Favorite Single Coil Pickup Windings

Dean Holman · From: Branson MO

Just curious as to what you like your simgle coils wound to. I think most like 17.5 but I know there some out there who like them wound less or more.

Clyde Mattocks · From: Kinston, North Carolina, USA

I like 14.5.
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Roger Crawford · From: Griffin, GA USA

I'm in the 17.5 camp.

Jim Palenscar · From: Oceanside, Calif, USA

Too many variables other than resistance to choose based on that selection alone~

Dean Holman · From: Branson MO

I'm talking pretty much emmon's type with the same size copper wire. I know that can be a variance cause some builders use different size copper wire. I think most guys use emmon's or truetone single coils and most builders that wind their own I think use pretty much the same wire. One can tell a difference in the tonal characteristics of a pickup regardless of the guitaror effects being used. I guess the question could be is that would a single coil pickup wound to 17.5 sound the same or sound different in different guitars and I'm talking just from the guitar to the amp.

Clyde Mattocks · From: Kinston, North Carolina, USA

Dean, the same pickup is going to sound different in different guitars due to the mass, materials and other variables in the construction of the instrument. For instance, I have seen Emmons pickups put in lots of other brands but they still didn't sound like an Emmons guitar. (to me, at least)
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Jerry Overstreet · From: Louisville Ky

17.5 is a little bright for me. All other things being equal, I tend to like heavier wound pickups.

My Zum has 18.5 single coils. Pretty good middle of the road choice.

My most favorite guitar was my Mullen with 22K ohms stock factory single coils.

Yes, I think other factors come into play when choosing pickups, but this DC resistance measurement is about the only factor the average player has to compare one to the other. Gotta have something in common.

Dennis Detweiler · From: Solon, Iowa, US

18,000 TT's on both of my 12 string universals (1982 Zum and 1976 MSA). The comparison might be less on a 10 string?
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Herb Steiner · From: Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064

Interesting topic...

My choice depends on which guitar the pickup is installed. For my 60s Emmonses I prefer a pickup in the 14.5-15.5Kohm range. These are the guitars I use on country gigs, definitely.

I have two early 80's PPs that both have pickups in the 18.5K range. Fat and full and I like using them on swing band gigs and my quartet jobs.

However, I installed 14.7k's in my Legrande and find them to be too light. The Legrande is not a PP and needs more fullness in the pickup, so I'd prefer 17.5s, or perhaps even 108N humbuckers.

What I might do is swap the 14.7s in the LeGrande into one of the 80s PPs and see what that sounds like, and put the 18s into the Legrande.
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Dean Holman · From: Branson MO

Thanks guys,
This is helpful info to find out what seems to work out for certain guitars. I'm just looking for feedback and opinions. Thanks Herb, I sort of felt there was reason for lighter pickups in the pushpulls as opposed to the legrands.

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