RW/RP Single Coil To Go With JB/Jazz Combo

[robrob2]

Re: RW/RP Single Coil To Go With JB/Jazz Combo

Before you flip things around screws are south.

So HH is:
south/north .... north/south
outer/inner ..... inner/outer <just want to confirm this is what you meant
bridge ............ neck
So to get hum canceling with both on and each split you cannot use the two outer (screw) coils. . .

I see, so you're saying you have to pair the split coils either outer/inner for south/north or inner/outer for north/south to get the polarity for hum canceling.

. . .unless you flip one magnet (which then also requires switching the leads on one pickup)

If you only flipped one magnet in a humbucker wouldn't you end up with north/north or south/south and no hum canceling when the humbucker isn't being paired with the other pickup?

 

[uOpt]

Re: RW/RP Single Coil To Go With JB/Jazz Combo

A humbucker only has one magnet. The south side points to one row of polepieces, the north side to the other.

Answering the other question is difficult since I don't know what polarity your single coil is.

In any case it's pretty clear that all you have to do is use the other coil in the humbucker that causes hum in the notch position, or flip it's magnet.

 

[robrob2]

Re: RW/RP Single Coil To Go With JB/Jazz Combo

Thanks for the patience uOpt, I think I now have a pretty good grasp of hum canceling, polarity and phase.

 

[uOpt]

Re: RW/RP Single Coil To Go With JB/Jazz Combo

Thanks for the patience uOpt, I think I now have a pretty good grasp of hum canceling, polarity and phase.

Actually by now I'm completely confused myself

I wish there was a clear list of which single coil is north up and which one is south up. Very annoying. Seymour Duncan actually lists which Fender pickups are which polarity but not for SD pickups

 

[robrob2]

Re: RW/RP Single Coil To Go With JB/Jazz Combo

These two graphics helped clarify the polarity and phase concepts in this thread:





P.S. After doing more research I see that many do use the term "out of magnetic phase" to describe the situation where the magnetic polarity is incorrect. I also didn't know it was possible to make the long edges of a bar magnet the poles.