Went crazy, put 10 thousand turns on a bridge A2 strat single coil

[Grindell]

Was going for 9200, wound up with 10100.... Wounder how that's going to sound? This is 42 gauge spn.....

[FunkyKikuchiyo]

does the cover fit?

[Grindell]

Yes, the cover fits. The coil is just about perfectly full.... I'll solder up the ends and meter it tonight when I get home. Usually with 9200, the bridges I wind come in at about 6.9-7.1k, and that's just about perfect. No idea what 10100 will sound like....

[big_teee]

Yes, the cover fits. The coil is just about perfectly full.... I'll solder up the ends and meter it tonight when I get home. Usually with 9200, the bridges I wind come in at about 6.9-7.1k, and that's just about perfect. No idea what 10100 will sound like....

Must be on a Tall bobbin with tall magnets.

[Grindell]

Yeah, they're magnets I bought from SK about 5 years ago, the bobbins are the mojotone bobbins.

[Grindell]

Ok, turns out it was 6.95k before wax potting....

[copperheadroads]

I have wound them to 7.5k of 42 on a standard .436" bobbin ,just can get the cover on
these make me nervous

[John Carlsen]

Ok, turns out it was 6.95k before wax potting....

wow, that sounds really low for 10,100 turns. I wound a friend's tele bridge pickup with the same wire and 10,500 turns and it was almost 8k

[Sweetfinger]

wow, that sounds really low for 10,100 turns. I wound a friend's tele bridge pickup with the same wire and 10,500 turns and it was almost 8k

Tele bridge is a slightly longer bobbin? 6.95K sounds about like a Fender Texas Special. Of course, YMMV.

[FunkyKikuchiyo]

That does sound low... nom/max wire maybe?

[Grindell]

I'm using 42 spn from wirenetics. It could also be that the mechanical counter on my homemade winder is off. I made it per the Lollar book about 7 or 8 years ago. It uses a mechanical counter run by a pulley and a belt and a matching pulley on the shaft of the winder. The pulleys might be slightly off in size. It doesn't seem to be, when turning once, or 10 times, but it could be that say, 100 turns acutally equals 80 turns or 90 turns. I could use a new winder I got from a friend that uses a electro-mechanical winder with a hall efect sensor, but I'm just used to my old one. Plus, I know that for me, on a regular strat bobbin, 8800 turns give me a 6.2 k strat, which for me is perfect for a neck. If I move to a new one, I'll have to recalibrate all my notes and winding habits.

Man, I'm sounding like a grumpy old curmudgeon. Kinda like Dave Stephens, right Dave?

[big_teee]

I have wound them to 7.5k of 42 on a standard .436" bobbin ,just can get the cover on
these make me nervous

Hey Craig:
Does that constitute calling it a Fat Strat.
Sounds like it to me!
Later,

[Grindell]

Man, I'm having a hell of a time with this strat set. I've never had this kind of problem before.

Neck pickup has 8800 turns, meters at 6.3 k

Bridge has 10200 meters at 9.95 k

Middle has 9200, meters at 5.1k? That can't be right? So, I peeled it and rewound it, this time I put 9250 on it, meters out at 5.5k? What's going on? Am I getting a short somewhere? Twice in a row?

[big_teee]

Man, I'm having a hell of a time with this strat set. I've never had this kind of problem before.

Neck pickup has 8800 turns, meters at 6.3 k

Bridge has 10200 meters at 9.95 k

Middle has 9200, meters at 5.1k? That can't be right? So, I peeled it and rewound it, this time I put 9250 on it, meters out at 5.5k? What's going on? Am I getting a short somewhere? Twice in a row?

Did you check to see if you have a short to the magnets?
And in the 5.5k does it look pretty full, or not?
9.95k sounds kinda crazy, something goin on!

[Grindell]

Ah jeez, I meatn 6.95k. Man, I must really be out of it.

No, the 5.5k middle doesn't look too full. But it does appear more full than the neck.... Something weird is going on. What are the odds I'd have 2 shorts in a row on the same bobbin?