Anyone know the average mV output of a guitar pickup (single coil)

[timrichter9]

I was testing a built in compressor circuit on a solid state 1979 Gibson L5 and the service notes said to use a 100mV sine wave and tweak a potentiometer when x happened.

It got me thinking....

What is the average output in mV of a guitar pickup (assume a volume pot on 10 and a heavy handed E chord (open Es) is struck.
Thoughts?

[leydenjar]

I was testing a built in compressor circuit on a solid state 1979 Gibson L5 and the service notes said to use a 100mV sine wave and tweak a potentiometer when x happened.

It got me thinking....

What is the average output in mV of a guitar pickup (assume a volume pot on 10 and a heavy handed E chord (open Es) is struck.
Thoughts?

250 mV ≈ peak w/single coil

[Jazz P Bass]

I have always went with 100mv's.
It sure will depend on the pickup & how hard you slam the strings.

[Steve Conner]

If you bash out power chords on a hot humbucking pickup, you can get upwards of 1v peak on the pick attack. 100mV is a good representative level for an average pickup during the sustain phase of the note.

[timrichter9]

If you bash out power chords on a hot humbucking pickup, you can get upwards of 1v peak on the pick attack. 100mV is a good representative level for an average pickup during the sustain phase of the note.

Thanks!