Winding Humbuckers

CHEEZOR · Post by **CHEEZOR** » 15 Jul 2014, 04:12

I'm a beginner at pickup winding and was building a couple humbuckers over the weekend. There must be some tips for how to work with the magnet wire ends when you are connecting them to hookup wire to go between the coils and also the hot and ground leads. That shit is such a pain in the ass. I must be doing something wrong. lol Any tips for making life easier?

Tall Steve · Post by **Tall Steve** » 15 Jul 2014, 18:53

Found this via Google http://music-electronics-forum.com/t7081/.

CHEEZOR · Post by **CHEEZOR** » 15 Jul 2014, 19:14

Thanks! I'll have to try some of those methods.

CHEEZOR · Post by **CHEEZOR** » 17 Jul 2014, 20:27

I tried the method of holding both wires parallel to each other with the coil wire extending a little bit extra and then wrapping that around the hookup wire. Worked like a charm!

I also wanted to leave a tip in case anyone else is looking for help. I don't think this method was covered in the above link.

I had a coil start wire that broke with only about an inch of free wire and I easily connected to the hookup wire by soldering the ends together and then rolling the hookup wire to make the coil wire wrap around the end. Then I re-soldered the end to make a good connection. Worked great!