Okay, so I've probably got a touch of the sun ... but in celebration of all things sunny and Californian I'm offering 20% off all my Strat pickups for the next three weeks, both Masterwound and Standard range.
Simply select what you want on my
site Strat page, type in STRATSUMMER18 and get 20% automatically! Depending on demand, build times will be around ten working days ... enjoy.
Oh, and some of you may not yet have realised, but my new site not only accepts PayPal ... but all major credit cards as well ...
Promotion starts midnight tonight
:-).
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(I have admittedly not paid for the rewind quite yet....and need to do it)
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
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Possibly a slight diversion but as well as copying the wire type, winding pattern, turns etc. do you measure the field strength of the magnets and charge yours to match?
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Below ... rewound 68 Strat pickups
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Turns per layer is important, as it determines the angle at which successive layers cross each other. The bigger the angle of crossing the less capacitance the pickup has (laying wires next to each other builds up internal capacitance). The capacitance of a pickup acts as a filter to alter the pickup's resonant peak, so it's important to get that bit right!
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If I can share some insights and explode a few myths on the way I'm happy.
As far as trade secrets are concerned ... I don't share the turns per layer I find on a vintage pickup, as that's for other makers to find out by being trusted to rewind valued vintage pickups. When they pay their dues, they find out :-)
You will see all sorts of 'turns per layer' numbers bandied about on t'internet with regards to PAFs ... not seen a correct one yet for the ones I've worked on ... lots of smoke and mirrors out there.
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