1.0Seymour Duncanhttps://www.seymourduncan.comSarvesh Tiwarihttps://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/author/seymourduncanI have a 1954 stringmaster triple 8 steel guitar with two metal covered pickups in each neck. Each pickup reads 7.3 k ohms and seem identically wound and same polarity. The pickups hum even when both coils are used together. What can be done to make them quiet? Mark durante-chicago, illinois - Seymour Duncanrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Zf9jrNC28r"><a href="https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/swd/i-have-a-1954-stringmaster-triple-8-steel-guitar-with-two-metal-covered-pickups-in-each-neck-each-pickup-reads-7-3-k-ohms-and-seem-identically-wound-and-same-polarity-the-pickups-hum-even-when-both">I have a 1954 stringmaster triple 8 steel guitar with two metal covered pickups in each neck. Each pickup reads 7.3 k ohms and seem identically wound and same polarity. The pickups hum even when both coils are used together. What can be done to make them quiet? Mark durante-chicago, illinois</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/swd/i-have-a-1954-stringmaster-triple-8-steel-guitar-with-two-metal-covered-pickups-in-each-neck-each-pickup-reads-7-3-k-ohms-and-seem-identically-wound-and-same-polarity-the-pickups-hum-even-when-both/embed#?secret=Zf9jrNC28r" width="600" height="338" title="“I have a 1954 stringmaster triple 8 steel guitar with two metal covered pickups in each neck. Each pickup reads 7.3 k ohms and seem identically wound and same polarity. The pickups hum even when both coils are used together. What can be done to make them quiet? Mark durante-chicago, illinois” — Seymour Duncan" data-secret="Zf9jrNC28r" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Later Stringmasters have one of the two pickups in each neck reverse wound and reverse polarity. This will make the pickups humbucking and quiet when both pickups are used together. The blend switch located behind the bridge saddle on each neck and can blend in the 2nd pickup when fully turned clockwise and only one...