Press fitting the alnico pole magnets into the bobbin.
Press fitting the alnico pole magnets into the bobbin.
I use a spacer to get the proper bobbin spacing.
I made this little piece to be able to press down the bobbin to the spacer
Ready to be dipped in lacquer.
Letting the lacquer dry.
My Winding setup.
Ready to be wax potted.
Ready for the wax to be cleaned off the bobbin tops and bottoms.
Letting the wax cool down.
While i had this guitar the customer wanted the necks back to be sanded down for a faster smoother feel.
The new pickups installed with matching black knobs. I definitely liked the black over the white pickup covers that were installed before. And the sound from the scatter hand wound pickups with alnico magnets over the ceramic Wilkinson's that were in it before is amazing.