Make A Guitar Pickup

Step 2 Drill holes

Now you need to drill the holes for your post pieces. Before you drill mark where the holes will be, as this isn't exactly something you want to do freehand. Usually the strings on a guitar are about 1cm apart, but check the spacing of the strings to be sure. Also, you'll need to mark two holes on the bottom piece of the bobbin (see last pic). These are for wrapping the beginning and ends of your copper wire around when winding.

MMkay, since I'm not exactly the Dremel whiz, I drilled some holes in a piece of wood and used this as a guide. It also helped me to sort of shallowly drill the holes a little bit so the dremel didn't go all crizazy on me.

Comments

[Zacharydmccrea]

What are the dimensions for this?

[PAPAROACH]

IS WOOD BETTER FOR THIS OR IS PLASTIC BETTER FOR MAKING THIS PICKUP

[Stephen D. Alverez]

 Just about the same, you just need something that does not conduct. you could even use metal covered in latex, but that where out very very fast.