Mar 30, 2011

Humbucker coils splitting

This is easy know-how to make splitable humbucker guitar pickup from non splitable, that mean when your humbucker pickup don't have 4 or 5 wires, but only 2 or 3. 
 This is clasic schematic of 2 wires humbucker.
What I did is on this schematic.


And step by step instruction:
(1)This is my Wilkinson humbucker pickup. As you can see, It has got only 2 wires. 
(2)At first I took cover from It.


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(3)After that I took bottom cover (only copper plate). Be careffull It's connect to ground.
(4) On this picture you can see wires. Colour are same like in the schematic. Most important wire for me was the red one, because It connect coils together.
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(5) I cut red one.
(6) Next I connected red and ground (black) cable with pair cable and took front and back cover back.
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(7) I glued one-way switch to humbucker frame. I need only 2 conectors, but this was the smallest, which could be work. Ordinary has used potentiomer with switch like (8).
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(9) At the end I conected switch with pair wire and took pickup to frame. And that's all.
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Feb 14, 2011

First Snap

 

My first lomography camera was original Lomo Smena 8M from 70's. It's the left one (second is Lomo Lubitel).
I bought few Fuji Superia X-Tra 400, which was about a two years expired a start taking pictures. And this is result of my first lomography try. It's from Prague 2010.
All pictures are on: link.












 

Lomography - Introduction

Lomography is about taking and making analog photos which look like different than classics. It has got own magic. Mainly with old stuff cameras of brand Lomo, which is old soviet factory rediscovered by two Austrian students in 90's.

The most popular is of these cameras is Lomo LC-A. Some others are Diana, Holga, Fisheye, Pop9...
The next important thing after camera is film. I mainly use expired films from shops or auctions, but lomography society sell yourself film. You can buy many types of film like color 400, 200..., redscale film, b/w, etc.
For more information check:











Lomo LC-A