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This might be my main problem here - I did a #2 where I "potted" the coil by adding hot glue while winding it, and it still doesn't pull strong enough on the string. The coil is spread over the entire height of the pickup, so I guess I should insert some blocking and wind #3 soon. I'm pretty sure the resistance is accurate. Also, depends on how much you define as "a couple of" - I never counted, but I was most likely in the >100 range. Also, the DC resistance of a coil is less than its AC resistance, if you measure the resistance of a 8 Ohm loudspeaker with a multimeter it'll show something around 6 Ohms. Thanks, I'll try to follow that. I should build myself a winding machine again, so I can add another coil to get a passive pickup as well. I tried different things - the headphone output from my portable MD, the amp from my computer speakers and I even tried the output from my stereo amp.

I wanted to share the results of my first experiment: Yesterday, I took an old single coil I had lying around, removed the coil and put a couple dozen windings to get roughly 10 ohms of 0.2mm wire on it. Unfortunately, I forgot to add glue while winding it, so I ended up with what is a very inefficient loudspeaker - when I put in a signal, the coil itself creates more sound than the strings it is supposed to drive Well, I still have some wire left, I guess I'll just do it again. Or I should search if I still have some leftover wax that I used to pot a few pickups several years ago...