Can I use a step-up transformer from a microphone in an instrument? If you had a guitar that has a weak signal, could you use a transformer to give it a little boost? After all, a pickup isn't much different from a dynamic mic element.
I've been trying this, and I thought it was working, until I set up a switch to be able to bypass the transformer. Guess what, no difference with the switch in either position.
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I tried wiring it up a number of different ways and got pretty much the same results. Is there a way to make this work, or is the whole idea fundamentally flawed?
And now for the dumb question: Ok, so there's 4 wires coming out of this thing, 2 for each coil. If you have it in front of you so it looks like an H, the top two are one coil, and the bottom two are the other, right?