What Good Is a Guitar Without a Pickup?

Continuing on the steel guitar project. Steady as she goes. I'm off for a couple of weeks back home so this is as far as it's going to get for now. But, going to Canada will allow me to buy bits and pieces that cannot be found at any price on the island >> like flatwound guitar strings for example.

Anyway, here's the progress of this last week. I made a Pickup bobbin (on the left) which, once I've wound thousands of turns of copper wire and put magnets under it, will allow the guitar to speak electronic with an amplifier. Middle spot is held by the not yet completed aluminium cover for the pickup. Last but not least, weighing in at mere grams, was once a scrap bit of aluminium but is now a super light weight, racing style, formula 1 inspired >>>>>>> ashtray. Beacause I can, as you do, and all the others apply.