Does anyone out there REALLY know how a humbucker pickup is put together? Did you know that the pole pieces should be a little closer together for the neck pickup? That is because the strings converge, from the bridge up to the nut... hence, you might NOT want to get creative and put a neck humbucker near the bridge (or you might... go ahead and try it). As far as windings go... the more windings on the pickup the greater the DC resistance...if you used #42 wire, the following resistances would yield similar results to what follows (for both coils together)... 3 to 6k ohms DC resistance = clear tone, 6 to 9k ohms DC resistance = medium tone, and 9 to 14K ohms = loud and heavy tone. Skinny and tall coils will generally produce a clearer sound than shorter and wider coils. The 'bobbin' is the top part of the pickup you see with the pole pieces (6 of them) visible through the top. Learn more about making you own home-made humbucker (if you like) here... or at least understand a little more about how pickup is made!
