How To Wind A Guitar Pickup - 1957 Stratocaster Pickup Restoration

In this episode we head up to House Of Tone Pickups in Chester with Huw’s 1957 Stratocaster to sort out the middle pickup. The Bridge and neck settings sound like the real deal, but there’s something about the middle pickup that doesn’t quite cut it.



Mat Bascetta identifies the issue and gives us a masterclass in scatter winding, magnet measuring and vintage pickup restoration.



0:00 Intro Jam

0:36 Intro

1:24 Scatter Winding Explained

6:10 Magnet Wire

9:58 Suspect Stratocaster Coil

10:39 Tone Test Before

12:29 Under The Cover

15:12 Measuring Magnets

18:25 Coil Removal & Prep

20:45 Rewinding

29:29 Leadout Wires

32:29 Wax Potting

34:53 Reassembly

37:12 Tone Test After

39:00 Outro Jam



Huge thanks to our friend Matt Bascetta at House Of Tone (www.houseoftonepickups.com) for hosting us and putting up with all of our questions.

Diolch