Guitar single pickup

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This 3D printed single pickup allows you to customize guitar sound by choosing the length of copper wire for a coil, influencing resistance and consequently, sound quality. With a current prototype featuring 0.06mm copper wire and 6.8k ohm resistance for a more severe tone than common Fender pickups (5.8-6.2k ohm), it's still under development. You can hear how it sounds here: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vnK9ZAWGBs>. Making this pickup requires 3 printed parts, a spool of 0.06mm copper wire, five 15mm AlNiCo5 magnets (or alternatively, five 18mm), natural wax for insulation, and two electrical wires for connection. To create the coil, you can use a low-budget method with a drill. Solder the electrical wires to copper wire endings after removing insulation, using heat but not exceeding polymer melting temperature (60-70 degrees). Immerse the completed pickup in melted natural wax for 20 minutes, let it cool down, insert the cover, and your pickup is ready for guitar mounting.