I just watched your video. I always see mini humbuckers with the chrome covers like you used here, but is it possible to leave the cover off and just leave the black parts/bobbins showing?
Is one of the coils wound clockwise and the other counter clockwise as I have had one person telling me they can be wound in the same direction and someone else saying one is CCW and the other is CW
Yes, it does, which is exactly what reverse winding does. One coil has the opposite phase electrically speaking, and then the opposite magnetic phase. Two negatives equal a positive. The only difference between reverse winding, and standard winding with reversed wiring, is one will have its negative part of the coil start on the outside of the coil, the other with start on the inside. It probably doesn't make any difference tone wise, but it might have a slight difference to the noise characteristics. In the same way we put the shield on the outside of wires, I think the outside of the coils should be grounded, to use those final winds as a shield. Though how much that matters for series wound coils is debatable, as one coil isn't fully grounded. Hope that helps.
I just watched your video. I always see mini humbuckers with the chrome covers like you used here, but is it possible to leave the cover off and just leave the black parts/bobbins showing?
Do you have a "how to build a Johnny Smith pickup" video?
nice work buddy, exactly what i was after, thasnk you !
Is one of the coils wound clockwise and the other counter clockwise as I have had one person telling me they can be wound in the same direction and someone else saying one is CCW and the other is CW
They're wound the same way and wired in reverse.
That doesn't make them out of phase?
Yes, it does, which is exactly what reverse winding does. One coil has the opposite phase electrically speaking, and then the opposite magnetic phase. Two negatives equal a positive. The only difference between reverse winding, and standard winding with reversed wiring, is one will have its negative part of the coil start on the outside of the coil, the other with start on the inside. It probably doesn't make any difference tone wise, but it might have a slight difference to the noise characteristics. In the same way we put the shield on the outside of wires, I think the outside of the coils should be grounded, to use those final winds as a shield. Though how much that matters for series wound coils is debatable, as one coil isn't fully grounded. Hope that helps.