AltDominae Posted February 24, 2022 Posted February 24, 2022 Hi, all, I'm brand new to the forum and I just received a mid 90s Sweet 16 today. After getting it strung up and prepped I plugged it into an old Princeton NR and got almost nothing, in fact if I didn't have a delay on I wouldn't have known there was any output at all if it weren't for the low level echoes. Being a former Washburn guy I have some repair abilities and I measured the pickup at the pot at 4.45k ohms, which strikes me as very low. I've also touched up the solder connections at the pot. While I've poked around here a bit and seen some comments about the #3 being intentionally low output I haven't seen anyone cite its resistance. Does anyone know? This was a Reverb purchase and I'm going to have to contact the seller about it if this is out of the ordinary, which seems to be the case but it would be a huge help if anyone knows the specs. Thanks!
pressure Posted February 24, 2022 Posted February 24, 2022 I have a Heritage Johnny Smith with the #3 pickup and the output is normal. I don't know what the resistance is but it sounds Fab.
MartyGrass Posted February 24, 2022 Posted February 24, 2022 Something is wrong. You should be able to get enough volume out of it to squeal with feedback. Yes, it is a low output pickup, meaning the mids are scooped a little. But it's a very decent pickup. There may be a short in the coils. The resistance should be higher.
Genericmusic Posted February 24, 2022 Posted February 24, 2022 My Eagle's #3 PUP measures 8.0. Something is wrong.
AltDominae Posted February 24, 2022 Author Posted February 24, 2022 Awesome, exactly what I was looking for, thanks for your help everyone!
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