DeArmond Rowe Pickup Rewind ?

[Electricdaveyboy]

Hello Pickup-Winders,
I got this Dearmond pickup for repair.Do you guys have any info on DC-Resistance,windings and wire gauge?

Thanks

David

[David Schwab]

That's a Model 1000 Rhythm Chief. I don't know the specs though, but I had one a long time ago. Mine eventually broke when it unglued itself. All I remember is it had really thin wire. Great sounding pickup.

[David Schwab]

Here's a thread from the old pickup makers forum

http://archive.ampage.org/threads/6/...pickups-1.html

[Spence]

Try these guys :

http://www.archtop.com/ac_access.html

I can't find my notes on these so I'd suggest you get in touch with them.

[Electricdaveyboy]

ThANKS !

Thank you Sirs,
what I read in the old forum scares me a bit but I have to unwind it to get behind the secret.
A NICE WEEK TO ALL OF YOU PICKUP-SPINNERS !
Cheers
david

[Spence]

44AWG wound to 7.4 K Ohms, A2 magnet.

[Electricdaveyboy]

Thank a lot Spencer,
I hope I can rewind it this weekend.

david

[Spence]

Let me know how you get on the David.

[Electricdaveyboy]

Deep down into the pain !

Hello Spence ,
here is an update :

[David Schwab]

Cool!

So they really did wind around 4 magnets...

[Electricdaveyboy]

Just Rewound it !

.............yes David,now I know why nobody is a fan of those to rewind. here is another shot :

[Electricdaveyboy]

Glue in the 2nd part of the bobbin:

Thanks for helping me trough this !
cheers
david

[belwar]

Thats so cool! Did you take measurements of everything?

[David Schwab]

Do you know what make and value the pots were, and what size the cap was?

[Possum]

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Can you tell me the height of the magnets and diameters of the fat magnets and the skinny magnets?
Harry DeArmond was a genius pickup designer, who would have ever thought of such an idea? Very cool design....