What Readings Do You Get if a Humbucking pickup is in Series Humbucking, Split, Out of Phase with Itself, and Parallel?

  1. Pickup in series is: DC resistance is 8 k ohms. Each coil is 4 k ohms.
  2. Pickup split: The DC resistance is 4 k ohms. Using only one 4 k ohm coil.
  3. Pickup out of phase with itself: The DC resistance still reads 8 k ohms when the coils are connected in series.
  4. Pickup in parallel with itself: The DC resistance is 2 k ohms.

WRITTEN ON JUNE 12, 2015, BY sltwtr

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