jaxson50 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) She deserves recognition by everyone who loves rock and guitars, Quote For 57 years, Ybarra worked at Fender, where she hand wound pickups, many of which undoubtedly found their way onto guitars played by some of the most important guitarists of our time, including Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck. Dubbed “the queen of tone,” Ybarra is legendary among guitarists, who treasure the pickups that she wound by hand. (Units she wound bear her signature; those whose work she oversaw bear her initials.) Though Ybarra retired in 2013, you can see her at work in the video above, where she winds an Esquire bridge pickup for a Fender master builder. Unlike machine winding, hand winding produces “scatter winds” that are irregular. The wires are not placed as closely to one another as they would be with standard machine winding. https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/watch-fender-pickup-artist-abigail-ybarra-hand-wind-an-esquire-bridge Edited May 20, 2021 by jaxson50 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 She wound a ton up pups for Fender, no doubt about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 I slept with her mother! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 So that defines hand wiring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) After doing that about five times, I would be bored. Winding the pups not sleeping with her mother. Edited May 20, 2021 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 12 minutes ago, Big Bill said: I slept with her mother! That's a Great GMILF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted May 21, 2021 Author Share Posted May 21, 2021 10 hours ago, slimt said: So that defines hand wiring? Yes, the bobbin or pickup core ss loaded on a autowinder , then the operator guides the wire over the metal cowl onto the bobbin, if you don't look close you would mistakenly think she isn't doing anything, watch again, she is guiding the raw wire between her thumb and index finger, the wire is very fine, the camera barely picks it up. Abby is a legend in the Fender company, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rct Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 I met the lady carrying on in her place, works at her old station. Abby had just retired when we were there. This lady has now become the one to have your Fenders made by. Seymour has his own Abby, her name is Maricela Juarez. She made my CS Pearly Gates for my #1 Tele. These individuals do become their own thing and getting their pickups means something. I had Abbys in one of my 'spensive Teles in the early 2000's. Sold them in ten seconds. rct 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Funny thing the Fender Strat I just got a few months back the neck pickup stopped working and it had AY written on all three pickups.... I guess she fell asleep that day on that one... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 I wonder if she is in this footage somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 40 minutes ago, Rabs said: I wonder if she is in this footage somewhere? That is a Neat vid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Natural Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 On 5/20/2021 at 12:46 PM, Big Bill said: I slept with her mother! Bragger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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