Reversing winding

[olddog]

On a single coil pickup, say a strat, what would be the effect of stopping halfway through the wind, using some tape to secure the winds, and then reversing direction for the rest of the wind?

[Joe Gwinn]

On a single coil pickup, say a strat, what would be the effect of stopping halfway through the wind, using some tape to secure the winds, and then reversing direction for the rest of the wind?

Complete cancellation of both hum and music.

[olddog]

Complete cancellation of both hum and music.

Totally noisless then?

[Joe Gwinn]

Totally noiseless then?

Music-less too.

Actually, it won't be quite that precise, as the balance point won't generally be exactly halfway through the coil.

[Zhangliqun]

It would sound like a pickup with about 12 turns of wire on it.