Baja Telecaster Pickup Outputs

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon May 03, 2010 8:53 pm

That's really kind of you, ta. Still scoping out refinishers...

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Mon May 03, 2010 9:11 pm

What gauge strings are you playing on your Baja? I was thinking .11s because they are on all my other electrics.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon May 03, 2010 9:19 pm

Yep, 11s. EXL116s.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Thu May 06, 2010 9:00 am

looks good taylor. sorry i couldn't help out on the bridge values, i don't have a multi meter.

the baja seems to have taken the hearts of most of us on shortscale. i love mine to bits and is the definitive never gonna sell guitar.

still waiting to see an updates benecol guitar collection photo and pedalboard shots.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Thu May 06, 2010 1:47 pm

I just got the Baja tele pickups in yesterday. They are from a new Baja Tele. My next step is to mount them and make sure the cavities are large enough. I won't wire it up until after I finish body work and paint.

Before I put the pickups, I want to check the output myself. How can I check them using a multimeter?

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Thu May 06, 2010 5:22 pm

Set it to 20k ohms, put the black on ground, red on hot. Tadaaaaa!

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sun May 09, 2010 9:10 pm

Thank you for the tips.

I measured the pickups and the output values are:

Twisted Tele Neck pickup: 5.85K

Broadcaster Custom Bridge Pickup: 9.08K

I was surprised how far apart the output values were. I want to mount them and make sure they will fit in the cavity holes I made before I take the guitar apart again.

Here is the mounting gear that came with it. Anyone ever mounted Tele pickups with this kind of mounting gear before? One of the three orange "spacers" is split for the Broadcaster. I hope I can find another one at the hardware store.