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Where wolf? there wolf, there castle...

There goes the thread again

Walk this way ...

Vinestalker ...

zipperneck ....

so what did you get from the monster?

I would like to measure the resistence of my toaster, but don't know exactly how to do it. Where on the pickup would you measure? It's a factory installed toaster on an '02 4003. Also, is removing and reinstalling a toaster any more difficult than the bridge pickup? (bridge pickup was easy)

Go to Radio Shack and get an ohm meter ...

Toasters will come in around 6.8K ohms to 7.4k ohms ...

Hey Jeff, thanks for the quick reply. Good luck with your frankenrick pickup. Hope you'll post the results here?

Alex, I am interested in that '82 high gain pup you'll hopefully be having no use for. Email me privately if you find that its available at [email protected]. Thanks!

Jack: While the quality of your Ohm meter and the manner in which you measure the resistance will be a factor in the accuracy of your measurement, don't be surprised if the measurements of your toasters range from 5 to 12 KOhms or even slightly higher.

Geeks.

My real concern was once I remove the toaster, will I see the two ends of the copper windings with which to measure from. If not, which two points on the pickup would I touch to read the resistance? I haven't removed the pickup yet to look, so if this is all obvious, my apologies.

You can read the resistance by touching the grounded shield wire & hot wire leading from the pickup at where they are soldered to the pots/selector switch. Or you could just plug in a guitar cable, select the neck pickup only, and take the readings from that (the sleeve and tip of the 1/4" connector), but the pots/caps/etc may affect readings just depending.

Peter is correct about the wide range of toaster readings over the years, but the reissue toasters are wound to 7.4K on computer controlled equipment. Since it's a 2002 bass with a factory installed toaster, that's what yours will read if you take a reading out of circuit.

I find that I have to disconnect a pickup to get a good reading from an ohm meter. I usually connect to the ends of the lead wire for the reading ...

Point taken Dave. Your precision is appreciated while I was asleep at the switch.

Jeff: From a purist point of view I agree. While the readings will vary depending on several factors related to the circuit, I have found on my Rickenbacker guitars that when selecting the pickup using the switch the readings in the circuit were very close to those taken when the pickup was out of the circuit.

When I measured the toasters I got a few months ago for my 4004 Cii they measured 6.2K and 6.4K out of circuit.

Thanks for the great ideas. I want to get a general idea if the 2 pups are close in resistance, and reading it off the tip and sleeve would suit me well. My toaster is much quieter than the high gain bridge pup, hence my interest in the readings.