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Post by LTB on Mar 1, 2020 15:20:13 GMT -5
Some may know this but for those who do not, a simple method I use to test if a newly installed pickup is working before I install strings I hold an electro mechanical watch ( watch using a battery an has old style hands) that steps the second hand utilizing a pulse to a coil.
You will here a click each second through the pickup by holding the watch next to the pickup
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Post by SonicBlue on Mar 1, 2020 15:38:47 GMT -5
Or a tuning fork
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Mar 1, 2020 15:40:22 GMT -5
Or gently tapping with a hex wrench.
You can also play a sound on your phone and hold the little speaker near the pickup and it will come through the amp.
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Post by DrKev on Mar 1, 2020 16:33:29 GMT -5
Or, I have a very noisy soldering iron PSU. When it's switched on, even noiseless pickups complain loudly.  |
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Post by LTB on Mar 2, 2020 0:37:53 GMT -5
Yes, I have tapped on pickups but since I wear a watch and found by accident when I got close to a pickup I could hear it I find it easy and less obtrusive. I will say I am glad I don't wear the watch on my right wrist or I would not be wearing it while playing  |
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Post by Mike the marksman on Mar 2, 2020 8:37:46 GMT -5
I always just touched the polepieces with a screwdriver tip or some other metal tool.
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Post by Wrnchbndr on Mar 2, 2020 10:10:26 GMT -5
My electric screwdriver. You get a wide range of frequencies.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Mar 2, 2020 10:27:37 GMT -5
This is wrnchbndr in the office:
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Post by LTB on Mar 2, 2020 22:32:43 GMT -5
This is wrnchbndr in the office: Geno, it never ceases to amaze me the stuff you seem to pull out of the hat "on demand" |
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Post by Wrnchbndr on Mar 3, 2020 11:31:27 GMT -5
Yea baby! I'm a knicker dropping tech with a crowd of babes and stage lighting every day.
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