What is vulcanized fibre and what is it used for?

Vulcanized Fibre is done by gelatinizing several plies of high purity cellulose papers with high internal bond strength. Vulcanized Fibre is a chemically treated material when completed is made into sheets of homogenous fibre that can be cut, drilled, punched, threaded, machined, bent, bonded and deep drawn. The most common used of Vulcanized Fibre has…

What is phenolic and what is it made of?

Early Fender Broadcaster, No-Caster, Esquire and Telecaster pickguards were punched out of sheets of phenolic and lacquer finished to cover imperfections in the material. Phenolic is a Phenol Formaldehyde resin and is produced from Phenol (carbolic acid) with formaldehyde in the presence of a catalyst. It can be molded or impregnated into sheets containing linen,…

What is a bobbin?

A bobbin is a fabricated or molded form used to hold the coil in place. A bobbin can be made from paper, vulcanized fibre, molded nylons and other plastics or Phenolics. The bobbin can be held together by rod magnets similar to Fender style pickups. A bobbin can be round or rectangular upon magnet wire…

What are the different types of pole pieces used on guitar and bass pickups?

There are many types of screws with many head designs. Some typical screw types are round head slotted, round head phillips, pan head, button head, fillister head slotted, fillister head phillips, headless slotted set screw, hex socket set screw. There are many types of Alnico rod magnets with different diameters and lengths. Carbon steel studs,…

What are the parts in other model pickups?

I would suggest finding old pickups in music stores and taking them apart and examine the components used in various models. You will see coils that look the same but some use a finer gauge of wire than another and the magnets may look alike too, but they can be a different grade and strength….

How are various models of pickups constructed?

There are many combinations and procedures in assembling pickups. Each manufacturer has their own technique for making pickups. For example, some companies magnetize the magnets after they are assembled and some magnetize before they are assembled. I do both as it can change the path of the magnetic field it has to take and I…

Can pickups be made stereo?

If you have a single coil pickup some fancy modifications would have to be done using a tapped pickup. The first tap can go to one amp and the final output can go to another amp and output will have two different frequencies simulating a slight stereo effect. To have a real stereo sounding pickup,…

Can a pickup be made to have a pole for each string?

Pickups are usually made with a pole piece for each string. Some pickups can use blades, steel rods, magnet rods, bar magnets, double poles per string and multiple poles per string. At times you will see pickups with solid covers, and underneath their can be one coil or two in humbucking style and looking pickups….

What are the downfalls of potting pickups?

I prefer wax potting over epoxy potting because you can repair a broken pickup when potted in wax and usually throw away the one that is epoxied. You can repair epoxied pickups in some cases but they are difficult to take apart and the chemicals needed to remove the epoxy will usually eat away at…

What are other potting solutions?

There are various types of commercial and industrial wax potting solutions with different melting temperatures and hardness. Some wax is very hard and some are soft and contain beeswax. Other potting solutions can be varnishes, both commercial and industrial with different drying times. The potting solutions should be used that will do little harm to…

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