Complete Guitar Pickup Testing: Step by Step Guide (LCR, Gauss, Frequency Response / Bode Plot)

Physics of the Electric Guitar by Manfred Zollner: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1x9TRAo5gVvCZDk6OGI8rqSGRnm0P1OkM?usp=sharing Pickup Spreadsheet with Ongoing Updates: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WOUCNV17cn05hbpNQNyrkV_kXn29HYFb?usp=sharing Pickup Wizard by Helmut Keller (Alternative Testing Method): https://gitec-forum-eng.de/getting-to-know-you-pickup-a-tool-for-measuring-the-frequency-response-of-the-impedance/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapters: 0:23 Gauss Test 0:43 Inductance, Capacitance, DCR 1:56 Oscilloscope Cabling Components + Instructions 4:26 PCLab 2000 Software Download and Installation 4:56 Setting up the software to make a Bode Plot 5:54 Bode Plot + Resonant Frequency 8:03 Spreadsheets + Resonant Peak ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Complete Single Coil Pickup Assembly video: https://youtu.be/5BqFoBJr10o?si=eKHu9YZ4_GwEG4_t ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huge thanks to “Antigua Tele” from TDPRI, as well as members of Guitar Nutz 2 for all the correspondence and guidance. I never would have even figured out how to use an LCR meter without his help. Another big thanks to Ken Willmott, inventor of the Integrator, who’s been just as helpful in e-mail correspondences, answering any and all questions I had about using the Integrator, and what the numbers mean. And huge thanks to Steve Kubica and Rob DiStefano for getting me started on my guitar tech journey over 17 years ago, and my pickup winding journey over 5 years ago, respectively. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPACITANCE TESTING ACCURACY: Antigua’s thoughts, and a meter I currently don’t own that may be superior for testing capacitance: https://guitarnuts2.proboards.com/thread/9394/hantek-1833c-meter-great-pickups https://guitarnuts2.proboards.com/thread/8271/measuring-pickups-capacitance-lcr-meter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VRMS and dBV MEANING: https://guitarnuts2.proboards.com/thread/10145/vrms-dbv-meaning ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINKS AND RESOURCES: Measured Electrical Values of Various Telecaster Pickups: https://www.tdpri.com/threads/measured-electrical-values-of-various-telecaster-pickups.665808/ Finding a Pickup’s Resonant Peak with a USB Oscilloscope: https://guitarnuts2.proboards.com/thread/7775/pickups-resonant-peak-usb-oscilliscope Ken Willmott (Inventor of the “Integrator”) homepage: http://kenwillmott.com/blog/ Integrator “Wiki” Page: https://github.com/KenWillmott/integrator/wiki Guitar Pickup Measurement Revisited: http://kenwillmott.com/blog/archives/284 Ken Willmott’s Github for the Integrator and Exciter Coil (free instructions to build your own): https://github.com/KenWillmott/integrator