How High Gain is High Gain?

admin · Post by **admin** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:09 pm

I have had high gain pickups ranging from approximately 5KOhms to 13 KOhms and in between.

I found the 5K high gain to be too thin for my liking, but have grown to love the 12 to 13K high gain pickup. At 13K there is a nice full sound with great clarity. At the neck of a 24 fret model I find the high gains at around 12K to be warm with a rich tonality. A 12K toaster at the same location does not have the same fullness and lacks the jangle factor that I was looking for in my Model 350.

I would be interested in your comments with respect to high gain pickups in both 24 fret and 21 fret models.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:53 pm

I've got a stock '02 330, about how many Ohms would my hi-gains be putting out?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:26 pm

Um, strictly speaking, John, and with all due respect, an ohm is a unit of resistance, and so what it does is sort of the opposite of "put out". It resists.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:58 pm

Thank you, Paul. Never did do very well in Physics. Or is it Chemistry? Maybe Earth Science?

admin · Post by **admin** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:54 pm

John: Rather than giving ball a park figure of 11K, why not get an Ohm Meter and check out your pickups. Collecting a range of measurements here would be interesting. It is understood that there would be measurement error but it would still be of interest to see fluctuations over time.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:50 am

I'm keen, Peter! Where exactly would you put the two probes to measure it? Multimeter at the ready........

oreca · Post by **oreca** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:11 am

I'd love to participate and find out the ohms on my 79 370!

I'm in the same boat as Howard but I don't have a multimeter in my hand...

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:46 am

Peter if you decide to swap out your 12K toaster please keep me in mind. I will be interested in buying it.

I do have a loose high gain at home that someone did a shoddy job on trying to cut off the button heads. (I can't complain for free) This one has the toaster bobbin. I can measure it if you want, but I've never tried it so I can't comment on its sound.

qmoder · Post by **qmoder** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:53 pm

I really like my Highgains for rock leads. I even have and extra set. But for a twelve its gotta be toasters.