I thought it might be instructive to see what specs alone could tell us about a pickup's tone. Since I'm winding a bit again, I have the opportunity to list the specs for pickups nobody's ever heard before, and then see how people's predictions match up to (my subjective opinion, admittedly) their actual tone.
1.Neck pickup: 50MM bobbin, 42 single build poly wire, 5,300 turns on both screw (3.96K) and slug (3.98K), 7.99K total, 2.5" polished A2 magnet, fully charged. Installed in the neck of an all mahogany single cut with 24 3/4" scale.
2. Neck pickup: 50MM bobbin, 42 single build poly wire, 5,200 turns on both slug and screw, 7.73K, 4.73H, 2.5" polished A4 magnet, fully charged, installed in the neck of an LP style guitar.
3. Bridge pickup: 52MM bobbin, 44 single build poly wire, 6,500 turns on both slug (7.73K) and screw (7.75K), 15.8K total, 2.5" polished A5 magnet, fully charged. Installed in the bridge of the mahogany single cut.
4. Bridge Pickup: 53MM bobbin, 43 single build poly wire, 6,300 turns on both slug (6.12K) and screw (5.76K) (note the offset) and 12.51K total, 6.13H, 2.5" polished A5 magnet, fully charged. Installed in the bridge of the LP style.
All hand-guided scatter wound, BTW and lightly potted.
There's always a lot of discussion about how well spec's can and cannot predict how a pickup sounds, and I thought this might be a good opportunity to check that out on 'never before heard' pickups.
I'll answer any questions you have if that could help-
Larry
1.Neck pickup: 50MM bobbin, 42 single build poly wire, 5,300 turns on both screw (3.96K) and slug (3.98K), 7.99K total, 2.5" polished A2 magnet, fully charged. Installed in the neck of an all mahogany single cut with 24 3/4" scale.
2. Neck pickup: 50MM bobbin, 42 single build poly wire, 5,200 turns on both slug and screw, 7.73K, 4.73H, 2.5" polished A4 magnet, fully charged, installed in the neck of an LP style guitar.
3. Bridge pickup: 52MM bobbin, 44 single build poly wire, 6,500 turns on both slug (7.73K) and screw (7.75K), 15.8K total, 2.5" polished A5 magnet, fully charged. Installed in the bridge of the mahogany single cut.
4. Bridge Pickup: 53MM bobbin, 43 single build poly wire, 6,300 turns on both slug (6.12K) and screw (5.76K) (note the offset) and 12.51K total, 6.13H, 2.5" polished A5 magnet, fully charged. Installed in the bridge of the LP style.
All hand-guided scatter wound, BTW and lightly potted.
There's always a lot of discussion about how well spec's can and cannot predict how a pickup sounds, and I thought this might be a good opportunity to check that out on 'never before heard' pickups.
I'll answer any questions you have if that could help-
Larry
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