Extra hum: - normal or not.

[mickeyj4j]

I highly recommend Fender Super 55 pickups. They're out of production now, but they can still be found, and for good prices. Here's one on Amazon.

Thanks but this listing and others dont ship to my country. will keep looking on other sites.

To answer your question, what you are looking for is a hum canceling J pickup to match with your hum canceling P pickup. There are several varieties of them, the two main ones being split-coil and stacked coils. The Fender Super 55 is a split coil pickup -- like the P pickup, except it's made to fit a J cover. A lot of companies make them, but you won't be able to touch them for anything close to the price on Amazon.

Thanks I will take a look for other brands.

 

[mickeyj4j]

Check that your bridge is grounded. Do you have a multimeter?

I now have a multi-meter how do I test if ground is concted. I can't find any videos on testing for one.

 

[David Jayne]

Set meter for Continuity, touch one lead to bridge and the other to the sleeve, or outer metal part of the jack. Meter should read 0.

 

[mickeyj4j]

Set meter for Continuity, touch one lead to bridge and the other to the sleeve, or outer metal part of the jack. Meter should read 0.

No continuity setting on this meter and it's not a cheep one

It can do dc/AC voltage, dc/AC current, resistance, capacitance, frequency, duty cycle, temperture, diod test

 

[dincz]

No continuity setting on this meter and it's not a cheep one

It can do dc/AC voltage, dc/AC current, resistance, capacitance, frequency, duty cycle, temperture, diod test

Use the resistance setting. It should be near enough to zero.