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Postby Zebedee » Sat Aug 21, 2010 2:19 pm

My ZB has a single-coil pickup, with 3 coil taps, at various windings.

Does anybody know what the readings are for those coil taps ?
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Re: ZB pickup

Postby ZBSD-10 » Sun Aug 22, 2010 7:40 am

Hallo Richard
Your best bet is to contact either Billy Knowles, Greg Jones or Kevin Hatton on the US Forum,if they don't know
nobody does, I had it written down somewhere but can't find it .
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Re: ZB pickup

Postby Ken Byng » Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:04 am

Richard, I took the readings from my last ZB years ago. The E9 pickup was tapped at 10K, 15K and 20K. I believe they were all hand wound and there was a tremendous variance from guitar to guitar.
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Re: ZB pickup

Postby zbplayer » Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:59 am

Hi Richard,will try and get the readings off my ZB and get back to you. Regards,Graham ps seem to think there were posts on US forum to do with this,but maybe 4 or 5 yrs ago.Dont know if you can look back that far?
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Re: ZB pickup

Postby bob adams » Sun Aug 22, 2010 2:45 pm

Richard, I have checked four, one on an S10 (originally on Johne Roche’s C6th neck)
A spare reported to be off an old GH steel and the two on Gordon’s ex D10 (not a matching pair!) now there’s a surprise!!
Anyway the most consistent readings were… E9th 6.6 - 9.3 - 15.9 ....... C6th 9.7 - 10.2 - 20
I read only today that it was reckoned Tom Brumley’s SD11 was 18 on the center tap!

I think Ken’s 10 – 15 – 20 might be a good root to go if you are thinking about a re-wind.
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Re: ZB pickup

Postby zbplayer » Sun Aug 22, 2010 7:22 pm

Just checked mine and get 10.26K 11.55K 21.81K Does that mean I have a C6th pick up on my E9th ?
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Re: ZB pickup

Postby Zebedee » Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:58 am

Thanks Guys,
That's just what I've been looking for :D
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