Sounds great you obviously have quite a talent for making pickups as well as playing guitar itself.... playing the guitar is definitely the reason I am on this planet ...but iam more of an extreme metal enthusiast and am curious how your pickups sound and react to high gain distortion thru a double rectifier boutique or tube amp and to modern deathcore techniques like wild artificial harmonics and harmonic pick scraping ECT... Also I have some ideas to add to the pickup formula to push the envelope of that in your face metal tone
I guess “from scratch” means different things to different people. Pickups I have made from scratch were ones that I designed and fabricated the entire pickup including making the spools, winding, and assembly. If you just buy all the parts, you are really just winding and assembling them. After doing this a few times I decided that I really had nothing to offer that I couldn’t buy for a relatively small amount of money and that it was more trouble than it’s worth.
Great video, but I am confused about one thing, maybe I missed something. If you connect the red and white wires together to use the whole pickup as a humbucker, how do the two coils connect in series?
Thanks for the video! I’m currently leaning to make the pickup myself. Your video really helps me a lot. However, I’m still little confused on where wire I should solder to the which copper wire. You said in the video that the wire needs to be soldered in to their designated copper wire. But what exactly are those designed places? For example. For the slug coil. Which color of the wire should solder to the starter copper wire and which color of wire should solder to the finishing copper wire? Thanks a lot!
Each pickup manufacturer uses different color code for the wires. If you are building your own pickup, just remember which wire goes to which coil start/end and then solder them according to your preferred wire scheme.
I broke a pickup awhile ago changing the magnet and this looks like the answer to the problem I was having - using copper tape to attach the 4 conductor wire to the bobbin wire. Although I also have another problem - my bobbin is covered in tape goop covering the wiring, is there a way to remove old goop from the coil windings?
It looks like he took 1 color of wire to the beginning of his windings and 1 color of wire to the end of his windings. Soldered them to the little copper tape tabs. The soldering connections make them “electricly continuous.” The tape applied at the end, so they don’t short out is “isolating “them. It’s hard to go into a lot of important details in a few words. I’m wondering-where does he get the bobbins and screws …etc. ?
I like how you used the copper foil. Assembly is much cleaner that way.
Haters will say it's reverse. Love the video man!
I've never seen how the pickup is being made, now I feel like completely educated! This is a good one, thanks!
Amazing work ! Thank you 🙏
Thanks for sharing the gauge I am looking into making pickups of my own
Thank you. This is a superb video and so generous with your knowledge.
Wow a good one!
Sounds great you obviously have quite a talent for making pickups as well as playing guitar itself.... playing the guitar is definitely the reason I am on this planet ...but iam more of an extreme metal enthusiast and am curious how your pickups sound and react to high gain distortion thru a double rectifier boutique or tube amp and to modern deathcore techniques like wild artificial harmonics and harmonic pick scraping ECT... Also I have some ideas to add to the pickup formula to push the envelope of that in your face metal tone
Good video
I guess “from scratch” means different things to different people. Pickups I have made from scratch were ones that I designed and fabricated the entire pickup including making the spools, winding, and assembly. If you just buy all the parts, you are really just winding and assembling them. After doing this a few times I decided that I really had nothing to offer that I couldn’t buy for a relatively small amount of money and that it was more trouble than it’s worth.
Yeah, I can understand what you're saying
He still built the pickup , it's not assembled , thus built .
@Dad-Gad, I guess people build houses using pre-made bricks
You don’t have to Mill your own wheat or raise your own chickens to make a cake from scratch though. That’s my thoughts
@@Dad-Gad still not from "scratch" though
Hope you’re doing good and safe your end buddy!
Thank you very much, we're safe and doing well!
Really Good video. Pity there is no demo sound with distortion.
Great video, but I am confused about one thing, maybe I missed something.
If you connect the red and white wires together to use the whole pickup as a humbucker, how do the two coils connect in series?
Hi, we connect the green and red together. White and red are the start and end of the coil
Amazed watching you create. Any chance the dude playing is named Mike Z.?
Thank you. The dude is called Gon Zadok
Thanks for the video! I’m currently leaning to make the pickup myself. Your video really helps me a lot. However, I’m still little confused on where wire I should solder to the which copper wire. You said in the video that the wire needs to be soldered in to their designated copper wire. But what exactly are those designed places? For example. For the slug coil. Which color of the wire should solder to the starter copper wire and which color of wire should solder to the finishing copper wire? Thanks a lot!
Each pickup manufacturer uses different color code for the wires. If you are building your own pickup, just remember which wire goes to which coil start/end and then solder them according to your preferred wire scheme.
I broke a pickup awhile ago changing the magnet and this looks like the answer to the problem I was having - using copper tape to attach the 4 conductor wire to the bobbin wire. Although I also have another problem - my bobbin is covered in tape goop covering the wiring, is there a way to remove old goop from the coil windings?
Maybe a piece of cloth dipped in some naphtha will do the trick..
Designated spots for wires need to be explained.
It looks like he took 1 color of wire to the beginning of his windings and 1 color of wire to the end of his windings. Soldered them to the little copper tape tabs. The soldering connections make them “electricly continuous.” The tape applied at the end, so they don’t short out is “isolating “them. It’s hard to go into a lot of important details in a few words. I’m wondering-where does he get the bobbins and screws …etc. ?
Hey. I'm really interested in "the Black", but can it be modified, like with double screw bobbins?
Also, do you make custom pickups?
Yes, the black can be modified in such a manner, and we do make custom pickups
Do you wind both bobbins in the same direction ? CW/CCW Im unsure it that matters
Hi, the bobbins are wound in the same direction but soldered opposite
How many winds did you do and was this a neck pickup?
Do you have to use screws on one side, or could you just use bobbins?
I don't think I understand the question.. do you mean is it possible to make a pickup with poles only? If so, yes, it is possible