Resources on learning the specifics of pickup making/design...?

[Dolmetscher007]

I have watched every video there is on YouTube on making your own pickups, and I have researched the crap out of the electromagnetic transduction of guitar pickups. I have a pickup winder, and all the necessary gear to start making pickups, but I still just have a ton of questions. Can anyone of you tell me of where I might be able to find like "The Absolute Bible" of pickup design and construction? I saw a book by Dave Hunter called the Guitar Handbook, but it seems to be out of print, and is selling for $200+ used. F-that!.
I love a good internet forum as much as the next guy, but I really like to do as much homework as I can myself, before I just start clackin' out base level questions, like the one's I have right now. Anybody got any resourses they can share?

[big_teee]

https://music-electronics-forum.com/...ead.php?t=5313
https://music-electronics-forum.com/...ad.php?t=30228

Sounds like you need to quit researching, and take the plunge, and start winding.
You will answer a lot of your own questions as you wind.
GL,
T

[Dolmetscher007]

https://music-electronics-forum.com/...ead.php?t=5313
https://music-electronics-forum.com/...ad.php?t=30228

Sounds like you need to quit researching, and take the plunge, and start winding.
You will answer a lot of your own questions as you wind.
GL,
T

Thanks for the two links big_teee. I know what you mean by "take the plunge." I am an avid woodworker, and I answer a lot of n00bies basic questions about woodworking, and I sometimes get the idea that some people would rather talk about a hobby more than actually DO the damn hobby. I myself have been guilty of over-analysis-peralysis. But with pickup building, I have some SUPER basic questions that I don't feel comfortable wasting the wire until I get some answers.

I am sure that with all the DIY pickup makers out there, they are all learning from somewhere. Every hobby has a "Bible." Building electromagnetic tranducers is 100 years old at least. I saw where Lollar is selling his book for $60. I was hoping to not have to shell out that much money for a book that I can't flip through first. I'd hate to buy it only to find out that I already knew 75% of what's in the book.

[big_teee]

I started years ago, by looking at the stewmac literature online.
Like you say most basic tutorials, IMO are a waste of funds, but do whatever you like on that.
The B/H forum is a good place to start and ask basic questions.
https://music-electronics-forum.com/...splay.php?f=64
The rewind thread has some pictures and info.
T