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Originally Posted by GuloGulo
Thanks for the info. I just wanted to know because that ohm reading tells me its a low impudence pickup similar to G&L's, which explains the bardens hi-fi sound. I've known for a long time low resistance pickups have a better sound its just the nature of magnetism. I've been at a crossroads buying them or not. I mean I'd only be getting them because I love Gattons sound and since I play a lot of his tunes I thought why not have the same sound. I still can't justify that 200+ price tag, considering you can get really good pickups for half that.
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Bardens are the perfect example of how a resistance reading, by itself, means absuloutely nothing about the actual output of a pickup. Despite the low Barden reading of about 4.5k, they have a strong signal, and there is never a problem getting a good output from them, and they are easy to balance, no wimpy neck pickup problems.
As you say, it is possible to get excellent sounding pickups for about $100, but they will not perform like Bardens, which are rather unique, nobody's come close to cloning them yet.