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I finished a set of P90s for the Envirocaster. The bobbins and baseplate are Birdseye Maple left over from making the neck. Each pickup has 8,000 turns of 43 AWG wire, which produces just over 9k Ohms of DC resistance. Originally, I had planned on potting the pickups with water-based lacquer brushed on the coils every 1,000 turns, but I decided to leave them alone. If they squeal, I can always go back and pot them later. The magnets used in each pup are Alnico V. Can't wait to hear them. |
Friday, October 21, 2011
Guitar Build Update: The Envirocaster's Pickups
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Cool. Will look forward to hear how they sound. If you did not seal the wood bobbins, may want to pot pups now as shrinking of wood will cause rattle and swelling strain the wires closest to spools.
ReplyDeleteTook your recommendation and went ahead with potting. Glad I did. I was afraid that since I used wood glue to assemble the bobbin pieces, my work would come undone in the wax bath. I took a chance and it seems to have workout fine. I had forgot the adjustable pole screws hold it all together.
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