Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Bonamassive5150 on July 14, 2010, 05:25:12 PM
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Hi all,
I have recently been getting down' with my new set of VHII's
I ordered a calibrated set for my Les Paul Classic, which has a 52mm bridge spacing, thse are aged open coils too(Top Job) and uprated all of my pots and caps (thanks Feline!) ...but i have a question-
The DC on my set have read anything from 8.7k- 8.9k Bridge and 7.7k -7.9k neck depnding on temparature- compare this with my other VHII 52mm (due to go in my hot rod strat) whch reads 9K-9.2k!
Getting down to it- are Ls paul BK's wound dfferently for Les Pauls than they are for strat derived guitars?
if you catch my drift, a les paul would originally had a 50mm humbucker coil, so would it be underwound for a Paul' compared to a 52mm coil?...even though my Paul' has a 52mm coil thus leading to the lower reading?
your thoughts on this? VHII readings and what the differnce up to .5k/.3k in a coil could mean
(i am yet to plug the VHII into my Hot rod)
Thanks All
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I'd say ohm readings are approximate and the .5k difference you get is probably tolerance and the fact that despite tim is a winding machine, they're still all hand wound.
do they sound good? if they do, i wouldn't worry about the rest.
oh also. forgot to mention, tim usually winds the pickups according to the guitar they're going into when you order directly from him (or from a dealer) so the 1k difference is probably due to it being a les paul. someone correct me if i'm wrong, but an overwound VH2 into a les paul might be muddier than in a strat, since more winds means more output but also more bass response.
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A small difference in ohm readings is normal from what I know.