First 'Bucker Done!

[PoorMan]

Thanks to all for advice and support. Took me all day and I had my fair share of snags but I feel like a proud papa nonetheless. For all I know she sounds like poo, but I'm too tired to install her to find out. I'll repost once she's in.

Cheers!

[R Walker]

congrats!!

[PoorMan]

Thanks!

[John_H]

me too

WTG man. I also wound my first HB yesterday. These'll go in my Squire '51.

[PoorMan]

Congrats to you too, John. Nicely done. I'll try to figure out how to post pics later this week.

[black_labb]

thats great, i think were all waiting to hear the results

[NightWinder]

Ahh, stew mac stuff. No worries. It should sound ok. I see you put a hefty offset on the screw coil.

[John_H]

Ahh, stew mac stuff. No worries. It should sound ok. I see you put a hefty offset on the screw coil.

Yep.. I'm still riding with my training wheels on. They sound ok. It's definatly a big improvement over the originals. I'm satisfied for my first effort. The next set will be for my strat.

[PoorMan]

I used StewMac baseplate, spacers and bobbins also. Is there something subpar about these parts? I got braided wire from Acme Guitarworks. Allstar magnetics mag and MWS wire.

[David Schwab]

I used StewMac baseplate, spacers and bobbins also. Is there something subpar about these parts?

Not really. Probably made in the same factory as a lot of other pickup parts.

[madialex]

Yep.. I'm still riding with my training wheels on. They sound ok. It's definatly a big improvement over the originals. I'm satisfied for my first effort. The next set will be for my strat.

OK John, lets hear them darnit!!!!!

[John_H]

OK John, lets hear them darnit!!!!!

I'll see what I can do.

These are the first two that I've built, so I didn't have great expectations. It was a good learning experience for me. I'm confident with my winding setup now. I wish I would have wound the humbucker a little hotter, but hey I can always build another

[Zhangliqun]

I used StewMac baseplate, spacers and bobbins also. Is there something subpar about these parts? I got braided wire from Acme Guitarworks. Allstar magnetics mag and MWS wire.

The Stewmac stuff is fine for the most part. The cream bobbins are a horrible color and their bobbins are made of a stiffer plastic -- you need a stick of dynamite to get the slugs in the slug bobbin sometimes -- but in terms of performance, they're fine. But overall I prefer the GJ bobbins, easier to work with, plus their 49.2mm bobbins are a bit taller so you can get more wire on them.

[John_H]

http://www.supload.com/listen?s=SXW-A96M1Jg

"OK John, lets hear them darnit!!!!"

Here they are if you can tolerate my playing. I hope this works. I've never posted a clip before. I'm unfamilar with this host, so if you get hit with a bunch of popups let me know, and I'll pull the link down.

Audio chain: guitar > modded TS-9 > alesis nanoverb > Voice of Music VM 160 > SM-57 > behri mixer > USB. No onboard FX. Guitar at middle position with the humbucker split. The screw coil is rwrp to the neck pickup.

[madialex]

Hi John

Thanks for the clip. It almost sounds like something is out of phase in the pickup. Or it could be my 6AM hearing, Just got up a short while ago LOL.