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So, after much trial and error with varying types of voltage/ohm-meters, I have finally figured out how to check pickup resistance. Thing is, I'm as confused as ever as by my results, which are as follows:

'67 330 (toasters) - in the 7.2-7.4 range, as expected.

HB-1 - pretty hot, 14 something.

'90s 360/12 (hi-gains) - 10.2 per pickup.

'89 330 (hi-gains) - this is the weird one - neck p/u was 12.2 or something, the bridge was 7.7! Yet it sounds so much louder than the '67. What gives?

THEN I checked a pair of '80s toasters I had lying around...and they're a solid 12.2 !!! (At least they're disconnected, so if I chose to have them scattered I could with ease...but still, they're hotter than the ones on the 360/12, and that's where they were headed!)


Anyhoo folks, you never know what you'll find or why things sound they way they do.

Questions/comments?

Recently I rewound two 4001 neck high-gains and one 4001 bridge high-gain, all of which were from the mid 70's. I used the very same wire on each one of them. (Rust on the polepieces had broken down wire insulation & continuity.)
Bridge p.u.: 6.6
Neck p.u. one: 8.2
Neck p.u. two: 5.4 (!)
Yeah, what gives?

Kenny may have a new perspective on things soon. I'll leave it to him if he wants to explain that . . .

I will, under a different post...coming soon!

Hmm... I'm curious.

See the post "My New Job" under Announcements.