Was checking the resistance on all of my guitar pickups and one guitar's pickups are reading between 67K(single coils) and 74K(humbucker). It is a Strat with a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge and Fralin Vintage Hots in the mid and neck. I have 2 other guitars with JB's and they are measuring around 14k. I had this pick guard loaded and set up years ago via mail order to model after another Strat that I have and it has always sounded a little different. Not bad but maybe a little more treble. Is something wired incorrectly? Looks solid but I am by no means an expert.
JB pickup - high resistance
- Thread starter cbell2112
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I was going to say 
it sounds more like one of your pots was not all the way up. Glad you figured it out!
The JB's are pretty high resistance though. I think mine measured 16.8k or so! I never liked the JB ( came stock in the guitar I bought ) so I rewound it to more of a hotter P.A.F spec. I think it measures around 8.9k now. It also sounds MUCH better. Less of that nasal honk thing going on and you can actually dial in a clean sound with it.
it sounds more like one of your pots was not all the way up. Glad you figured it out!The JB's are pretty high resistance though. I think mine measured 16.8k or so! I never liked the JB ( came stock in the guitar I bought ) so I rewound it to more of a hotter P.A.F spec. I think it measures around 8.9k now. It also sounds MUCH better. Less of that nasal honk thing going on and you can actually dial in a clean sound with it.
Bowtomecha
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The high resistance jb is apparently some Van Halen folklore
