I am trying to choose a bridge pick up that is close in DC value/Output to my neck and bridge.
I am measuring my pick ups DC value with the pick ups installed and the 500k volume pot knob at 10 and 250k Tone pot on 10. I don't think it's precisely accurate this way. Is there a way to guestimate the actual reading? Example; my single coil neck pick up reads 6.5 on the 200k ohm meter scale. Should I add 5% or something to get closer to the actual reading?
The reason is I may want to replace my bridge pick up but don't want a huge volume difference from what the neck and middle coils have.
In fact, it has a humbucker in the bridge and single coils at the neck and middle. Right now, when I split the humbucker it reads 6.7 and when full it reads 13.4. The volume difference from the neck and middle is somewhat manageable when either full or split but I have the bridge adjusted about 2 milimeters lower the the neck and middle. I just don't like the sound of this humbucker when it is split. So, I was going to go for a Seymour Duncan that has similar DC value. But, I don't know if that's the right way to go about it.
I am measuring my pick ups DC value with the pick ups installed and the 500k volume pot knob at 10 and 250k Tone pot on 10. I don't think it's precisely accurate this way. Is there a way to guestimate the actual reading? Example; my single coil neck pick up reads 6.5 on the 200k ohm meter scale. Should I add 5% or something to get closer to the actual reading?
The reason is I may want to replace my bridge pick up but don't want a huge volume difference from what the neck and middle coils have.
In fact, it has a humbucker in the bridge and single coils at the neck and middle. Right now, when I split the humbucker it reads 6.7 and when full it reads 13.4. The volume difference from the neck and middle is somewhat manageable when either full or split but I have the bridge adjusted about 2 milimeters lower the the neck and middle. I just don't like the sound of this humbucker when it is split. So, I was going to go for a Seymour Duncan that has similar DC value. But, I don't know if that's the right way to go about it.
