I recently purchased a set of slash pickups and after installing them noticed the neck seems hotter than the bridge , after checking with a multi meter meter the neck pickup was reading 8.8k and the bridge was reading 8.4k I took them out of the guitar to confirm and yes the neck pickup reads hotter than the bridge . Is there anyway the stickers on the baseplate were put on backward? Any way to tell which one is actually the bridge? I would put the hotter pickup I the bridge but I don’t know if it’s goinf to aouns like the actual pickup should .
Slash bridge neck pickups mislabeled?
- Thread starter Mr.Morton
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beaubrummels
Well-known member
Re: Slash bridge neck pickups mislabeled?
Site shows bridge should be 8.9k and neck should be 8.3k. Just put the 8.8k in the bridge and the 8.4k in the neck. Need to see photos of the baseplates to tell any further what's going on.
Site shows bridge should be 8.9k and neck should be 8.3k. Just put the 8.8k in the bridge and the 8.4k in the neck. Need to see photos of the baseplates to tell any further what's going on.
BlueSnMettle
Michaelewski
Re: Slash bridge neck pickups mislabeled?
Are they Zebra?
Are they Zebra?
Re: Slash bridge neck pickups mislabeled?
one is 8.8k one is 8.4k, there is only 0.4k difference. swap em around and you should be fine. measure the spacing and i suspect the stickers are just on the wrong pups. if its a slash set, one should be zebra, one reverse zebra. the neck pup typically has a cream screw coil, bridge pup cream stud coil. it is possible that someone custom ordered them different though
one is 8.8k one is 8.4k, there is only 0.4k difference. swap em around and you should be fine. measure the spacing and i suspect the stickers are just on the wrong pups. if its a slash set, one should be zebra, one reverse zebra. the neck pup typically has a cream screw coil, bridge pup cream stud coil. it is possible that someone custom ordered them different though
Re: Slash bridge neck pickups mislabeled?
thats true. on my lp the neck pup is barely flush with the top of the ring while the bridge pup is significantly above the top of the ring but with the neck being hotter than the bridge it can make balancing with heights really hard. my traditional has a 8.3k neck pup and 7.8k bridge and while i can get the volumes to match, the tone difference is too much for my taste. some people really like to have a big difference, not me.
thats true. on my lp the neck pup is barely flush with the top of the ring while the bridge pup is significantly above the top of the ring but with the neck being hotter than the bridge it can make balancing with heights really hard. my traditional has a 8.3k neck pup and 7.8k bridge and while i can get the volumes to match, the tone difference is too much for my taste. some people really like to have a big difference, not me.
eclecticsynergy
Well-known member
Re: Slash bridge neck pickups mislabeled?
Given those DCR readings you can be confident they were simply mislabeled. Not a common occurrence but it isn't unheard-of.
I seem to remember someone else having a Slash set where the stickers were reversed.
Given those DCR readings you can be confident they were simply mislabeled. Not a common occurrence but it isn't unheard-of.
I seem to remember someone else having a Slash set where the stickers were reversed.