ribbetingfrog Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 I bought a used squier that has a Duncan designed quarter pounder p bass pickup. its only reading 8.6 k ohms, proper Duncan’s are 11.6k ohms. Are there any reasons it might be too low output or is it just a ropey pickup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cLepto-bass Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Out of interest, how do you measure the output of the pickup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ribbetingfrog Posted April 27, 2019 Author Share Posted April 27, 2019 Multimeter on the ground and live bits on a jack plugged in to the jack plug, will that give a false reading? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 23 hours ago, ribbetingfrog said: Multimeter on the ground and live bits on a jack plugged in to the jack plug, will that give a false reading? Yes. To get an accurate reading you need to de-solder the pickup from the rest of the electrics, otherwise they will influence the reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ribbetingfrog Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 Thanks for the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cLepto-bass Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 2 hours ago, BigRedX said: Yes. To get an accurate reading you need to de-solder the pickup from the rest of the electrics, otherwise they will influence the reading. Yeah that was my understanding too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 It's worth noting that the reading you are taking is DC resistance in Ohms of the coil(s), it is not a reading of output power. If it sounds good, then it is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ribbetingfrog Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 Main reason I was checking it is it sounds a lot less meaty than the Dimarzio I have in my other p bass, which is my favourite bass for the tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Height adjustment of the pickup may be in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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