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- From: jhalvers@plains (Jon Halverson)
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- Subject: Re: Electric Guitar Pickups?
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- Date: 15 Dec 92 20:22:56 GMT
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- Well as far as I know, Most high imp. humbuckers max at about a volt or
- so, less for singles. You can check by puting a V/ohm meter set to read AC
- votltage across it and strum real hard. I'm not sure on impeadences off
- the top of my head though but they can be quite different from one to
- another, especially between single and double coils.
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- Active pickups are another story. Basically what they are is a very low
- imp. pickup with a built in pre-amp. The signal therefore is much cleaner.
- The output voltages are usually set up to match reg. pkups.
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- You have to remember that there is quite a bit of leway as far as input
- voltage and imp. in most amps. It's just that if the input voltage is high
- enough it will distort.
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- Hope I could help,
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- jh
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