Working on my first micro-coil...

[madzub]

Bill's micro-coil is the top half of one of his stacks. I'm not exactly sure what the purpose if the micro-coil is, but I guess he tried using just the top coil and liked it.

I'm intrigued by this comment. Is this true? Is it actually just the same as one of his regular stacks but with only the top coil? His other pickups don't use neos, but do you really know that it's the same besides that?

[rhgwynn]

What intrigues me is that the Telecaster Neck Micro-coil is sealed in epoxy....

I wonder what the big secret is.....

-Rob

[Mike Sulzer]

It is the ratio of signal to hum that counts. The claim has to be justified by by measurement, theory, or both. Otherwise, it is just a advertizing slogan. I think there could actually be some improvement in the ratio, but probably not enough to justify the claim except in the advertizing world. If smoking Marlboros could enhance your ratio, then why not? Oh, it actually has the opposite effect after a couple of decades? Never mind.

It is NOT a hum-canceling pickup! However, due to the small area of the coil, it picks up a lot less hum than a larger coil would, so it's got all the "single-coil mojo" with a lot less hum, or that's the idea anyway.