I would be interested to know, how you manage to install the pickup onto the winder. I saw you tightening a screw, but that most obviously go through the flatwork.
Thank you sir for sharing your skill and craftsmanship with all of us viewers. It was a joy to see a true craftsman working with his hands. In these days of automation its wonderful to see a person taking pride in their product. 🎸👍
Can you still buy the black guard tele pickups ? There use to be a site that sold them , Vintage Guitars , or something like that , but it seems to be gone , and is there a way to contact Fred Stuart ? Thanks .
Hello! I was wondering about why at first he measures around 7 k and at the end of the whole process he meassures 10.5 k, is he meassuring the same parameter??
I was wondering the same thing. I know k stands for kilo-ohm, and that he is measuring the resistance before and after the potting process. I guess the wax changes the resistance value... There is a really interesting experiment regarding the effects potting will have on capacitance and microphonics if you’re interested!! guitarnuts2.proboards.com/thread/8739/wax-potting-experiment-capacitance-microphonics
GibsonLesPaul2273 The materials, the magnet selection, the wire, number of wire turns on a bobbin, the winding technique, and the wisdom to put it all together correctly to create a magical sounding pickup. I’m a hobbyist winder and every Gibson owner that has my pickups says they are way better than ANY Gibson pickup made today. It’s a lot of work to make a set of humbuckers and they are definitely worth the asking price.
Hello my name is Colin 👋 I am refurbishing/salvaging a project guitar and I was hoping if you could help me out with some pickups? I need (3) it's a stratocaster-style guitar and I don't really have any money. Do you think you could help me out? I mean since you pretty much make these lol, I would really appreciate it if you could. 🤔
Shaun Nickels I found that I have to wind in climate controlled conditions (low humidity) because my hands were sticky. Go slow and don’t put too much tension on the wire when feeding it.
Very interesting and I like this He knows what hes doing but not letting us know what hes doing. I assume this guy has lots of knowledge but has a hard time simply talking, Seems to be a shame because I think that was the intention Still thanks for the effort .... maybe re-edit with a voice over
man i dont know much about magnets (thats why im watching this) but that magnet charging machine seems like the type of thing that gives you brain damage or cancer if you stand near it for years on end!
Ideally, the start of the coil is at earth. That way, you get much less buzz when you touch the pole pieces. Weirdly though, Fender often still don't do this, especially on Jazz basses. Not sure why. This is also why the middle strat pickup is reverse wound.
Because no one makes anything themselves. People were led to believe magic ferries with ancient special knowledge were the only creatures capable of making something.
you're paying for the secret recipe that may have taken years or even decades to perfect, certain parameters like type of magnet, type of metal, number of coil turns, type of magnet wire, gauge of magnet wire, and other things are perfected over time. It's art. Sure, anyone can make their own pickups, but very few people can make pickups that are worth using
CRAFTSMAN at their best! Awesome!
Love this vid! Fred knows the biz. Just ordered his tele blackguard pickups
That's cool it does it with a laser cause if it has a celluloid base or something in it you think it would just burn up.
Where do you get the bubbin material?
What winder is this?
It says at the beginning and end of the video.
Awesome love a detailed explanation of how things are made
Hi Fred, Could you let me know where I can buy those vulcanised plastic .
Camera too far away, IMO
How does he attach the white string on the wire? Glue?
I would be interested to know, how you manage to install the pickup onto the winder. I saw you tightening a screw, but that most obviously go through the flatwork.
I would measure the capacitance too, and then calculate the LC resonance frequency of the pickup.
Why do people who make pickups say the output is in ohms? That is a wire resistance measurement, output is in millivolts.
What the customer wants.
Thanks for the butterscotch tele!!!
This is so good... so carefully 'splained.
Thank you sir for sharing your skill and craftsmanship with all of us viewers. It was a joy to see a true craftsman working with his hands. In these days of automation its wonderful to see a person taking pride in their product. 🎸👍
Nice
Very cool! I am curious though, why do you magnetize the poles prior to winding rather than after?
So you wouldn't get a consistent sound outcome for every finish product? If the shape of the coil affects the sound.
Can you still buy the black guard tele pickups ? There use to be a site that sold them , Vintage Guitars , or something like that , but it seems to be gone , and is there a way to contact Fred Stuart ? Thanks .
I would call making pickups a skill but not an art. who wants to fight?
How do you have the spool of Wire set up ? Is it on the floor by your feet?
good question
When one says "The Art of The Pickup" They are talking about this kind of pickup... No machine can do this.... Absolutely Beautiful Man!!!
Approximate cost for strat is?? Thanks
Such a interesting demonstration, thanks for sharing!
How did you prevent the wire from burning your fingers at 10:26 ?
Hello! I was wondering about why at first he measures around 7 k and at the end of the whole process he meassures 10.5 k, is he meassuring the same parameter??
I was wondering the same thing. I know k stands for kilo-ohm, and that he is measuring the resistance before and after the potting process. I guess the wax changes the resistance value... There is a really interesting experiment regarding the effects potting will have on capacitance and microphonics if you’re interested!! guitarnuts2.proboards.com/thread/8739/wax-potting-experiment-capacitance-microphonics
@@bbcored Thank you Aidan! Really interesting!
The Strat PU was just under 7K. The Tele pickup was 10.5.
Reading is temperature sensitive.
What’s the black pigment in the wax??
Lampblack--greasy carbon
Take my hat off to any pickup builder who does all this by hand 👏
Awesome video. I love watching craftsman with years of experience and a deep love for their craft creating high quality products by hand.
Very good! Except for the title. This is skil, not art.
Excellent, extremely informative. Thanks for posting!
I dlike to know what the difference is between a crap sounding cheap pickup and a good one, cheap coil wire?
GibsonLesPaul2273 The materials, the magnet selection, the wire, number of wire turns on a bobbin, the winding technique, and the wisdom to put it all together correctly to create a magical sounding pickup. I’m a hobbyist winder and every Gibson owner that has my pickups says they are way better than ANY Gibson pickup made today. It’s a lot of work to make a set of humbuckers and they are definitely worth the asking price.
Hello my name is Colin 👋 I am refurbishing/salvaging a project guitar and I was hoping if you could help me out with some pickups? I need (3) it's a stratocaster-style guitar and I don't really have any money. Do you think you could help me out? I mean since you pretty much make these lol, I would really appreciate it if you could. 🤔
Idea Can i use mi old scaner and instal the laser on it Its worked??
How is this hand winding pickups? It looks like he's using a bunch of machines?
This is just brilliant I agree with Dena Crossland all the way, I would say that "Luke Faez" most probably sits on carrots for enjoyment
i have question, what is determine the Ohm of humbucker? for example what to make a humbucker 7.6 ohm
beautiful job, thanks for sharing
OK 1 question when can u do mine!?
when watching this why are some pick ups much more expensive than others and I don't just mean because they come from China ? Alistair
I think you are paying for the name --- I wind my own pickups --
How are you pulling the wire off the bobbin . My wire keeps breaking
Shaun Nickels I found that I have to wind in climate controlled conditions (low humidity) because my hands were sticky. Go slow and don’t put too much tension on the wire when feeding it.
Very interesting and I like this He knows what hes doing but not letting us know what hes doing. I assume this guy has lots of knowledge but has a hard time simply talking, Seems to be a shame because I think that was the intention Still thanks for the effort .... maybe re-edit with a voice over
I just did hand winding about 10 minutes ago..I broke the wire at round 17th..😌😌😌
Great video! Can you tell me the name of the machine you use to magnetize the pole pieces? Thanks!
pulse magnetizer. i believe you could also use a powerful neodymium magnet too - they're strong enough to recharge alnico/ceramic magnets.
man i dont know much about magnets (thats why im watching this) but that magnet charging machine seems like the type of thing that gives you brain damage or cancer if you stand near it for years on end!
Which eyelet is used as the earth? is it where the winding started or finished. Cheers
Ideally, the start of the coil is at earth. That way, you get much less buzz when you touch the pole pieces. Weirdly though, Fender often still don't do this, especially on Jazz basses. Not sure why. This is also why the middle strat pickup is reverse wound.
Uniformity seems to be a word missing from the USA dictionary.
nothing so hard as it seems but why are pickups so expensive
Because no one makes anything themselves. People were led to believe magic ferries with ancient special knowledge were the only creatures capable of making something.
you're paying for the secret recipe that may have taken years or even decades to perfect, certain parameters like type of magnet, type of metal, number of coil turns, type of magnet wire, gauge of magnet wire, and other things are perfected over time. It's art. Sure, anyone can make their own pickups, but very few people can make pickups that are worth using
@@jk-76 hahaha This is the answer to all questions on why products are expensive.
"..as random as we can" that the key!
Thanks for the post....