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Permalink Reply by HOGS GRUNT on August 27, 2009 at 5:29am

Set your meter to measure ohms, a value to start with of about 10,000, and put the probes on the two pup out put wires. If your meter has not got a battery in, most unlikely, you will have to use a battery in series with the pickup wires and the meter probes.
If you do this check the resitance with the battery first and then try thro' pup and then subtract the first reading from the second reading to get your value.
Hope this helps.

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Permalink Reply by BLY on August 27, 2009 at 5:29am

set meter to use the lowest AC voltage range.

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Permalink Reply by Jim138 on August 27, 2009 at 6:30am

I am getting 5.85 Ohms I think that is about right for a standard Strat neck pickup.

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Permalink Reply by Tres Seaver on August 27, 2009 at 7:15am

Horsepower, of course :)

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Permalink Reply by Jim138 on August 27, 2009 at 7:18am

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Tres Seaver said:

Horsepower, of course :)

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Permalink Reply by Jkevn on August 27, 2009 at 9:53am

Plug CBG in question up to your favorite amp, place ALL knobs at the #10 position, strum strings of said guitar...

If a big cheesy grin forms under your nose..tada! Output has been Measured!

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Permalink Reply by Tres Seaver on August 27, 2009 at 11:35am

Jim138 said:

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Tres Seaver said:

Horsepower, of course :)

My pickup when I was growing up had a 150 horsepower engine. ;)

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Permalink Reply by Joker on August 28, 2009 at 5:19am

"But these go to 11" :>)

Jkevn said:

Plug CBG in question up to your favorite amp, place ALL knobs at the #10 position, strum strings of said guitar...

If a big cheesy grin forms under your nose..tada! Output has been Measured!

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Permalink Reply by Dave V on August 28, 2009 at 7:19pm

Back to the subject: A cheap multimeter may not help much. You're talking millivolts, plus varying frequencies. Most AC meters are calibrated for one frequency only and aren't sensitive enough anyway to give you any kind of good reading.

The best you can hope for is to find an RMS meter (Root-Mean-Square) which gives a better average over all frequencies. To do it right you have to put it into a load (hook it to your amp) with a steady input signal (not strumming or tapping) and measure across the input leads. Not exactly cheapo meter kind of stuff.

Sorry

Anyway, from what I gather, CBG isn't about precision, it's about improvisation. Best way to test is to hook it up and see what it sounds like.

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Permalink Reply by Mortimer Snerd on August 28, 2009 at 10:07pm

David VanVranken said:

Anyway, from what I gather, CBG isn't about precision, it's about improvisation. Best way to test is to hook it up and see what it sounds like.

TA DA!!!! We have a winner! I agree!

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Permalink Reply by Skeesix on August 28, 2009 at 10:08pm

I believe Jim is simply looking for info to measure the resistance of the pickup. Set the meter on ohms (the upsidedown U symbol). Touch one probe to each wire of the pickup. It doesn't matter which probe is touching which wire.

Jim you probably mean 5.85 k ohms, not ohms. K means 1000. 5.85 k ohms would be the same as 5850 ohms. Anyway, that measurement sounds about right for a Strat pickup.

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