Fender Wide-Range Pickups
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Fender Wide-Range Pickups
My 72' Telecaster Deluxe Reissue has two Wide-Range humbuckers... Are there two kind of Wide-range pickups, one for neck, one for bridge, or are they just same? I don't use my bridge pickup, can I put this one to my other guitar's neck? Sorry for my bad English...
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I looked around, but couldn't find an answer for you. A couple other members have Telecasters with the wide-range humbuckers, so maybe they know.
Until then, you can test them for yourself if you have a multimeter.
![Image](http://www.dansdata.com/images/caselight/multimeter220.jpg)
Test the resistance through each pickup. If the difference between the pickups is about 100 ohms or less, they're probably identical.
You must disconnect one wire from each pickup to measure accurately.
Even if the two pickups are different, you can still use the bridge pickup as a neck pickup instead. It will just be louder.
I looked around, but couldn't find an answer for you. A couple other members have Telecasters with the wide-range humbuckers, so maybe they know.
Until then, you can test them for yourself if you have a multimeter.
![Image](http://www.dansdata.com/images/caselight/multimeter220.jpg)
Test the resistance through each pickup. If the difference between the pickups is about 100 ohms or less, they're probably identical.
You must disconnect one wire from each pickup to measure accurately.
Even if the two pickups are different, you can still use the bridge pickup as a neck pickup instead. It will just be louder.
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I have them, and year they're different. Look:
http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/pick ... e72hum.htm
http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/pick ... e72hum.htm
iirc, p90's are universalMike wrote:They not the same. Bridge and Neck pickups always have different impedances unless you're the worst pickup designer ever. The string vibration is WAY higher at the neck.
EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-90
slight variance, the last set that i got (80 lp double cut) were very similar resistance, both around 8
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Seymour Duncan says no.
"Available for both neck and bridge positions in a balanced set. Also popular, is an SP90-2 Hot in the bridge position with an SP90-1 Vintage in the neck for tonal versatility."
Seymour Duncan says no.
"Available for both neck and bridge positions in a balanced set. Also popular, is an SP90-2 Hot in the bridge position with an SP90-1 Vintage in the neck for tonal versatility."
aftermarkets are different, i had some rio grande p90's that i pulled out of one of my guitars that had a very large difference, but out of 4 or 5 gibby p90's i've had, all rated in the same area, i should have specified OEM in my first post.Mike wrote:http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/e ... hot_soapb/
Seymour Duncan says no.
"Available for both neck and bridge positions in a balanced set. Also popular, is an SP90-2 Hot in the bridge position with an SP90-1 Vintage in the neck for tonal versatility."
Yeah, I was wondering that too..... whether back in '72 they used two different-impedance pickups or just stuffed the same pickup in both places..... and if so, whether they decided to do the same in the reissue or improved it by increasing the windings on the bridge pickup. The internets are mum on this, like it's some sort of conspiracy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Wide_Rangefiltercap wrote:Yeah, I was wondering that too..... whether back in '72 they used two different-impedance pickups or just stuffed the same pickup in both places..... and if so, whether they decided to do the same in the reissue or improved it by increasing the windings on the bridge pickup. The internets are mum on this, like it's some sort of conspiracy.
doesn't say on there, but it does give a bit more info.
i've seen guys on ebay say the originals are universal, and show a readout from a voltage meter, but take it with a grain of salt, its ebay.