Hi, does anyone know what the impedance of a guitar pick up generally is ? and what kind of voltage and current it creates ? cheers
impendance in the pickup, or the coil(s) is how much electrical resistance they have.. it relates to how much output you get, but this stuff is not the most basic stuff :D
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/inductor.htm
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/oscillator.htm
explains the workings of a pickup pretty good,
as a pickup in reality is an extremely weak generator :D
if you want to know more, just ask:D
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Your best beat would be to go to the pickup manufactures website or contact them for the spec. With so many pickups on the market it would be a lot of work to remember all of them. I recall EMG 81 pickups being 10Kohm and Gibson P-90's being 4.7 to 5.3 kohm. Maybe use an meter and measure the ones you have.
joe
Ahhh thankyou, thats all i wanted to know, in respects to its all compicated, i've done electronics at many levels and am fully versed with how oscillators and inductors and generators work, and yes you're exactly right in that it does act as a Frequency generator. ( a Generator )
but that impedance sounds about right. cheers :)
