What is the average number of turns for popular model pickups?
This would be a project for you as there are many variations in the number of turns on the many model of Duncan, Gibson, Fender, DiMarzio and other pickup manufactures. Find some old broken pickups and count as you remove the magnet wire turn by turn. It would take you some time but it will give you an idea of how many turns are put onto a pickup. You can also determine a pattern of the way the magnet wire is wound on the bobbin or coil. If you see a consistent pattern then the pickup used an automatic traverse guided control. If the pattern is haphazard then the pickup was probably scatter or hand wound. I made an automatic de-reeler that counts the turns on broken bobbins that I’m repairing and I also use it to remove the magnet wire from a coil so when I repair the broken coil, I can replace the coil with the magnet wire that I removed. This keeps the pickup vintage and the original specifications of the magnet wire. Especially the color, diameter and DC resistance that are importan
