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Pickup Pairing
- Thread starter Brando
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They must be the same polarity & in phase. You can get pickups which, when wired correctly will be in phase, but out of polarity or vice versa. This shows up as a mild buzz no matter what you do. I've had this prob twice.
I had to detach the chassis ground on one to make it work properly.
I had to detach the chassis ground on one to make it work properly.
in your opinion, would there be any problems running a EMG MM style pickup with an EMG HZ?........electronics are not a strong point for me(ha), but im kinda curious.
thanks in advance
thanks in advance
OK, we're mushing up the terms here.
polarity is what matters here, not "phase".
the pickups need to create signal that's in the same polarity. if the magnetic polarity of two otherwise similar pickups is opposite, the problem won't be "mild buzz", it'll be hideously thin sound when they're both on.
if the coil is wound (or wired) to opposite polarity, the same thing will happen.
like line6man said, if you get two coils where both the magnet polarity and the coil polarity are reversed, it'll sound good together, and also cancel the hum.
"phase" refers to one signal leading the other by a certain number of degrees. 180 degrees "out of phase" is like reversed polarity, but not always identical to it.
to call two pickups "in polarity, but out of phase" makes no sense.
polarity is what matters here, not "phase".
the pickups need to create signal that's in the same polarity. if the magnetic polarity of two otherwise similar pickups is opposite, the problem won't be "mild buzz", it'll be hideously thin sound when they're both on.
if the coil is wound (or wired) to opposite polarity, the same thing will happen.
like line6man said, if you get two coils where both the magnet polarity and the coil polarity are reversed, it'll sound good together, and also cancel the hum.
"phase" refers to one signal leading the other by a certain number of degrees. 180 degrees "out of phase" is like reversed polarity, but not always identical to it.
to call two pickups "in polarity, but out of phase" makes no sense.
thanks for your time guys, after a little research, and some phone calls to my tech, i found EMG makes a passive MM style
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i know the HZ's are passive i run them in 2 different basses, 1 bass passive, and the other with Active pre
again thanks for your time guys
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i know the HZ's are passive i run them in 2 different basses, 1 bass passive, and the other with Active pre
again thanks for your time guys
if you're going that route, the duncan MM pickup is gonna blow away any HZ for real music man tone.
("real" EMGs are great, but the HZs are what get routinely removed from budget instruments to have good pickups installed.)
("real" EMGs are great, but the HZs are what get routinely removed from budget instruments to have good pickups installed.)
