Free Online Utility: Guitar Pickup Evaluator Lite
Finally - a "horsepower rating" for guitar pickups! If you’re a guitar enthusiast, you know the struggle of finding your perfect tone - the one that fits your playing style and your instrument. For electric guitars with passive pickups, evaluating them usually boils down to one metric before you’ve even heard them: DCR (resistance in kΩ) . Unfortunately, DCR alone tells you almost nothing about output or tone. The real picture depends on: Inductance (L) - in Henries Capacitance (C) - in nanofarads Magnet type - Alnico 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, or Ceramic Pickup geometry - bobbin width, length, height, number of coils After months of studying sine wave curves and logarithmic formulas, I created a 6-sheet Excel workbook that fully analyzes pickups given their L, C, R, and magnet type. It’s robust, but a bit heavy for casual use. That’s why I developed a “quick and dirty” metric - one number that gives you: Relative output (volume) - taking ...