Testing Electronics in TL-1 kit

[fender3x]

My multimeter is not as fancy as McCreed's. The "fancy" one cost me less than $20. It will measure inductance (which is useful for pickups), capacitance and resistance. That's all you need for what I wrote above. Search for a multimeter with the model name "4070L." Cheapest one I could find that measures capacitance. They are marketed under different brands (read that cheap Chinese)...interestingly all with the same model number. I have also seen 4070D...don't know what the difference is, but mine has worked impressively well.

I also have a few really cheap ones (I don't think I have ever paid much more than $10). These won't measure capacitance or inductance, but work just fine for resistance and testing continuity. Also they are great for testing batteries and LOW voltage. Don't use one of these on any real voltage!

I don't know how people lived before these devices were cheap and plentiful ;-)

[rokitrik]

My multimeter is not as fancy as McCreed's. The "fancy" one cost me less than $20. It will measure inductance (which is useful for pickups), capacitance and resistance. That's all you need for what I wrote above. Search for a multimeter with the model name "4070L." Cheapest one I could find that measures capacitance. They are marketed under different brands (read that cheap Chinese)...interestingly all with the same model number. I have also seen 4070D...don't know what the difference is, but mine has worked impressively well.

I also have a few really cheap ones (I don't think I have ever paid much more than $10). These won't measure capacitance or inductance, but work just fine for resistance and testing continuity. Also they are great for testing batteries and LOW voltage. Don't use one of these on any real voltage!

I don't know how people lived before these devices were cheap and plentiful ;-)

Looks like I need the 4070L you recommend to test inductance in order to test the pickups. Thanks again f3x!