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Re: Unwinding an HB-1, hard?
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:59 am
by 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!
Re: Unwinding an HB-1, hard?
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:17 am
by cassius987
Thanks Dane!
Re: Unwinding an HB-1, hard?
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:44 pm
by DavidSchwab
cassius987 wrote: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.
Re: Unwinding an HB-1, hard?
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:47 am
by johnallg
I did find this pic of an HB1 coil.
Re: Unwinding an HB-1, hard?
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:21 am
by jps
johnallg wrote:I did find this pic of an HB1 coil.
HB1 Coil.jpg
Nice background.
Re: Unwinding an HB-1, hard?
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:33 am
by rickcrazy
My, someone must have gone through a lot of trouble in order to shoot that coil...
Is it still working?
Re: Unwinding an HB-1, hard?
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:02 am
by 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.
Re: Unwinding an HB-1, hard?
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:33 am
by rickcrazy