new SD pearly gates - is this faulty?

old_picker · August 10th, 2008, 05:56 AM

never having much experience with buckers i am a little puzzled by this.
the PG has 5 wires and i solder red to white and wind the green and bare together - checking the resistance to see if all is ok i find a reading of around 4k

mmm

so i unwound the green and bare and touch green and black with the probes and get a more reasonable 8.4 k or hereabouts - black to bare also gives around 4k

i have another set of pups from another maker who has the bare and green wrpped together and the resistance is right

what i am wondering is when i ground both green and bare from the PGates i will have output resitance of 4k correct? even if i ground them to different points? the SD schematic shows both wires soldered to the volume pot
would that not be the same as winding both together and then grounding?

hopdybob · August 10th, 2008, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by old_picker

never having much experience with buckers i am a little puzzled by this.
the PG has 5 wires and i solder red to white and wind the green and bare together - checking the resistance to see if all is ok i find a reading of around 4k

mmm

so i unwound the green and bare and touch green and black with the probes and get a more reasonable 8.4 k or hereabouts - black to bare also gives around 4k

i have another set of pups from another maker who has the bare and green wrpped together and the resistance is right

what i am wondering is when i ground both green and bare from the PGates i will have output resitance of 4k correct? even if i ground them to different points? the SD schematic shows both wires soldered to the volume pot
would that not be the same as winding both together and then grounding?

its a SD pickup?
look at there site for the colour code to see witch wires belong to what coil

old_picker · August 10th, 2008, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hopdybob

its a SD pickup?
look at there site for the colour code to see witch wires belong to what coil

i am following the SD schematic supplied with the unit

old_picker · August 11th, 2008, 07:55 PM

bump
no one got an idea on this one??

August 10th, 2008, 05:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
old_picker Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 452	new SD pearly gates - is this faulty? never having much experience with buckers i am a little puzzled by this. the PG has 5 wires and i solder red to white and wind the green and bare together - checking the resistance to see if all is ok i find a reading of around 4k mmm so i unwound the green and bare and touch green and black with the probes and get a more reasonable 8.4 k or hereabouts - black to bare also gives around 4k i have another set of pups from another maker who has the bare and green wrpped together and the resistance is right what i am wondering is when i ground both green and bare from the PGates i will have output resitance of 4k correct? even if i ground them to different points? the SD schematic shows both wires soldered to the volume pot would that not be the same as winding both together and then grounding? __________________ ray

August 11th, 2008, 07:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
old_picker Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 452	bump no one got an idea on this one?? __________________ ray