Rowe-DeArmond Humbuckers - Impedences?

[Canard]

Rowe-DeArmond made Gibson-ish looking humbuckers through the 60s and 70s. They were of their own proprietary dimensions, though.

There were the 2200s, the 2300s, and the 2400s.

Does anyone know what the nominal impedence ranges for these pickups were?

The 2200s seem to be around 5.6k ohms.

The 2300s? Never seen one. It was advertised as a higher output pup.

The rare 2400 up for sale seems to be around 16.5k ohms. It was advertised as a very high output pup.

I have a 220 model-2, a tripod sound hole mounted humbucker - the pickup is basically the same form factor as the bezel-mounted 2200. It is quite a bit hotter than ratings for the 220 model-1s I have seen up for sale. The model-1s seem to correspond to the 2200s at about 5.6k ohms. My model-2 reads 9.6k ohms on my multimeter. I am wondering if the model-2 used a 2300 pup.

 

[jp]

Try combing this site (no affiliation). They have a lot of info, specs, and scanned catalogs.

https://www.musicpickups.com/

 

[Default]

I've got a couple, not sure what they are, impedance wise.

 

[Canard]

Try combing this site (no affiliation). They have a lot of info, specs, and scanned catalogs.

https://www.musicpickups.com/

Thanks. By 1980, DeArmond started giving specs in their catalog. The 2nd version of the 220 sound hole humbucker, the one with the spring arm rather than the adjust-and-calmp arm, is pretty much the same a the 2300 bezel mounted humbuckers, 5.6k for the 220 and 9.7k for the 2300. My 220 reads 9.6k.

Catalog, 1980 (# 80), Green, products selection. | musicpickups.com

www.musicpickups.com

 

[Default]

Looking at that page, mine must be the 2300.

 

[Canard]

Looking at that page, mine must be the 2300.

From the brochure they seem to be aimed directly at Gibson. Unlike the earlier DeArmond humbuckers, they do fit Gibson bezels.