Make A Guitar Pickup

Step 3 Assemble the bobbin

After your bobbin pieces are drilled, you're ready to assemble. First, screw the screws part of the way into the top piece of the bobbin. Then sandwich a spacer of some kind between the top and bottom pieces, as shown in the picture below. I prefer to get the two outside screws and a middle one in first, just to be extra sure they're all even.

If you used screws that were too long, like I did, you'll need to cut off the excess. Just be sure to leave enough so that you can put the nuts on later and they'll be secure.

Comments

[lplain]

What is the distance between the upper and lower parts of the bobbin????

[zemun]

sory,i need help,so where i put the magnets

[zazarul]

if use a big screws.... it can or not

[zazarul]

how use any screws

[sockless]

I thought you needed magnets in a pickup. Or does a ferrous core work? As I'm guessing that the amp will magnetise the core.

[DK69]

You need it magnetized

[DK69]

I was just thinking what I said earlier, I realized what you were saying, yea the pickup does use a magnet its in the part list, but I did not read yet how the author said to place it, but I understand what you were thinking, you are right a ferrous material in place of the screws would not become permanently magnetized, affecting the LONG TERM sound quality to some extent so ideally if you want a great pickup the pickups screws would be better off being a ferrous material, for others info the ferrous material he questioned is made of large amounts of iron powder, mixed with carbon and other stuff into an epoxy like material and formed to shape, just like the internal old A.M. antennas with the black ferrous rod and 4 thin wires wound on it. ferrous materials stick to magnets, but dont hold magnetic fields when removed. Just for a note though, Eddie Van Halen used screws to wind his own pickups used in songs like eruption, now duplicates are available signed by eddie, and go for about $500 each

[killerguitarman249]

aren't the things that you put in suppose to be bolts.

[DK69]

bolts will work

[chie_ley]

i cant find that kind of magnet..can i use the regular magnet??like the one inside a speaker..

[Rasengan]

whats the height between the top and bottom parts?

[davidpaul23]

the height between the top and bottom parts should be 1 cm or 10 mm n the coil gauge should be 46 or 48 n the winding above 5000 turns for a superb effective pickups.... even seymour duncan can't compete with ur pickups if it is in this plan.... try it... 100% sure.... 

[Rasengan]

 Thanks, I appreciate it.

[utfal]

how didi u cut those extra screws?

[Leperello Mikesiah]

I used a dremel to cut of the excess length of the screws.