Will they hum? SCPB + J

[knucklehead G]

I called Seymour Duncan about this earlier and the rep said he didn't know the answer, but if they hum I can buy one of the pickups reverse-wound to solve the issue.

Duncan SCPB3 in the middle, SJB3 at the bridge. Will these hum-cancel in their stock format, or do I need to call a dealer and have one reverse-wound?

 

[tylerwylie]

If you want no hum, you'll need to get the STK-J series. These will not hum cancel.

 

[FunkMetalBass]

I called Seymour Duncan about this earlier and the rep said he didn't know the answer, but if they hum I can buy one of the pickups reverse-wound to solve the issue.

Duncan SCPB3 in the middle, SJB3 at the bridge. Will these hum-cancel in their stock format, or do I need to call a dealer and have one reverse-wound?

It would depend on whether or not they are normally reverse wound to begin with - I suspect not. You might be better off going to the dealer initially and letting him ensure that the set are reverse wound from each other.

 

[kjbrowne]

I have the same setup. Humms just like a jazz.

 

[walterw]

It would depend on whether or not they are normally reverse wound to begin with - I suspect not. You might be better off going to the dealer initially and letting him ensure that the set are reverse wound from each other.

sorry, nope.

a P and any single-coil J will hum. (the P "cancels its own hum", leaving the J by itself.)

for a good quiet but strong J pickup, look at dimarzio's area J or ultra J. they will both be stronger and clearer than any duncan stack, as they're split-coils instead of vertical stacks.

 

[line6man]

sorry, nope.

a P and any single-coil J will hum. (the P "cancels its own hum", leaving the J by itself.)

for a good quiet but strong J pickup, look at dimarzio's area J or ultra J. they will both be stronger and clearer than any duncan stack, as they're split-coils instead of vertical stacks.

He's talking about a single coil P, not a regular split coil.

 

[walterw]

He's talking about a single coil P, not a regular split coil.

who has two thumbs and is ********? ME!

yes of course, you will get at least some hum-cancel, as long as the two single coils are RWRP from each other (which you can check by putting a potential replacement top-to-top against the first pickup: if they attract, then they're opposite polarity, and can be wired to hum-cancel.)