Rewind broken pickup coils

We frequently rewind guitar pickups for clients. This is especially important for vintage guitars requiring refurbishment. Shrinkage can occur as pickups age and an electric guitar pick-up winding can inexplicably go open circuit without warning. Our guitar pickup rewinds are guided by hand and scatterwound to achieve balance & authenticity.

Scatter-wound strat coil re-wind

1970's Strat guitar

The example pickup to the left was removed from a 1977 Fender Stratocaster. The guitar was in our shop for a refret, repair and setup. We removed the broken coils from the pickup and rewound it, using the traditional scatterwound technique. The result was a neck pickup with a coil winding that balances well with the guitars existing pickups, and a guitar that retains its vintage vibe.

Guild P-90

1960's Guild Pickup

We had a 1960's hollow body Guild in for refret & refurbish. The pickup was found to be open circuit & damaged. We stripped the pickup down and rewound the P-90 style coil.

Guild Pickup Rebuild
The pickup winding was then wax potted and re-built. The two bar magnets powering the pickup were strong enough not to need re-magnetization. Magnets on older pickups may lose their magnetic strength over time, causing the sound to be thin and weak. Re-magnetization can bring them back to life and restore original sound.

The result was a sweet sounding p-90 style pickup.

Broken pickup

Vintage single coil

Oh man! What a mess! This vintage single coil was all but destroyed. A client from South Carolina sent us this in desperate need of help.

Vintage Pickup re-wind & re-build

Wound with very thin 43 gage wire, this single-coil pickup was re-wound, potted with a wax potting, cleaned and completely re-assembled.

Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster are registered trademarks of the Fender Musical Instrument Company (FMIC). Catalina Guitars is not affiliated with FMIC.