PUP voltages

RobbieZ

I am currently busy understanding the exact working of valves with a eye on designing my next amplifier.
My guitar uses PAF-Vintage MK-2 pups. Does any one have a idea on the voltage output of these pups?

AlanRatcliffe

It does depend on pickups, player, picks and all sorts of things, but IIRC it's in the order of 3 - 10mV.

Attila

Robbie

You understand that its not a constant voltage coming from your pickups also depending on how hard or not you hit the strings you would need a scope or multimeter with a peak hold function to measure this.

Never mind the coil temperature etc etc ...... you will never get a constant answer but my guess is you will be measuring around 1- 100mv ....frequency dependent.

If you inbox me I have a university lab test where the tested a 60's PAF using constant sine wave frequencies to generate complex mv values ..... splitting hairs in my opinion as the real life variable are too great.

I understand your question..... you want to calculate the gains and losses throughout the signal chain.... I have some calculators and reading material if you want

peace

Attila

Gearhead

Alan Ratcliffe wrote: It does depend on pickups, player, picks and all sorts of things, but IIRC it's in the order of 3 - 10mV.

?? I would have put it more in the ralm of 100-500mV, but to be quite honest I don't know why I think that. Let me look up where I think I found info... Can't you calculate from the inducance backward? Or from the string energy? Gimme a couple o'days...

Attila

you could be right sent you the lab test