Complete Guitar Pickup Testing: Step by Step Guide (LCR Meter, Gauss Meter, Oscilloscope)

Physics of the Electric Guitar by Manfred Zollner:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Pickup Spreadsheet with Ongoing Updates:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Pickup Wizard by Helmut Keller (Alternative Testing Method):

https://gitec-forum-eng.de/getting-to...

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Chapters:

0:23 Gauss Test
0:43 Inductance, Capacitance, DCR
1:56 Oscilloscope Cabling Components + Instructions
4:26 PCLab 2000 Software Download and Installation
4:56 Setting up the software to make a Bode Plot
5:54 Bode Plot + Resonant Frequency
8:03 Spreadsheets + Resonant Peak

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My Complete Single Coil Pickup Assembly video:

   • Making a Single Coil Pickup: Complete...  

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Huge thanks to “Antigua Tele” from TDPRI, as well as members of Guitar Nutz 2 for all the correspondence and guidance. I never would have even figured out how to use an LCR meter without his help. Another big thanks to Ken Willmott, inventor of the Integrator, who’s been just as helpful in e-mail correspondences, answering any and all questions I had about using the Integrator, and what the numbers mean. And huge thanks to Steve Kubica and Rob DiStefano for getting me started on my guitar tech journey over 17 years ago, and my pickup winding journey over 5 years ago, respectively.

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CAPACITANCE TESTING ACCURACY:

Antigua’s thoughts, and a meter I currently don’t own that may be superior for testing capacitance:

https://guitarnuts2.proboards.com/thr...

https://guitarnuts2.proboards.com/thr...

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VRMS and dBV MEANING:

https://guitarnuts2.proboards.com/thr...

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LINKS AND RESOURCES:

Measured Electrical Values of Various Telecaster Pickups:

https://www.tdpri.com/threads/measure...

Finding a Pickup’s Resonant Peak with a USB Oscilloscope:

https://guitarnuts2.proboards.com/thr...

Ken Willmott (Inventor of the “Integrator”) homepage:

http://kenwillmott.com/blog/

Integrator “Wiki” Page:

https://github.com/KenWillmott/integr...

Guitar Pickup Measurement Revisited:

http://kenwillmott.com/blog/archives/284

Ken Willmott’s Github for the Integrator and Exciter Coil (free instructions to build your own):

https://github.com/KenWillmott/integr...