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stevieb
Just another guy, really.
Went with the Texas Specials- I may have preferred some of the others I mentioned in another thread, but that guy stopped replying to my emails, so I guess he changed his mind. Anyway, one strange, and one stranger, thing happened:
When I put a DC ohmmeter to the set, I got a reading of 7.7 ohms on the pup marked (with masking tape) "neck," and 6.2 ohms on the one labeled "bridge." Seems backwards to me, and apparently files in the face of the values Fender Customer support told me I should get.
And stranger, still: MY DMM WOULD NOT GIVE ME A READING on the mid pup. I tried and tried, using every trick in the book. Clamps, cleaning and scraping the wire, etc. had no effect. I clamped the leads to an instrument cord, and tapped the poles- good thump thru the amp, about the same level as the other two, but still no reading.
I called Fender CS back, and the guy I talked to said he thought I should follow the labels (in spite of the fact that I told him they were NOT Fender's labels, but rather home-made), and he had no idea what to suggest about the mid pup's refusal to be tested.
I am going to just install the mid, I am thinking it was just weirdness kicking in. But suggestions about what to believe- labels or ohms?- and thus what pickup to install where, would be appreciated.
Oh, one other thing- someone lined the inside, sides of the covers with COPPER FOIL. Pretty cool, eh? Even if it is overkill...
When I put a DC ohmmeter to the set, I got a reading of 7.7 ohms on the pup marked (with masking tape) "neck," and 6.2 ohms on the one labeled "bridge." Seems backwards to me, and apparently files in the face of the values Fender Customer support told me I should get.
And stranger, still: MY DMM WOULD NOT GIVE ME A READING on the mid pup. I tried and tried, using every trick in the book. Clamps, cleaning and scraping the wire, etc. had no effect. I clamped the leads to an instrument cord, and tapped the poles- good thump thru the amp, about the same level as the other two, but still no reading.
I called Fender CS back, and the guy I talked to said he thought I should follow the labels (in spite of the fact that I told him they were NOT Fender's labels, but rather home-made), and he had no idea what to suggest about the mid pup's refusal to be tested.
I am going to just install the mid, I am thinking it was just weirdness kicking in. But suggestions about what to believe- labels or ohms?- and thus what pickup to install where, would be appreciated.
Oh, one other thing- someone lined the inside, sides of the covers with COPPER FOIL. Pretty cool, eh? Even if it is overkill...
