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Topic: Buzzing Jazzmaster Pickups |
Glen Derksen
From:
Alberta, Canada
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Posted 7 Aug 2012 2:06 pm |
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| I know this isn't related to steel guitar, but I just recently purchased a set of 1962 reissue pickups from Fender for my Jazzmaster. Unfortunately they buzz really bad. I took it to a tech, and everything appears to grounded properly. They said that the only thing left to try is waxing the pickups with paraffin and bee's wax or using a noise suppressor. Has anyone else here had that problem? Any advice? Thanks. |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2012 3:27 pm
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waxing them wont help the 60cycle buzz.
thats more to keep the outside windings from becoming loose and causing high pitch squeal feedback. save your money. |
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2012 3:31 pm
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They are after all single coil pickups, prone to buzz. This from Lollar's site"
"Noise levels on a Jazzmaster are higher than on a Strat pickup due to its larger surface area. You can expect more 60 cycle hum than a typical Fender (more of a P90 level hum), but Jazzmasters were always RWRP sets, which reduced the hum when the pickups were used together."'
more info here:
http://www.lollarguitars.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=jazzmaster-pickups-guitars |
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Stephen Cowell
From:
Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2012 5:17 pm
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If (as Ken states) the pickup set is reverse-wound, reverse-polarity (RWRP), *and* you still have hum when both are engaged, then you need to reverse one of the pickup's phases. I forget on the JM but on the Duo-Sonic II you could get both phases out of each pickup by flipping one switch the opposite way. If your guitar doesn't have the three-position sliders (like a Mustang) then you'll need to unsolder one pickup and swap the wires hot-ground. Folks think that Fender didn't make humbucking guitars, they are wrong! Stringmasters, Duo-Sonic II, and Mustang were always RWRP, and humbucking when both pickups were on and in-phase.
You can test your pickups with a small rod magnet... it should pull one pole on one pickup and the other pole on the other.
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