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Old 05-03-2008, 10:14 PM
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Testing whether pickups work

I'll be wiring up a JEM-style guitar this summer, and I won't have a neck for it until a few months after the pickups are put in. Does anyone know of a way to see if the pickups are all wired/functioning properly WITHOUT a neck or strings?
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Re: Testing whether pickups work

with a Multimeter
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Old 05-03-2008, 10:31 PM
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Re: Testing whether pickups work

Plug in and tap the poles with one of your allen wrenches. You get the same sound that vai gets when the goes down and the strings go slack and hit the pups.
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Re: Testing whether pickups work

[quote=CosmicDebris;820093]Plug in and tap the poles with one of your allen wrenches./QUOTE]

This works for me!

-Wolfram
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Old 05-04-2008, 05:41 PM
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Re: Testing whether pickups work

Sounds good...thanks a lot, guys!
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Old 05-04-2008, 09:48 PM
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Re: Testing whether pickups work

You can also use a TV/stereo remote control close to the pickups, it'll beep when you hold a button. Seriously.
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Old 05-05-2008, 02:17 PM
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Re: Testing whether pickups work

my cell phone makes my pickups beeb too.
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Old 05-05-2008, 02:29 PM
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Re: Testing whether pickups work

Pull a Paul Gilbert on it...hold your electric drill or dremel up to 'em and let 'er rip.
Vwooooooooooo!
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Re: Testing whether pickups work

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You can also use a TV/stereo remote control close to the pickups, it'll beep when you hold a button. Seriously.
That sounds neat. I will have to try it when I get home tonight.
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Re: Testing whether pickups work

^Yeah I found this out by accident the other day. It's true.
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Old 05-06-2008, 08:30 AM
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Re: Testing whether pickups work

I use the allen wrench.
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