1999 HFS / Vintage Bass measurements

[Simon Says]

To be fair I was surprised them being so close to the spec.

HFS - 15.11k
Vintage Bass - 8.46k

Set taken from 1999 Standard 24

Not really question, just FWIW

 

[Simon Says]

Done a little gizmo so I can measure pickups in my other guitar

85/15 TCI - Custom 24, 35th Anniversary
Bridge HB - 8.75k
Bridge Split - 4.45k
Neck HB - 8.13k
Neck Split - 4.04k
Both HB - 4.24k
Neck HB / Bridge Split - 2.89k
Both Split - 2.12k
Neck Split / Bridge HB - 2.77k

 

[Em7]

DC resistance is not a very good way to measure pickups. A pickup generates an AC signal when ferrous strings cut magnetic lines of force. The more important measurements are inductance (L), capacitance (C), and magnetic flux density (gauss). Very few pickup manufacturers release this information.

 

[Perry]

DC resistance is not a very good way to measure pickups.......The more important measurements are inductance (L), capacitance (C), and magnetic flux density (gauss)...

I keep reading how the DC resistance is not a particularly useful measurement, though we continue to use it, mistakenly perhaps, to identify how 'hot' or 'strong' a pickup is likely to sound in a guitar. Outside the general consensus boundaries of 'the hotter the pickup, the more muddy it may sound', DC resistance does little to describe the actual character of the pickup.

So, in layman's terms, how could we use those other 3 measurements in a comparison test between different pickups?