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Re: Electric Guitar Pickups?

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From: Jon Halverson
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 20:22
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  Well as far as I know, Most high imp. humbuckers max at about a volt or
so, less for singles. You can check by puting a V/ohm meter set to read AC
votltage across it and strum real hard. I'm not sure on impeadences off
the top of my head though but they can be quite different from one to
another, especially between single and double coils.

 Active pickups are another story. Basically what they are is a very low
imp. pickup with a built in pre-amp. The signal therefore is much cleaner.
The output voltages are usually set up to match reg. pkups.

 You have to remember that there is quite a bit of leway as far as input
voltage and imp. in most amps. It's just that if the input voltage is high
enough it will distort.

Hope I could help,

jh
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