Recent content by telepicker

Hi, I know how to check a pickups DC resistance but how do you go about measuring voltage?

I have developed a real interest in playing and building lapsteels can anyone give me info regarding where I can get specs of pole piece spacing for different model steel guitars e.g Fender Stringmaster 8 string.

Hi, my brother has a small Zoom brand 35watt amp and he wants to connect a speaker to it as a monitor. The only output jack is the headphone jack socket. If he plugs headphones in, it sounds great, but if he plugs a speaker into the headphone socket, it comes through muddy. What would be the...

I and many pickupwinders I communicate with from around the world believe that Seymour Duncan is passing off the Stra-90 HB as their own design when in fact it appears a copy of Dualtonell by S.K. Comments Please .

Hi, My brother has a Tele clone guitar and recently exchanged bridge pup with a SD tele single coil pup . The original neck pup was left in place. (Its brand unknown...some generic type?) He has a problem with the volume level. He tells me that compared to other guitars, he has to crank the...

Hi, asked a wire company to send me info re 42AWG wire for winding a pup. All they sent was that they had PUR wire and the price. What does PUR stand for and is it better than enamelled wire to solder. Any hints on soldering it would be appreciated. Does PUR stand for polyurethane?

I'm interested in making a humbucker pickup. Does anyone know of a link or where I can find a tutorial ?

Can anyone tell me where I can find info (guide ?) on making stacked humbuckers? Thanks

Hi, just got hold of a 1981 Ibanez Artist AS200. Can someone tell me what function the small switch has. OK it has 2 HB pups. 2 volume and 2 tone controls plus the 3 way pup switch, but other small switch doesnt seem to do anything. Can someone tell me how this switch is supposed to operate...

This has probably been asked before. If it has, my apologies. My question is: Fender have trademarked names and also headstocks. I believe that they now want to stop people from making guitars the same shapes. BUT has Seymour Duncan or anyone else been contacted by Fender because they made...

Have been given pickups for a tele style I'm building. This may sound dumb but I want to know what size mounting/height adjustment screws are used as I havent been given screws and have to buy them.

Hi, Hope this doesnt appear to be a dumb question, but I have an old tele copy guitar and I was wondering if I could actually recolor/paint the top pup flange another colour for the bridge pickup? Just a thought, thats all. Also wondering, that if you were able to do this, would there be any...

I want to make a routing template for tele pickups. Can anyone advise on how to do it ? or tell me where I can obtain info on doing this?

How does one go about cutting forbon to make flatwork for bobbins pups? I have only a limited amount of hand tools.

Hi, new here. I want to start winding some pickups for homemade guitar and have Jason Lollars Book, he mentions Forbon vulcanised fibreboard, but it appears to be unavailable in Australia. What other suitable material could I use to make the bobbins? Want something that looks pretty good, and...