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How can I check/test electric guitar pickups without strings on the instrument? Is it possible to check the wiring is correctly giving power to the pickups without the strings?
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Tapping a piece of metal on the pickups will show you if there is a connection being made. I somewhat agree about trying to leave the strings on, but when you are removing the pickup its really best to take the strings off (at least temporarily) to swap pickups in/out. Sometimes I take my iPod and put the headphones neck to the pickups. The pickups will pick up the signal going to the headphones and play it through the amp. Ill do the work with headphones under the pickup being worked on and you can hear the difference in volume as you wire the correct wires in in addition to knowing that there is a connection made.
Tapping a piece of metal on the pickups will show you if there is a connection being made. I somewhat agree about trying to leave the strings on, but when you are removing the pickup its really best to take the strings off (at least temporarily) to swap pickups in/out. Sometimes I take my iPod and put the headphones neck to the pickups. The pickups will pick up the signal going to the headphones and play it through the amp. Ill do the work with headphones under the pickup being worked on and you can hear the difference in volume as you wire the correct wires in in addition to knowing that there is a connection made.
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