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Originally Posted by johnhe
One of the original posters questions was how to measure the impedance of the pickups. I simply plug a short lead into the guitar and measure the resistance from the output using a standard multimeter. I don't know if the other electronics connected to the lead (vol and tone pots etc in the wiring harness) will impact the reading, but I think it gets a good feel for the approximate pickups output.
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The other electronics do affect the reading some. On a vintage range pu it tends to read about 0.2k lower "in-circuit" (in your guitar) than sitting naked on the work bench. So if it reads, say 6.6k right out of the box, it'll be about 6.4k in your guitar's circuit.