tommorichards Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 well, i got some jazz pickups made by MEC, and i checked for a resistance. Its about 62k. Thats pretty high, yeah? I assume they are active as well as they have a red wire. So, is this a normal resistance? and why that hot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 I'm not techie minded to be able to discuss the resistance of pups etc. but if they are the 'active' MEC's (as opposed to some of the cheaper passives) then they have a preamp built into the pup which requires juice to operate... could that account for what you have measured? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommorichards Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 i suppose so, yeah. cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkBassChat Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 If they are active (and it looks like they are), you are not measuring the resistance of the pickup but just a resistor on the output of the preamp. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommorichards Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 lovely. this knowledge has now been stored into the brain for future reference regarding active pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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