The Fascinating Process of Building a Jazz Bass Guitar Pickup

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In this video, we will show you how we make our hand-wound Jazz Bass pickups from scratch! We will cover everything - materials, tools, and the whole process step-by-step.
I really hope this video will inspire you to create something of your own and will help those who already building pickups to do it better!
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We offer extensive knowledge and expertise gained during many years of experience in the music industry. Handling electric and bass guitar, components crafting, sound engineering, and music-making.
We provide customizations, repairs, and manufacturing at the highest level of craftsmanship with unparalleled attention to detail. We use top-quality materials and a whole lot of soul.
This is a passion.
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🎥 Video Content:
0:00​​ - Intro
0:26​​ - Tools & Parts
2:22​​ - Magnets and bobbin assembly
3:48​​ - Magnetizing & Testing
4:10​​ - Tieing the coil
4:57​​ - Wounding
6:38 - Tieing the end
6:57 - Soldering
7:27 - Testing
7:40 - Was potting
8:06 - Cleaning
9:00 - Taping
9:30 - Connecting the wires
10:11 - heightening foam and pickup cover
10:38​​ - Outro
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[@halo20763]

This is a brilliant video. You nailed not only how to make a great pickup but nailed how to do a great how to do video too. Well f'ing done dude ❤ 😎

[@lostandoutoftime9603]

Absolute legend for taping the coil and testing. It’s always good practice.

[@ronin2963]

OMG! This is true love ❤️ Who said COVID wasn't good for anything

[@MSUY]

Fascinating to see the whole process

[@litocapistrano3571]

Thank you for sharing this video ,, nice and neath

[@ItamarCohen]

Great job old friend with magic hands!

[@gemzentaurus5537]

Simply brilliant. Would you please make a How to Build a hand-wound 4 string split-coil Jazz bass Pickup video. 🙂

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

Great idea! Thanks

[@gemzentaurus5537]

@@coilsboutiquepickups Thanks for taking my reply into consideration. It's greatly appreciated!

[@ganiakyuz]

This was the best video about the topic i ve ever seen!!

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

Thank you very much

[@omg_wtf]

nice man

[@stevepethel6843]

Thanks to you for a great video.Excellent job. You are the only one to give such details as how you mounted the pickup to the winding machine Thanks to God for you.

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

Thank you very much

[@billyjay1]

🔥

[@MrBlowncat]

🙌🏼🌟

[@thoerkpa7309]

Pickups of fender

[@davechapple9253]

Great video. So educational. I'm trying to repair a jazz pickup that has 3 wires and a copper foil tape soldered around outside. There "were" three areas on the pickup where the coil wires were protruding to the eyelets. they are all broken off. I'm thinking this was a "coil taped" pickup. Is it possible there was a first round of wire, then wrapped to an eyelet then another winding over that and wrapped to another eyelet ? And the original starting wire has its own eyelet. It may be impossible to retrieve enough wire from the first winding to get around an eyelet again but is this a repair worth attempting? These are vintage quarter pounders from early 80s probably. Thanks for any guidance.

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

Yes, this pickup you have can be tapped. I think it should be repaired, rewind it.

[@carlton1390]

Thanks for the great video! Do you prefer level pole pieces (sound-wise) over raised A and D poles (for volume balance). It looks like you make both (?).

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

That depends on the fretboard's radius. 7.25 will be staggered.

[@carlton1390]

Thanks!

[@Soquetes222]

Great video thanks! What would happen if you used three or four magnets for each string? Would you have more volume or power? I know nothing about this subject, so, just asking...thanks!

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

Yes. More magnets will create more volume and power. However, this will also increase magnetic pull so not always a smart choice

[@Soquetes222]

@@coilsboutiquepickups Thank you!

[@vielnast3628]

Great work! Have you experimented with different materials for the magnets case like brass for example instead of plastic?

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

Thank you very much, and yes, I have. Plastic or wood is best for me. Metal casings change the tone too much for me, as happens with humbuckers. Brass covers sound really muddy to me...

[@vielnast3628]

@@coilsboutiquepickups so only wood or plastic what other it may be used I wonder...

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

@vielnast3628 epoxy cast is also an option, but it is hard to work with and create a good-looking case

[@ondrejkauzal8969]

Hello, this is a great video, really. I would like to try to wind my own pickup, too. Just from sheer curiosity, it does not looks exactly like rocket science, so it might be a nice diy project (but I am very much aware that there are many potential pitfalls awaiting). I would like to ask you one thing, though. Sorry for my bad English, but from which material you make the bottom and upper part which hold the magnetic rods? I was wondering, how many parts can be actually 3D printed in this process... so what it is made from? But maybe plastic is not a good choice for these two parts because of soldering and wax dipping..? Anyway, thanks again for the video.

[@ondrejkauzal8969]

OK, flatwork is word I was looking for. Now I cann google out what it is usually made from, thanks anyway!

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

Flatwork is a mix of plastic and resin. Quite easy to order online :). I also saw people buildind pickups from hardwoods or plexiglass.

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

@@ondrejkauzal8969 Good luck 👍

[@charlieburns1385]

The more windings the more resistance , but stronger magnetic force which picks up more sound??? Louder more powerful?? Is this how you determine a more quality pick up from a poor one? Thanks

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

Hi, I definitely do NOT determine quality by more magnetic pull. Quality of tone is what sounds good to you.

[@rayizun]

nice build ! so do you skip the lacquer dip process? no need to tape the magnet rods pre-winding?

[@alonesage]

Yes. Just as described. Works wonderful and sounds amazing.

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

There's simply no real need for the processes you mentioned...

[@trbbass]

Thanks for it but what make pickups tome/output/characteristic different? For example, is your pickup give the same sound of Fender?

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

Hi, pickup's tonal characteristics is a mixture of many variables. Difference in magnets, coils types, amount of turns, design, and so on... Every change affects the tone. Our pickups are not designed to recreate an original fender jazz bass tone. Rather, we aim to produce a more balanced pickup with extra Mids - frequencies that are often lacking from Jass basses.

[@trbbass]

@@coilsboutiquepickupsOh thank you so much for your information, very useful!

[@PaulBaughman2142]

Is there something I could damage buy pulling the cover off a jazz bass pickups to change to covers without holes? These are seymore Duncan Apollo pickups.

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

I don't think those pickup covers are removable for this model... Are they easily removed or glued into place?

[@PaulBaughman2142]

@@coilsboutiquepickups they didnt want to fall out and there was no wiggling. i was afraid of damaging something so i left it alone.

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

@@PaulBaughman2142 better not to touch if it's not coming out easily. It's probably glued into place

[@philjordansulawesiyanto3731]

wow..thank you for sharing this topic.the way you did to make the jBass pickups,is that for the Neck or bridge?

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

@@philjordansulawesiyanto3731 it's the same for both pickups

[@boimesa8190]

when a stock J pickup is noisey would it help to do extra wax potting?

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

Wax potting is great to eliminate microphonic noise but not the 50/60 cycle hum.

[@boimesa8190]

@@coilsboutiquepickups thanks, then I think it won't really improve my pickup :(

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

@Boi Mesa sorry to hear that. Sometimes a new pickup is the way to go...

[@raymondruiz1843]

Hi there! What's the wax for?

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

Wax prevents microphonic feedback and unwanted signals

[@raymondruiz1843]

Thanks! What are the waxes so I could but them.😊

[@BIJIKOPI1]

What size that coil wire brother.

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

42 AWG

[@BIJIKOPI1]

@@coilsboutiquepickups thanks brother. Are pickup size is same when put in the neck and bridge. Sorry about beinhg To much to ask. I wanna buid my own and try to find that informations..

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

@@BIJIKOPI1 neck and bridge are not the same size

[@BIJIKOPI1]

@@coilsboutiquepickups what about dc resistan and sound caracter. Are same?

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

@@BIJIKOPI1 we usually make the neck pickups with lower resistance than the bridge. Go to Coilsboutique.com and look at our models. All specs are there.

[@zaenalabidin8507]

Cara pesan nya bagaimana?

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

Hi there, check out coilsboutique.com :)

[@asafpelleh7594]

בשניה שפתחת את הפה ידעתי אתה ישראלי!

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

לא מתבייש בזה

[@asafpelleh7594]

@@coilsboutiquepickups לא אמרתי שזאת סיבה לבושה :) תודה על השיעור, כיף לראות אנשי מקצוע מהאיזור.

[@formigator]

No sound test? So frustrating...

[@coilsboutiquepickups]

Yeah we totally should have put a demo at the end of the video... Here is a demo of the same model though - www.coilsboutique.com/pickups/jazzbass/funky-town/

[@PM-oq6ku]

Kloppmann takes 300€ for his pickups😂😂😂😂