Gav's Pickup Winder

Resistance is just one measure used to denote the "hotness" of a pickup. It's a rather arbitrary measure and really only relates to the number of winds. Many pickup manufacturers use this measure though, mainly as a relative "hotness" scale. If you want to achieve a similar level to a known pickup (seymour duncan or whatever) then the quoted resistance of the pickup is one measure to get you in the ballpark (all other things being equal ;) ).

This is my understanding, having never ever wound a single pickup in my life ;) .

cheers,
Gav.

Thanks Gav.

Okay, now this has piqued my curiosity.

Time break out the DMM. Might also drag out the antenna analyser - it will give an indication of impedance.

(I kind of assumed that all pick ups would present similar impedance and resistance to the amp/desk/DI)

Regarding the resistance of a sewing machine foot pedal.

Just tested the one off the Mrs machine.

It is quite counter intuitive.

Pedal Up (Stop) = ~1.5 kΩ
Pedal Down (Fast) = ~10 kΩ

This is the reverse of what I expected.

I guess it would be easy enough to map on an Arduino or similar analogue input.

Rabbitz, I'm now using 'advances of my fun money' to clear CFO approval...

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Originally Posted by Rabbitz

Regarding the resistance of a sewing machine foot pedal.

Just tested the one off the Mrs machine.

It is quite counter intuitive.

Pedal Up (Stop) = ~1.5 kΩ
Pedal Down (Fast) = ~10 kΩ

This is the reverse of what I expected.

I guess it would be easy enough to map on an Arduino or similar analogue input.

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Nah, think of it like a car's accelerator pedal

Any progress on this Gav?

yeah Gav you only got a few projects on the go bud. Super keen to hear one of you home made pups

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Originally Posted by wokkaboy

yeah Gav you only got a few projects on the go bud. Super keen to hear one of you home made pups

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Just "a few"..... How about you Woks? Only got "a few"?

haha yeah Pest my ongoing project numbers are slowly decreasing, thats my plan. I haven't started a new kit for about 4 or 5 months. Started a scratchy about a month ago. Now DB kindly gave us a suitable neck for it I'll get stuck into that

Hey guys,

No unfortunately I'm stuck at the "purchasing wire" stage. The finance minister here is trying to slow the economy so austerity measures have been put in place. I'm just waiting for the right time to move on it :).

cheers,
Gav.