Guitar Pickup Resistance means Nothing!

Guitar Pickup Resistance means Nothing!

Howdy Guitar tone gang!  If ya travel in the way back machine, you will find THIS BLOG please, READ IT!

I'm BIG on repeating that:

On it's own, the measured resistance of a guitar pickup means nothing!

And now ... drum roll ... I have video proof! 

Check out this video where I demonstrate how simply warming a pickup slightly by holding it in your hand makes the impedance rise! 

But wait!  There's more, check out this one, where I show how removing the pole pieces does not affect resistance, and with no pole pieces, it's NOT even a guitar pickup!

Okay gang, I hope I've made my point here about resistance, please DON'T use it as a reference for how a pickup will sound, okay?

Resistance on it's own means absolutely nothing.