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Topic: Wire size in late 60's Emmons single coil pickups |
Jim Palenscar
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Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 10 Nov 2012 8:02 am |
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| Does anyone know what size magnet wire was used in these pickups? |
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Jim Hollingsworth
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Way out West
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Posted 10 Nov 2012 8:29 am
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Hi Jim,
I imagine you are working on the pickups for the Black Marvel you have in your back room? I really want to see how it comes out!!!!!!!!!!
Jim |
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Clyde Mattocks
From:
Kinston, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 10 Nov 2012 10:28 am
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I believe they used #46. That's what Leonard Stadler told me. We used 46 in the Cherokees.
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LeGrande II, Nash. 112, Fender Twin Tone Master, Session 400, Harlow Dobro, R.Q.Jones Dobro |
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Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 10 Nov 2012 11:10 am
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| That would quite a bit finer than most other pickups~~ I was thinking about 42-44? |
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Clyde Mattocks
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Kinston, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 10 Nov 2012 12:39 pm
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Yes, Leonard wound some with 44, but he thought 46 sounded better. He and Ron, Sr. collaborated quite a bit in the early days, and he told me Emmons was using 46. Perhaps Jack Strayhorn could comment.
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LeGrande II, Nash. 112, Fender Twin Tone Master, Session 400, Harlow Dobro, R.Q.Jones Dobro |
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Jerry Jones
From:
Franklin, Tenn.
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Posted 10 Nov 2012 6:39 pm
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I understood that Emmons wire was sourced from Essex Wire? Don't know about gauge or insulation thickness....single build or heavy? Get out the micrometer  |
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Clyde Mattocks
From:
Kinston, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 10 Nov 2012 11:25 pm
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Okay, a thousand apologies. I just dug out a spool from those days. It is Phelps Dodge wire and it is #42. I remembered it was 2 away from 44 but I went the wrong way.
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LeGrande II, Nash. 112, Fender Twin Tone Master, Session 400, Harlow Dobro, R.Q.Jones Dobro |
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Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2012 6:12 am
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| Thanks so much! |
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Billy Webb
From:
Oroville, Cal. USA
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Posted 15 Nov 2012 7:42 pm pickup winding question?
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| Back in the late 50's or early60's, there was a guy winding pickups in the little town of Interprise,CA. about 20 miles east of Oroville, CA. He had modified a pinball machine that would automatickly wind, and shut down when the preset amount amount of coils were wound. I cant remember his name, but that winder sure was a work of art. I used to stop by and BS with him,on my way to and from work. This was in my pre steel playing days just wondering if any one remembers who this fellow might have been ? Thanks! (Billy Webb) |
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