Dearmond "hershey bar" rewind problem

[Jack amp]

Hi!!

This is my first post here.. I resently build a winder and did my first ever winding!! My stratotone pickup was without a coil when i bought it and i desided to rewind IT my self! It worked good and i got the factory specs at first time, 3.5K! Beginners luck i think!! I mounted it to my guitar and the sound was reasonable.. The problem how ever is that on low E there is really weak output?? Its a bar magnet wounded directly to magnet bar, and only other parts are the cover, two rivets and the metal base where the magnet is attached!! So, Tell me what could be cousing this?? Too low gauss maybe??

Thanks for advance!!

Greets from Finland!!!

[Jack amp]

Problem solved!!!

[David Schwab]

What was it?

[Jack amp]

Well, I tested the pickup with polarity tester and the other end(bass side)of magnet was south about 2cm from edge tos center and rest was north..?? Dont know more! I used two neo magnets to charge the pickup and it worked!!

The pickup tho is lacking volume compared to neck pickup.. Could that be the magnet?? Resistance is the same and rewounded bridge is close to strings!!

Lots Of new things!! Learning something new every minute!!

[52 Bill]

Is the rewind wound with the same size wire as the original?

[David Schwab]

rewind wound

Try saying that three times fast!

[rjb]

The pickup tho is lacking volume compared to neck pickup.. Could that be the magnet?? Resistance is the same and rewounded bridge is close to strings!!

Do you have enough room to try winding more wire on the coil?
FWIW, my DeArmond Model 40 (which, I think, is similar in design to the "Hershey Bar") ohms out at 11.3K of very skinny wire.
DeArmond numbered items

Here's a pic of my Model 40.

[Jack amp]

Pickup is winded with 44AWG wire, which i think is the same as original.. Some say hersheys are with 45AWG, but i suppose then there would be more turns with 44 and more output.. There's room for more wire, but now i have played one gig with the pickup and im happy how it sounds! Maybe its just the normal "bridge vs neck" volume thing!!