Bobbintron - Pickup Winder

Self built and self assembly ;)

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Bobbintron - Pickup Winder

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Bobbintron has emerged from the pre-apocalyptic dust on my bench, 5years in the making this project and finally finished it today. Now to get on with the job on actually building some pickups.

Imageimage by Ross Blakely, on Flickr


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Very cool, looks like a fourteen year old's bed sheet under fluorescent light.
Tube amp and guitar tones straight from 1958… amazing how believable the sounds were back then, even without the modellers...

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That. Is. Epic.

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if you're going to make one, you may as well make it look fucking cool!!!! oh yes :)
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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This is the opposite of 'Rough and Ready'. Piece of art, well done. Let's hope the pickups will perform equally fine and dandy :D
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jvpp wrote:This is the opposite of 'Rough and Ready'. Piece of art, well done. Let's hope the pickups will perform equally fine and dandy :D
I have much to learn grasshopper.
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Im sure there will be lots of willing testers in here.

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bobiron wrote:
jvpp wrote:This is the opposite of 'Rough and Ready'. Piece of art, well done. Let's hope the pickups will perform equally fine and dandy :D
I have much to learn grasshopper.
Like, don't leave an open tin of yellow paint on the bench?
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Did you adapt a paint mixing machine after it exploded?

I am, as ever, in awe at what some of you blokes can do. :thumbup:

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nothing exceeds like excess

her name is Abigale wheelbarrow
There are still some that think the neck PU is moved to accommodate the extra frets which only proves they cannot detect the difference in length of each.

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Let's see a video demonstration!

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mrmofo wrote:nothing exceeds like excess

her name is Abigale wheelbarrow
You know I googled that and got no results.
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Mattallica wrote:Let's see a video demonstration!
Will put one up when I wind my first pickup....hopefully not too embarrassing, being the noob winder I am...L plates firmly on.
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bobiron wrote:
mrmofo wrote:nothing exceeds like excess

her name is Abigale wheelbarrow
You know I googled that and got no results.
A play on Abigail Ybarra, Fender's long time CS pickup winder.

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null_pointer wrote:
bobiron wrote:
mrmofo wrote:nothing exceeds like excess

her name is Abigale wheelbarrow
You know I googled that and got no results.
A play on Abigail Ybarra, Fender's long time CS pickup winder.
I did not know that. Checked out a video with her talking about hand winding. What a lady.
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