Sherwood pickup info needed....

[Possum]

I won this on Ebay, always wanted to look inside one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN:IT&ih=009

If that link doesn't work its item 190218641274

I found two end of this supposedly dead coil that work and got about 9.5K reading. Anyone know what these typically read? the wire is a mess, its an air coil paper bobbins, the wood actually holds it together more than anything else. Just wondering how much of the coil I'm tapping into and whether I should completely rewind. It seems to be 43 gauge wire also...

[Sweetfinger]

That's the same as a Kay "Thin Twin" or "Jimmy Reed" pickup. I'd guess you're tapping into almost all the coil as most of the Kay pickups to come later weren't wound nearly that hot.

[spud1950]

I was cruising the net recently for info on the Kay Thin Twin and found a post on a forum by someone who was restoring one. He measured the pickups and they read out at 9.6K at the neck and 10K at the bridge.

[GlennW]

That looks similar to the pickup on the Kay "Howlin' Wolf" bass.

[Possum]

cool.....

well I guess I lucked out and got most of the coil intact then. Darn I was kinda hoping it would be dead so I could see how that chrome thing works over the magnet, can't really see down there now. magnet wire is formvar looking stuff.....