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Post by mrdes on Jan 23, 2016 19:06:22 GMT
OK couldn't resist it I opened her up and split the coils and read 3.5k on one coil and nothing on the other of the neck pickup the one that had read 7k. Twisted the wires back together and the reading off the back of the vol pot was 7k. I think I may need a better meter as if one half of the coil is indeed open circuit I wouldn't expect the pickup to work at all as the coils are in series not parallel. I can only conclude that both coils are 3.5k and I can't read the second coil so better meter required. Really don't want to return the guitar and probably can't now I've had a play with the soldering iron. There is definitely more output from the bridge pickup as it over drives my amp at a much lower gain than the neck pup which I like for bluesy stuff switching between them. Could this be normal? Thomann state that it has two identical pups, could anybody with a sc550 paradise measure the impedance of their pickups I would be very grateful if you could.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2016 20:12:27 GMT
I have the SC 550 but have no meter nor do I even know how to do the measurements Im useless
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Post by mrdes on Jan 23, 2016 20:25:48 GMT
Ah no worries mate my dad is an electrician, we all learn somewhere. I'm not too worried regarding the pups its just the not knowing I still love the guitar its such a lot of instrument for the price!
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Post by guydio on Jan 23, 2016 20:27:12 GMT
Isn't it normal for bridge pickups to be a higher rating than neck pickups? I think the string spacing is different too, you can get a set of same pickups but they will have these differences between neck and bridge.
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Post by mrdes on Jan 23, 2016 20:44:30 GMT
Isn't it normal for bridge pickups to be a higher rating than neck pickups? I think the string spacing is different too, you can get a set of same pickups but they will have these differences between neck and bridge. Im hoping so, the specs from thomann are sketchy, I suppose I could completely desolder both pups which have identical markings and measure the impedance of each coil but to be honest I like the sound and it doesn't hum so I'll probably leave it as it is as I don't want to return the guitar and risk getting a different one as a replacement, and I couldn't not tell thomann that I split the coils which I'm sure would invalidate the warranty
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Post by guydio on Jan 24, 2016 11:25:18 GMT
I saw this and thought it might help
Lastly, if your wanting to test DC resistance of pickups that are already installed in your guitar, its as easy as plugging a guitar cable into the input jack of the guitar, and connecting a multi-meter to the other side of the cable as follows: Here you place the multi meter probes on the tip and side of the loose end of the Jack plug You may get a *slightly* different value using the above testing method because of the caps and pots being connected to the circuit. It should not deviate by much.
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Post by fixxxerjh on Jan 24, 2016 23:05:07 GMT
Here's the pictures, I could only get the neck though because they wired the thing with no slack so I was working in tight quarters not being able to flip the pick guard. They measure out to 5.54 neck, 5.61 middle, 6.04 bridge. They are Alnico, but the quality isn't the same as the other wilkinsons I have. The winding wire is thinner and the solder is a lot sloppier.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2016 6:58:35 GMT
Glad to see they are Alnico and I like seeing those extra long screw sockets on the pickups. I am no authority on how thick the wire should be so cant comment but if the sound is ok Im a happy bunny You know what; if you like the sound of it and the playability is ok just sand the body a bit and apply 2-3 coats of your favorite color and you have a keeper there. One could even relic that thing ... (I need a new strat for modding now that Im saying this).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 8:19:15 GMT
Ok, I've got another emial from the Thomann guitar department. It seems that even Alnico pups can have a Brass base plate
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 8:22:31 GMT
And I've got some more emails she is talking here about the SC-550 Paradise and my old L-450Plus
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Post by ddcaster on Jan 26, 2016 9:17:38 GMT
... that sounds OK, and the answer came quick, which is a very good thing and shows that Thomann is taking that seriously...but actually my thread was not about the humbuckers, because it is very hard to find out about those in reality (in my personal opinion it does not as much a difference with humbuckers as with single coils...) And for the single coils the specs with the tellies have changed and here Thoman is using a model description (MWT...C/N/B) which is on other websides definately ceramic (http://www.eyguitarmusic.com/Wilkinson-MWTN-Telecaster-Neck-PickupChrome-CoverCeramic_p_1134.html). Even if you have a look at the product pictures you can see that they have built in the MWTN and B which are definately ceramic. That's the confusing thing and I just wanted to know what other users have in their tellies and strats.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 9:22:12 GMT
I know its about single coils but we degraded into humbucker territory so I thought to share my findings. Now all you have to do is ask them about your own guitars with single coils and Im sure you will get an answer. If you ask about guitars you never bought with them they might ignore it (might) And tell us when they reply to you!
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Post by kgmf on Jan 31, 2016 9:56:28 GMT
ddcaster Did you ever get any resolution?
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Post by oghkhood on Jan 31, 2016 10:44:53 GMT
If you checked the resistance while the pups still soldered to the pots, then you measure can't be right
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