Geek99 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Obviously black wire black lead, red wire white lead but which dial settings ? I know Henries aren’t on the dial. Resistance I assume but which range ? thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) Resistance... should be 8k ish to 10k ish Standard Wind. Edited March 14 by PaulThePlug 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Most meters will have a 100K range, that'll do but best if you can read each coil, 10K range will give a more accurate reading. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 Full disclosure I don’t have an amp right now and I’m using a zoom pedal to hear the bass I’m building strings arriving Monday but I want to test each part can I use a meter to check the whole thing from the jack socket ? thanks for your help both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) Yep. Continuity between tip and sleeve on the jack.. Depending how it is wired... Will Read the Pickup Resistance, with the Vol pot in parallel, with the Tone pot across that... but as long as not reading Open Curcuit Edited March 14 by PaulThePlug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 What should reduce if I turn each pot to zero? Excuse my ignorance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 48 minutes ago, Geek99 said: What should reduce if I turn each pot to zero? Excuse my ignorance The volume or the treble. More helpfully, as you turn the volume pot down, the resistance between tip and sleeve will drop. Turning the tone pot will make no difference, that only affects AC and determines how much treble is shunted to ground. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 I thought the pup was broken as I was just getting “1” on my meter but I tried the 20k ohm range and was getting 20.2k across both each was around 10.4 individually is that normal ? It’s a Seymour Duncan baselines model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) 20k... That sounds Mighty-Meaty... 10k Each! HOT! Is that just the pickup, or at the jack with the V n T wired? Edited March 15 by PaulThePlug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 Just the pickups at the wire for some reason I couldn’t get the connectivity tester to read across both coils but resistance did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 Strings arrive tomorrow or Monday but for sone reason the body doesn’t seem to have an earth wire to bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 1 hour ago, Geek99 said: Just the pickups at the wire for some reason I couldn’t get the connectivity tester to read across both coils but resistance did To most continuiyty testers R20K will register as an open circuit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 Meaning it won’t beep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 11 hours ago, Geek99 said: Meaning it won’t beep? Exactly that. A continuity tester is normally used to test connections of a nominal Zero Ohms. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 If you use very small DC voltage range, you can find phase: Connect the pickup and hit (touch) it with a screwdriver. If the voltage goes to + side, the pickup is in phase. And vice versa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 (edited) Changed my mind. Edited March 17 by TimR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 On 14/03/2024 at 22:53, PaulThePlug said: Resistance... should be 8k ish to 10k ish Standard Wind. I love a Fluke meter. I had one when I was field engineer and I was spending someone else’s money, great bit of kit. Now I have something sad from Maplin’s, does the job, but it isn’t brilliant (rather like Maplin’s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Mine was a leaving present ;-)... Well, it came with me when i left 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 The pup is just buzzing with white wire to tip of the jack and earth to sleeve any ideas ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 25 minutes ago, Geek99 said: The pup is just buzzing with white wire to tip of the jack and earth to sleeve any ideas ? Sorry (maybe it's me; it's late...); how is the p/u connected to the jack plug..? Is it soldered..? Can you post a photo of your connection..? 'Buzzing' will occur if the amp is turned up with no decent connection to its source (the p/u...). The p/u should be soldered to the jack socket, and a screened lead plugged in to the socket, then to the amp. Does it still 'buzz' when connected like that..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 Broken middle wire, now fixed it does indeed have 21k ohm resistance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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