Recent content by rrhoads17

Hello All! I have started making my own pickups and have put some up for sale. This one in particular is called the Browntown and the title is self-explanatory. They are designed to give one the VH tone, and are modeled after the Frank pickup, but for half the price and are hand wound, which...

When I test my pickup on the multimeter, it will give me my desired DC reading, but then it will show 0 for a while then randomly will show that I have DC resistance. What could be the issue?

I tried wax potting my pickup in paraffin at 140 degrees f, and it seems like the wax nearly solidifies as soon as I put the pickup in and when I pull it out it's nearly impossible to get all the wax out of the gaps on the sides where the tape goes around the bobbins. I want it wax potted but I...

When the PU is ready to be assembled with a single braid wire, which wires are soldered together? My start is black wire and my finish is white. Is the braided wire soldered to the baseplate?

I made my own PU, and both coils were reading well on my multimeter, but when I assembled it and wired everything, it just said 1 on the multimeter on the 20k setting. I soldered the braided pushback wire and start lead from the screw side to the baseplate and I soldered the white finish leads...

I have started making my own pickups, and I when I wind the coil, there's a little more wire on one side of the bobbin than the other side. If you stand up the bobbin vertically, it looks like a slight incline. Will this make a big impact on the sound?