Dumb alert- did I kill my pickup?

[RockinProf]

Hey all,

I was going through the parts drawer an found a Fender CS69. It was under something and one of the poles was out of place(pushed down). I checked it through my meter and it was in its normal range for resistance. Alligator clipped it to a cable, it seeded to work. Brilliant me decides..... we’ll pushing the magnets must be okay in this pickup.... so I have it a modern radius... now it transmits signal (screwdriver taps) but the resistance is crazy high... 500K. I’m lost on how it’s transmitting signal if it’s internally cut... thoughts?

Thanks again.

[Mincer]

Re: Dumb alert- did I kill my pickup?

Some pickups are ok with this...many are not. I don't think matching the radius is worth finding out which one you have.

[DavidRavenMoon]

Re: Dumb alert- did I kill my pickup?

You broke the wire in the coil. They are wound around the magnets.

You might still get sound out of it due to mutual inductance (the current flowing in the coil makes current flow in adjacent turns of wire) but it might be very thin sounding.


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[Mincer]

Re: Dumb alert- did I kill my pickup?

You broke the wire in the coil. They are wound around the magnets.

You might still get sound out of it due to mutual inductance (the current flowing in the coil makes current flow in adjacent turns of wire) but it might be very thin sounding.


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My thought as well. This is really easy to do, and many have done it before, yet the 'push the poles' theory still exists out there.

[DavidRavenMoon]

Re: Dumb alert- did I kill my pickup?

My thought as well. This is really easy to do, and many have done it before, yet the 'push the poles' theory still exists out there.

If you have plastic bobbin Strat pickups you can push the poles.

Personally I think that whole vintage stagger thing is archaic and makes modern strings sound unbalanced.


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[Jacew]

Re: Dumb alert- did I kill my pickup?

If you have plastic bobbin Strat pickups you can push the poles.

Personally I think that whole vintage stagger thing is archaic and makes modern strings sound unbalanced.


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But I like to solo on G string, so vintage stagger is perfect

Roy Buchanan made career with a tele that had broken coil, but I woulnd't recommend that...

[Mincer]

Re: Dumb alert- did I kill my pickup?

If you have plastic bobbin Strat pickups you can push the poles.

Personally I think that whole vintage stagger thing is archaic and makes modern strings sound unbalanced.


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I agree with this. 'Tradition' is a hard thing to kick in the guitar universe, though. I always buy flat poles unless there isn't a choice and I absolutely have to have one (the Five Two is like that).

[DavidRavenMoon]

Re: Dumb alert- did I kill my pickup?

I agree with this. 'Tradition' is a hard thing to kick in the guitar universe, though. I always buy flat poles unless there isn't a choice and I absolutely have to have one (the Five Two is like that).

I don’t do traditional.

Look! No poles! [emoji16] (it’s a dual blade humbucker)


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