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This is a measurement from left to right side of the winding area in a bobbin. If your humbucking bobbin has a traverse that measures .250 inches and you use .0026 inch diameter magnet wire, the maximum number of turns without the wire stacking would be on average 96 turns per layer. Divide .250 inch…

The pitch is the desired space between each turn of magnet wire on a coil. If the pitch is wide, there will be a larger space between each turn. If the pitch is narrow, then each turn may overlap and cause irregular winding or coil shape. The pitch is one of the many things you…

The number of turns is usually the total number of turns wound onto a particular bobbin or coil. To increase the number of turns in a particular bobbin you could use a smaller gauge of magnet wire, thinner insulation or increase the winding area of a bobbin or coil. Increasing the tension can allow you…

Scatter winding is also called hand winding where the magnet wire is guided back and forth onto the coil by hand. This process is still used today especially for rewinding vintage guitar and bass pickups. Scatter winding is usually done on single coil pickups and is normally not done on plastic humbucking bobbins. Humbucking bobbins…

When reading the DC resistance of a pickup you find differences in the reading or ohms that you read with volt/ohm meter. It is commonly thought the coil that has a higher reading will give you more output. This can be true in some situations but in others it can mean that the magnet wire…

When I wind pickups I usually put the top of the pickups facing left towards the winding machine. As the pickup is wound the top of the bobbin comes towards me and I use the term “Top Coming” or TC. Looking at a pickup from the top, the magnet wire is wrapped “Counter-Clockwise” around the…

When I wind pickups I usually put the top of the pickups facing left towards the winding machine. As the pickup is wound the top of the bobbin goes away from me and I use the term “Top Going” or TG. Looking at a pickup from the top, the magnet wire is wrapped “Clockwise” around…

Most all guitar and bass pickups are wound by some kind of winding machine where the bobbin is mechanically rotated in order to pull or draw the magnet wire from a spool. A winding machine can be a simple hand winder or more complicated computerized winding machine. A simple winding machine can be a sewing…

I find that using single coil pickups in a ferrous bridge plate will expand the magnetic field from the pickup giving the Telecaster a unique classic sound. Using the same pickup in the stainless steel plate will not expand the magnetic field and gives the pickup a brighter and clearer tone. Using the Joe Barden…

A bobbin or coil form can be made from a variety of materials that are used to hold the coil and/ or magnets as it is wound. The bobbin can be injection molded for consistent parts made of specified plastics and color. The flatwork can be punched from a variety of materials such as vulcanized…