SD Mini Humbucker and Quarter Pounder - out of phase with each other?

[BobboByrnes]

I just built a Thinline Tele and put a pair of Seymour Duncan pickups in it - a Vintage Mini Humbucker neck pickup and a Quarter Pounder tele bridge pickup and in the middle position they are out of phase.

I am confused about this. Has anyone else had this problem? I may switch out the QP for something like a Hot Tele or Alnico II. I don't know but this is weird right?

 

[jeremy]

i have not had that issue, but you can just switch the hot and ground on the qp to get it back in phase. they dont have baseplates like many tele pups do

 

[Mincer]

Welcome to the forum!

It is strange, but other people have had similar issues here (with other pickups). I think it is just something that went wrong at the factory. It isn't common, by any means, but it does happen.

 

[BobboByrnes]

i have not had that issue, but you can just switch the hot and ground on the qp to get it back in phase. they dont have baseplates like many tele pups do

Ah, that makes sense Jeremy! Thank you.

 

[GuitarDoc]

You probably just hooked up the black and white wires from the quarter pounder backwards. Just reverse those and you should be fine.

 

[BobboByrnes]

Just for clarification - I ended up reversing the black and white leads - white went to ground and black went to hot and the issue went away.

 

[Mincer]

Just for clarification - I ended up reversing the black and white leads - white went to ground and black went to hot and the issue went away.

Awesome! How do they sound?

 

[Artie]

Awesome! How do they sound?

Ditto. Sounds like a sweet combo.

 

[BobboByrnes]

It is a rocking machine.

 

[Mincer]

It is a rocking machine.

That's the best we can hope for.

 

[jeremy]

glad it was a simple fix!

 

[eclecticsynergy]

Most Duncan singles are oriented like the early Fender singles, so they're RW/RP compared to the hums and most Fender pickups.
I think the QP for Tele may be an exception, because it was originally intended to be a simple drop-in replacement.