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Some background:
I haven't quite worked my way up to winding from scratch yet, but I have been modding existing stock designs with some good success. I am sticking with Strat-type single coils for now, the modern kind wound on plastic bobbins. I have had good luck removing the ceramic magnet and steel poles from cheap stock Fender pickups and replacing with Alnico magnets.
The Alnico rods I purchased (0.195" nominal) fit just a little loosely in the bobbins. I have been using very small pieces of scotch tape stuck to the sides of the Alnico magnets as a kind of shim to make them fit snugly inside the bobbin bores. This works OK for experimental purposes, because I am still trying different Alnico types, etc., so I like the fact that I can slide the magnets in and out if need be.
However, I am currently re-doing a pick guard for a friend's guitar, and I want the Alnico magnets to be more or less permanently installed in this case. Also, I am going to eventually try potting the finished pickups because they are microphonic (they were also microphonic before I messed with them, with the original ceramic+steel poles). I suspect if anything the microphonics got worse, since the Alnicos right now sit a little loose in the plastic bobbins.
The question:
I am looking for an adhesive recommendation to fix the Alnico magnets inside the plastic bobbin bores that will not have issues when I go to pot the pickups (don't want them slipping out in the hot wax).
I have thought of using epoxy, or maybe superglue (never much liked working with that, though). Any other thoughts or recommendations?
Regards,
Dave
I haven't quite worked my way up to winding from scratch yet, but I have been modding existing stock designs with some good success. I am sticking with Strat-type single coils for now, the modern kind wound on plastic bobbins. I have had good luck removing the ceramic magnet and steel poles from cheap stock Fender pickups and replacing with Alnico magnets.
The Alnico rods I purchased (0.195" nominal) fit just a little loosely in the bobbins. I have been using very small pieces of scotch tape stuck to the sides of the Alnico magnets as a kind of shim to make them fit snugly inside the bobbin bores. This works OK for experimental purposes, because I am still trying different Alnico types, etc., so I like the fact that I can slide the magnets in and out if need be.
However, I am currently re-doing a pick guard for a friend's guitar, and I want the Alnico magnets to be more or less permanently installed in this case. Also, I am going to eventually try potting the finished pickups because they are microphonic (they were also microphonic before I messed with them, with the original ceramic+steel poles). I suspect if anything the microphonics got worse, since the Alnicos right now sit a little loose in the plastic bobbins.
The question:
I am looking for an adhesive recommendation to fix the Alnico magnets inside the plastic bobbin bores that will not have issues when I go to pot the pickups (don't want them slipping out in the hot wax).
I have thought of using epoxy, or maybe superglue (never much liked working with that, though). Any other thoughts or recommendations?
Regards,
Dave
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