'81 Humbucker Issue
'81 Humbucker Issue
Hi all,
I've just been very excited to get hold of an '81 and have stuck it in a Les Paul project guitar of mine.
I am by no means an expert but I've used the wiring diagrams available to put it in there and everything seems to be soldered correctly.
On first plug-in the pickup sounded really thin, quiet and a little distorted in comparison to the stock neck pup I already had in there.
I changed the battery and had a double-check of the solder joints which look ok. Plugged back in and no change in sound.
I've just run a voltmeter over the '81 and i got a reading of 58.9 ohms which seems like an insane amount of resistance.
Could this be the reason it sounds so weak? Do you have any suggestions for making the pup sing?
Cheers all,
Tim
Did you replace the pots as well? If the guitar had passive pickups originally, they use much more resistance in the pot than active pickups.