VHII question - neck version?

[GoDrex]

I recently got a used VHII and it's supposed to be a bridge version - but I checked the resistance and it measures 8.37. I'm wondering if this could actually be a neck version. The BKP site doesn't list the resistance for the neck position pickups. I'm planning to use try this out in the bridge position of a dark LP copy anyway, but I'm just curious if I might have been mislead about this particular pickup.

So can anyone tell me what the resistance generally is for a neck VHII?

[jimh]

It's YOU!

[GoDrex]

Hi Jim - yeah it's me. :P

[FernandoDuarte]

Hey Gary! Welcome to the board!

[syr2012]

It could very well be a VHII bridge, pickups can vary between actual and listed DCR (my HD is listed as 16k on the site but the card that came with it said it was wound to 15.6k). 8.37 is quite close to that of a Mule bridge though, but the Mule is AIV whereas the VHII is AV, so I suggest you let your ears tell you what's good  :D

[GoDrex]

Hi Fernando 8)

It could very well be a VHII bridge, pickups can vary between actual and listed DCR (my HD is listed as 16k on the site but the card that came with it said it was wound to 15.6k). 8.37 is quite close to that of a Mule bridge though, but the Mule is AIV whereas the VHII is AV, so I suggest you let your ears tell you what's good  :D

Yes I am going to try it out and see if I like it. I just though that 8.37 to 9.2 is wider range than I'm used to seeing. I've always checked my pickups, mainly out of curiosity, and I've never had as large of a discrepancy. 16 to 15.6 is not nearly as wide a difference. If things will be off so much why bother with decimals? If it was 8.9 I probably wouldn't be bothering to ask.

I should be able to tell pretty quickly if this pickup has an A4 magnet in it. I'm not really a fan of the A4.

[FernandoDuarte]

It's supposed to be Alnico V

[GoDrex]

It's supposed to be Alnico V

Yes I know - I was responding to syr2012  saying that it was close to a Mule Bridge.

[gingataff]

I have a VHII set and the bridge is 9k, the neck is 8.2k  :?

It does seem more like a neck to me. I guess the lead has been cut so you don't have the sticker telling you which it is?

[Antag]

Hmmm, might be.  IIRC, the VHII necks I have are exactly 8k.

Don't have any non-installed pickups handy to check, but can't you tell the neck or bridge model by the orientation of the logo on the bottom plate relative to the corner the wire comes out of?

Anyone have a boxed calibrated set handy to look at?

[GoDrex]

I guess the lead has been cut so you don't have the sticker telling you which it is?

no it has a sticker, but it's looped on the wire, so it can slide off. It could have been slid on easily. I can slide it all the way off and keep in intact.

[GoDrex]

Don't have any non-installed pickups handy to check, but can't you tell the neck or bridge model by the orientation of the logo on the bottom plate relative to the corner the wire comes out of?

the wire comes out at the top right, looking at the logo right side up. This makes a difference for BKP's? Other pick ups I've used just have the  pickup wire come out of the same spot regardless of what position they're made for.

[Philly Q]

Don't have any non-installed pickups handy to check, but can't you tell the neck or bridge model by the orientation of the logo on the bottom plate relative to the corner the wire comes out of?

the wire comes out at the top right, looking at the logo right side up. This makes a difference for BKP's? Other pick ups I've used just have the  pickup wire come out of the same spot regardless of what position they're made for.

I may be wrong, but I think the baseplates for neck and bridge are the same so you can't tell anything  from which way up the logo is.  I have an uninstalled CS set at home, I'll check later.

[Antag]

Don't have any non-installed pickups handy to check, but can't you tell the neck or bridge model by the orientation of the logo on the bottom plate relative to the corner the wire comes out of?

the wire comes out at the top right, looking at the logo right side up. This makes a difference for BKP's? Other pick ups I've used just have the  pickup wire come out of the same spot regardless of what position they're made for.

I may be wrong, but I think the baseplates for neck and bridge are the same so you can't tell anything  from which way up the logo is.  I have an uninstalled CS set at home, I'll check later.

Yes, the baseplates are the same, but if you hold them so the logo is the right way up with the wire coming out top right, then turn it over, a neck model would have the screws at the top, a bridge at the bottom.

I'm probably wrong, but that's how I remember it...

[FELINEGUITARS]

I have a VH2 neck pickup (new in a box ) and it reads 8.2k ohms