Warwick Rockbass MEC p'up Impedence?

[slappa da beeus]

I bought a Corvette Rockbass with a bad preamp. I'm attempting to replace it with Bass Mods 2 pickup 2 Band 3 knob and 1 switch preamp. Not sure if I can put this preamp in with the stock MEC Singles. How do i tell what impedence these p'ups are? Please help.

 

[Clark Dark]

To find out the resistance in ohms all you need is a good multi meter. If the pup has only 2 wires then you just measure the ohms across the 2 wires. If it's a 4 wire pup you first figure out the 2 coils then measure each side.

 

[line6man]

Nobody bothers with finding impedances. It isn't an easy thing to do, because impedance is frequency dependent. What is your reason for needing to know the impedance?

Regarding the preamp, the pickups will work fine with it.

 

[line6man]

To find out the resistance in ohms all you need is a good multi meter. If the pup has only 2 wires then you just measure the ohms across the 2 wires. If it's a 4 wire pup you first figure out the 2 coils then measure each side.

Resistance is only one component of impedance. Impedance is the vector sum of resistance and reactance. Since the reactance is nonzero, impedance will be higher than resistance.

 

[Clark Dark]

That's why I changed the term to resistance as some confuse resistance and impedance as interchangeable. Although not said by the OP I went ahead and presumed the OP wanted to know the resistance of the pup's to calculate whether the pup's would be a good match for the pre.

 

[slappa da beeus]

Really just want to know if I can replace the old preamp with the bassmods one.

 

[JustForSport]

Really just want to know if I can replace the old preamp with the bassmods one.

Yes,
keep the same vol/bal pots.

 

[line6man]

Really just want to know if I can replace the old preamp with the bassmods one.

You can swap the preamp for just about any other preamp. The Bassmods preamp works fine, as do most other preamps on the market.