Yes, a broken coil wire would give an open circuit. All I can think of is that either they’ve used just a few turns of wire, or the ‘insulation’ material on the wire is semi-conductive, so the overall resistance has dropped significantly.
You may as well open it up to see inside.
Artec do a low-cost mudbucker-style pickup. Maybe that’s what you thought you were getting?
Originally Posted by Simon Barden
Yes, It was "supposed" to be an Artec, but the genuine article is a0 suposed to be 29.7k +/- 10% and has a label on the back with the model number . neither was as it should be. Reviews suggest that the Artec pup sounds very similar to the Gibson "mudbucker".
Being an inquisitive sort I'm way ahead of you and had a butchers inside. I checked both coils, and using another multi meter (I was a bit unsure about the readings I was getting), and I was getting 0.6k per coil. When I connected to a bare end and tried it against the exterior of the coil where it was shiny and not covered in wax. There was no continuity. the wire used is very fine, and *if* it's as many winds as it seems, the values I'm getting are a bit puzzling. I'll unravel one of the coils and see I guess. I might look up what combinations of diameter and length should get to 15k ... not sure, is a humbucker wired in series or parallel?
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