Played an AL.....

[Spudmurphy]

I'll do my best to get that posted


Vegas Pug

Good one - it's long been needed.
Spud

[Orange Adam]

and while youre at it, do take the multimeter thingie and measure those wonderful MM's for us, pleeeezeeee!!!!

[Orange Adam]

Pug,
how about those sound samples, eh?

[Spudmurphy]

and while youre at it, do take the multimeter thingie and measure those wonderful MM's for us, pleeeezeeee!!!!

I had a word with my mate "Spence" who manufactures pickups under the company name of shed pickups and mentioned about measuring pickups like you asked. I am no electronics expert and asked him if it was possible to do it via the jack output rather than dismantling the guitar.

He asked why I wanted to do this and although he says that he shows such readings on his web site it is not a sure fire way of knowing how hot/dark etc, etc a pickup is.

He went into all kinds of technical explanations about pole piece size, the thickness of winding cable blah blah blah blah. He lost me after about 3 seconds ha!

If you want to discuss this with him give him an e mail (mention my name to him)
Spud

[beej]

Yep, measuring DC resistance is just not a useful way to describe a pickup. There's a lot more to how they react. Not to mention that measuring DC resistance itself is a subjective measurement. (How hard do you hit the pickup? What frequency is the note you're playing? Etc.)

[PugNinjas]

Pug,
how about those sound samples, eh?

I should be getting to try out an AL with the three single coils on the 20th so I will try to get something up that night. I will do the side by side test using my AL and Keith's AL

[Quarter]

That would be cool Pug ... looking forward to the A B

[Spudmurphy]

Yep, measuring DC resistance is just not a useful way to describe a pickup. There's a lot more to how they react. Not to mention that measuring DC resistance itself is a subjective measurement. (How hard do you hit the pickup? What frequency is the note you're playing? Etc.)

Phew !!!Thanks Beej