are surfers hand wound?

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I am considering a set of Antiquity Surfers, and was wondering if SD was still hand winding them or have they gone to machine? I tried some Fralin Blues SPecials and wasnt $220 impressed. I am currently using a 25 year old set of SD SSL-1 in a CS Fender alder/rosewood guitar. THe guitar is warm and well balanced. Any other suggestions?
 
Re: are surfers hand wound?

They might be scatter wound but still would have to be done with a machine to meet current production needs I'm sure.

I don't think theres many people who actually hand wind a pickup these days.
 
Re: are surfers hand wound?

All Duncans and pretty much all pickups, period, are turned by machine. The term "hand winding" really means hand traversed, as in the hand moves the wire back and forth on the bobbin is the bobbin turns.

But there are folks who do occasionally wrap the wire on the bobbin entirely by hand.
 
Re: are surfers hand wound?

Zhangliqun said:
All Duncans and pretty much all pickups, period, are turned by machine. The term "hand winding" really means hand traversed, as in the hand moves the wire back and forth on the bobbin is the bobbin turns.

But there are folks who do occasionally wrap the wire on the bobbin entirely by hand.
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100% correct, MJ or Seymour hand traverse the wire while the machine does the winding and keeps the count. And there is an art to it, MJ got mad at more guys at UGD for not paying attention to the wind and had to redo a more than a few pickups.
 
Re: are surfers hand wound?

Is the term "scatter wound" not really used anymore ? thats what I always grew up hearing
 
Re: are surfers hand wound?

SSL-1 will take you 90% of the way to Vintage Start heaven. Surfer will take you the extra 10% at 50% more cost(or so).
 
Re: are surfers hand wound?

jeremy said:
scatter wound has to do with the pattern that is layed down
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Or lack thereof.

Technically, anything you lay down is a pattern, but scatterwound implies some degree of randomness in the pattern, the degree of which can vary quite a bit, from the most subtle of random variation to a ball of yarn.
 
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