How to Make a Bass Pickup

Step 3 Construction

Construction:


You will need to glue the first four magnets to the Popsicle stick. This is not as easy as it sounds since all the magnets will just stick together until the glue is set. This is where the extra magnets come in handy. Place the other four magnets on the other side of the stick from the magnets being glued to hold them in place.


Once you've got your glue dried, just put the other 4 magnets on top of the 4 that are glued to the Popsicle stick. Then glue the other Popsicle stick to the top. Use the extra 4 to help hold the stick down, since gorilla glue expands (another reason why you only just use a small amount per magnet).

File away any excess glue before you continue.


It does not matter if you have negative or positive pole facing up, as long as you do EACH ONE THE SAME.

Comments

[danthemanj1]

Would there be anything different you would have to do when you make a musicman bass pickup, or is it basically the same thing? Is there anything different you would have to do? Just curious, because I'm looking at buying a musicman style pickup and if I can make one, I would save myself a lot of money.

[FreudianLemur]

Musicman pickups are humbuckers which means you'd have to wind 2 coils. Look up more info on making humbuckers to see what I'm talking about.

[laminterious]

To be completely honest, I dont know. However, my gut says that you shouldnt have to do anything different. Take out the old pickup and check the widths... meaning, see if you need to use a flat magnet or more, or use bar magnets.