Emmons pickup hum

Dave Ziebarth · From: Rockville, MD

I have an old Emmons D-10 p/p with a sweet tone but a fairly loud (to my ears) hum (compared to a regular electric guitar). The p/u's are single coils. Any ideas whether the hum is the result of a bad p/u, a capacitor, a grounding problem, or just inherent in these old guitars?
Thanks!

Jerry Roller · From: Van Buren, Arkansas USA

Does both pickups hum? Not likely a pickup problem if the power is the same on both and the tone sounds good. There should be no capacitor, condensor or such thing involved with the tone control bypass switch on. I would check for ground, chord, jack, volume pedal or amp problems first. About all that is inherent in these old guitars is just great tone.
Jerry

[This message was edited by Jerry Roller on 05 September 2006 at 08:47 PM.]

Billy Carr · From: Seminary, Mississippi, USA (deceased)

In the early days players, myself included just tolerated the hum of the single coils on the old p/p's. I played one from 71-81 with single coils. The last new Emmons Lagrande II I bought about four years ago had single coils with a nice hum. I switched them out and installed 710's and the hum was completely gone. Since then I've used nothing but humbucker's.

Jerry Roller · From: Van Buren, Arkansas USA

I have a '67 and an '81 push pull with stock single coils and I have used both in the studio a bunch, it fact the '66 bolt-on single neck with the original stock single coil that like a dummy I sold stayed at the studio for a couple years and did on average two sessions a week when we were doing StarTracks and I would never replace those pickups. My LeGrandes are a different story. I have 710's in the lacquered LeGrande II, Emmons humbuckers in the other LeGrande. The LeGrande III still has original single coils, the EMCI has TW's and the Franklin has 705's. Rains has SS's.
Dave, I could certainly be wrong, have been many times, but I bet the problem is not your pickups. Are you using two amps?
Jerry

[This message was edited by Jerry Roller on 05 September 2006 at 10:54 PM.]

[This message was edited by Jerry Roller on 06 September 2006 at 08:27 AM.]

Tony Prior · From: Charlotte NC

Dave, you didn't say what conditions the HUM is evident..

home, stage, clubs, church ???

Dave Ziebarth · From: Rockville, MD

The hum is the same on both pickups. Seems worse at home than at lessons or on gigs. I'd guess it's a grounding issue. It's really not all that bad, just a little annoying. But if I'm recording or miking the amp, it can be pretty bad.

Bobbe Seymour · From: Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.

Pickups don't make hum, they only "pick it up". Don't blame the pickup for doing its job.
Get it away from the situation that is causing the hum if you can't stand the volume of the noise.
This may be an over simplifacation, but think about it.

Ernie Renn · From: Brainerd, Minnesota USA

Try this: put a towel across the strings. Turn the volume on until you hear the hum. Then turn the guitar slowly sideways, to see if it changes. If not, try tipping the guitar forward away from you, (HOLD ONTO IT!) It's getting the hum from somewhere.

If you have any effects in line, you might also try unplugging them and plugging directly into the amp. Turn the reverb up and down, too. I had a bad tank and it made a pretty good hum.

And... try using a ground lift adaptor on the amp.

Good luck solving the problem!

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My best,
Ernie

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Jim Mathis · From: Overland Park, Kansas, USA

My Emmons single coil PUs hummed badly (to me) so I swapped them with humbuckers. That solved the problem and I like the sound better to.
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Randy Gilliam · From: San Antonio, Texas, USA

I got a 06 Legrande 111 It also humms With Effects Or with out . I Tryed Fender amp Peavey amp And my Webb Same Hummm.Unpluged Reverb . Tryed going From guitar Too amp Still Its Humming. But when I Am Playing I cant Hear It So Let it Humm a Little . Randy.

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