Peavey Wolfgang bridge humbucker?

**van77** · 02.08.20, 08:27 AM

Is there anyway to identify a peavey Wolfgang bridge humbucker?.....from all that I have read these pickups were not marked?
Please help!!!

**evhintexas** · 02.08.20, 03:23 PM

Identify how?
It's a Peavey Wolfgang Bridge Humbucker....

**Dave not David** · 02.08.20, 03:54 PM

Identify between the bridge and the neck? It should have a longer wire

**evhintexas** · 02.08.20, 05:06 PM

....and different resistance values

**Onirb** · 02.13.20, 03:22 AM

I got 13.4 bridge and 15.6 neck

**MF5150** · 02.13.20, 06:21 PM

Jesus, that’s hot.

Pretty sure my ThroBaks are 7.9 on the bridge and 7.7 on the neck. 🤣

**Dave not David** · 02.13.20, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by Onirb

I got 13.4 bridge and 15.6 neck

My sets are roughly the same

**turnbuckle** · 02.14.20, 08:57 PM

DC resistance doesn't really say much about a pick up's output.
Here's some fun pick up info;

http://www.planetz.com/pickup-dc-res...output-levels/

Enjoy

**Dave not David** · 02.15.20, 05:42 PM

Originally Posted by turnbuckle

DC resistance doesn't really say much about a pick up's output.
Here's some fun pick up info;

http://www.planetz.com/pickup-dc-res...output-levels/

Enjoy

Too much words. I know pickup make noise sound good.

Jk, great read!

**turnbuckle** · 02.15.20, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by van77

Is there anyway to identify a peavey Wolfgang bridge humbucker?.....from all that I have read these pickups were not marked?
Please help!!!

Originally Posted by Onirb

I got 13.4 bridge and 15.6 neck

This sounds untraditional, but is correct. After a little research, apparently thinner gauge wire was used for the neck PU, resulting in the higher than the bridge reading, even though the bridge PU is actually the hotter, more powerful one.

**turnbuckle** · 02.19.20, 03:11 PM

Originally Posted by MF5150

Jesus, that’s hot.

Pretty sure my ThroBaks are 7.9 on the bridge and 7.7 on the neck. 🤣

DC resistance measurements are widely used as a gauge of the “output” of passive magnetic pickups. This use of DC resistance is both technically incorrect and often misleading; to find out why, read on

http://www.planetz.com/pickup-dc-res...output-levels/

**MF5150** · 02.23.20, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by turnbuckle

DC resistance measurements are widely used as a gauge of the “output” of passive magnetic pickups. This use of DC resistance is both technically incorrect and often misleading; to find out why, read on

http://www.planetz.com/pickup-dc-res...output-levels/

Im sorry but a PAF or PAT # reading 7-8k will not sound the same as a pickup that reads 13-14k.

Technically it might not be accurate for comparison purposes, but sonically there is a massive difference.

**turnbuckle** · 02.23.20, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by MF5150

Jesus, that’s hot.

Pretty sure my ThroBaks are 7.9 on the bridge and 7.7 on the neck. ��

If those are humbuckers, it sounds like they both got a broken coil

BTW, nobody said they would sound the same.

**MF5150** · 02.23.20, 04:54 PM

Originally Posted by turnbuckle

If those are humbuckers, it sounds like they both got a broken coil

BTW, nobody said they would sound the same.

Yes, the early humbucking pickups and PAF-style pickups were/are nowhere near as hot as the pickups that came after and are currently being marketed to rock/metal guitar players.