Tubehead, that sounds like what I'm showing - each coil is 1k. And when hooked together in series the pickup showed 1.9k. I wonder if the AllParts are just re-branded Gotohs? I wish I understood how all this works a little better because this just doesn't seem right.Dave, that makes sense but what gets me is I remember it being advertised as 30k.
Allparts does not have manufacturing capability. They sell stuff they source, mostly in Asia. Judging from what they catalog, their "Mudbucker" probably comes from Gotoh.
My original intent with this pickup was to drop it into my SX Jazz just like the video but have it located where the neck j pickup is normally, sort of 'tractorish'. I was all set to start routing when it occurred to me that maybe I should stick it in my 'log' bass first just to hear what it sounds like. I was assuming it would be full of 60's 30k mudbucker goodness but that's not what I got. I'm glad I didn't start carving first! I could almost live with the tone in the video but mine was definitely much thinner sounding. Oh well, maybe I'll continue to experiment with it.