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by Stringmaster
Tue Nov 18, 2025 5:51 pm
Forum: Rickenbacker Steels: by Richard Shatz
Topic: Vintage horseshoe PU’s only meassure 1.5 Ohm
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Vintage horseshoe PU’s only meassure 1.5 Ohm

I just bought a 1954 Rickenbacker DW16 steel guitar. It’s in exellent condition but unfortunately it does not sound as warm as my 1954 SW8…

They are both equally load but the DW16 is a lot brighter.

I measured the pickups and where the SW8 reads 7.5Ohm, both the pickups on the DW16 only reads 1 ...

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