RP and RW for hum-canceling?

[skh515]

Does a pickup have to be RW/RP to cancel hum when teamed with it's neighbor, or will a Reverse Polarity pup cancel noise when used with a non-reversed, with both pups wound in the same direction?

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: RP and RW for hum-canceling?

One pickup has to be RW/RP relative to the pickup it is being combined with in order to have humcancelling. Lew

 

[St_Genesius]

Re: RP and RW for hum-canceling?

What effect, if any, would RP have by itself?

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: RP and RW for hum-canceling?

That's the classic "out of phase" tone when two pickups are combined and one is out of phase relative to the other. It'd sound thin and nasally with very little bass.