Unwinding an HB-1, hard?

[aceonbass]

Get the next size up screw...get the matching tap...chuck the tap in a drill like you would a drill-bit...spray some WD40 on the tap...insert tap straight into the original screw hole...squeeze drill trigger s-l-o-w-l-y set on clockwise rotation till tap has threaded a new hole...change rotation direction of drill...squeeze trigger s-l-o-w-l-y again till bit disengages from pickup...wipe clean of metal shavings...DONE!

[cassius987]

Thanks Dane!

[DavidSchwab]

Dane, the main reason is because I'd like to keep the humbucking property. But obviously this idea was ill-fated.

Wire the pickup in parallel. If each coil is 5k, in parallel the pickup will read 2.5k. It will sound cleaner and brighter, and will still be hum canceling.

[johnallg]

I did find this pic of an HB1 coil.

[jps]

I did find this pic of an HB1 coil.

HB1 Coil.jpg

Nice background.

[rickcrazy]

My, someone must have gone through a lot of trouble in order to shoot that coil... Is it still working?

[johnallg]

I don't remember where I found that picture, but I save a lot of pickup pictures, especially the ones of the internals. I believe someone here posted it.

[rickcrazy]