tommorichards Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310369472797?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619#ht_1558wt_1396"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310369472797?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619#ht_1558wt_1396[/url] i came across them while looking for a pickup for a new project of mine. Im wondering as i would love to know their resistance before i commit to buying them. Ive asked the seller, and they dont have a multimeter to check So if anyone can tell me, that would be fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 If they can';t supply specs or take the R values themselves, I'd leave well alone. All that Stellah stuff seems to be cheap as chips, though, so price may be worth a risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 +1 about the lazy seller. Also for that price it will most likely be disappointing... unless of course you are intentionally going for a thin dull sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untune Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 A lot of ebay sellers are just importing cheap pickups to sell on, they don't really care so much about what's inside them. I asked a seller last week if a certain pickup had a bar or pole pieces under hte chrome cover and he had no idea. To his credit he did contact the manufacturer to confirm that they were bars but he guessed that they were pole pieces before I insisted that he found out before I considered making a purchase. Naturally, if I was importing pickups I'd want to know every last detail about what goes into their construction! As for these Stellah ones, they look cheap and I'm sure there are much better ones out there for not much more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommorichards Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 sounds like what i was thinking is about right then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protium Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 (edited) I have a brand new MM-style pickup in my spares box from an old project. Open pole pieces, 4 wires for series/parallel, measures a beefy 12.2kOhm (6.1kOhm per coil) on the meter Will match the price of that Stellah one, so £13 all-in. Send a message if you're interested Edited February 19, 2012 by Protium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommorichards Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 Sounds like a good deal dude, but i'm after ones with no exposed polepieces. And theyre quite hard to find, especially if you want to know the resistance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceH Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Why do you care about the resistance? It doesn't tell you anything about how the pickup will sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protium Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 [quote name='tommorichards' timestamp='1329683017' post='1545940'] Sounds like a good deal dude, but i'm after ones with no exposed polepieces. And theyre quite hard to find, especially if you want to know the resistance [/quote] No probs, I'd have thought a big seller like that could afford a £5 meter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 (edited) I've got a covered one bought cheap from ebay - put into the 5-string fanned fret bass i put together a few years ago, just checked the resistance, it's about 4.3k! You want it? Send me a pm Note: mine has no 4-conductor wiring, just earth and live; with this resistance it may just be a single coil in a plastic shell... Edited February 19, 2012 by Al Heeley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untune Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Yeah, isn't it the inductance that's more important than resistance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 coil resistance is always quoted as a measure of the output level. Most guitarists feel that bigger is better. Now string manufacturers are cashing in on selling even higher output strings as an additional benefit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommorichards Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 [quote name='Al Heeley' timestamp='1329689919' post='1546094'] I've got a covered one bought cheap from ebay - put into the 5-string fanned fret bass i put together a few years ago, just checked the resistance, it's about 4.3k! You want it? Send me a pm Note: mine has no 4-conductor wiring, just earth and live; with this resistance it may just be a single coil in a plastic shell... [/quote] Im looking for some for a 4 stringer, but thanks anyway. [quote name='untune' timestamp='1329691935' post='1546137'] Yeah, isn't it the inductance that's more important than resistance? [/quote] yeah, but if resistance is hard to find, inductance is nigh on impossible. I was looking at an EMG mm hz, but even they dont have a resistance value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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