so I let him, and made me sign a receipt

[Grindell]

Yeah, I bought the video after it came out. Eventually, I wound up talking to Lindy, explaining I was in the beginning stage of learning to wind my own pickups. He had several things to say, first of which is that he did that presentation for one of those luthier's conventions, and didn't make it himself, nor was he paid for it or receving any money for it.

He then went on to offer me quite a bit of advice, including offering to sell me some wire to start with. He couldn't have been nicer about the whole thing. I still think highly of him for taking the time to talk to a complete noob like myself.

[madialex]

Yeah, I bought the video after it came out. Eventually, I wound up talking to Lindy, explaining I was in the beginning stage of learning to wind my own pickups. He had several things to say, first of which is that he did that presentation for one of those luthier's conventions, and didn't make it himself, nor was he paid for it or receving any money for it.

He then went on to offer me quite a bit of advice, including offering to sell me some wire to start with. He couldn't have been nicer about the whole thing. I still think highly of him for taking the time to talk to a complete noob like myself.

Hi, yes Lindy is a very nice guy! I went by his shop one day and just popped in, he gave the grand tour, showed me all his old guitars, the winders, presses, wire etc... Even showed his new amp that he was having built for him under his name before it was even done yet. He is a great guy..

[Grindell]

You know who else was nice to me? Seymour Duncan. I talked to him after that flare up that happened a couple of years ago involving SK and some comments made about the old Pickup Makers Association. I talked to him after that, and happened to mention that I was a part of that, and he had only kind words for not only the group, but also this site and all us amateur and small time winders. He said that he didn't really consider us his competition, and even if we were his competition, he wished us all the best. He made the comment about a rising tide lifting all boats. He couldn't have been more of a gentleman about the whole thing.

[LtKojak]

You know who else was nice to me? Seymour Duncan. I talked to him after that flare up that happened a couple of years ago involving SK and some comments made about the old Pickup Makers Association. I talked to him after that, and happened to mention that I was a part of that, and he had only kind words for not only the group, but also this site and all us amateur and small time winders. He said that he didn't really consider us his competition, and even if we were his competition, he wished us all the best. He made the comment about a rising tide lifting all boats. He couldn't have been more of a gentleman about the whole thing.

Old Pickup Makers Association? That sounds interesting... how can I search for the "incident"? Is it on this forum?

Inquiring minds would like to know...

[Possum]

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You have to be an old pickup maker It has one member....me. Actually it was the original Ampage forum, SK ran it and had a group buyer's association, he still sells stuff and I think still has a small forum somewhere but its not very active, haven't look there in a long time.

[Mike Sulzer]

"43-AWG is used at the Tele® neck position and in Rickenbacker pickups. 43-gauge wire requires fewer windings to attain a desired coil resistance."

If you wind for a constant resistance, changing to smaller wire, the number of turns drops, and the inductance and output both go down, the resonant frequency goes up and the damping also goes up. So you tend to get a flatter response to a higher frequency.

It could sound like it has less highs.

[RedHouse]

...it was the original Ampage forum, SK ran it and had a group buyer's association...

Yeah whatever happened to SK? seems like he faded away. I remember he used to have a spread sheet to use as a parts/price list.

[David Schwab]

Yeah whatever happened to SK? seems like he faded away. I remember he used to have a spread sheet to use as a parts/price list.

Pickup making components and pricing

[RedHouse]

Pickup making components and pricing

I meant the guy, as relative to posting conversations etc.