1.0Seymour Duncanhttps://www.seymourduncan.comSarvesh Tiwarihttps://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/author/seymourduncanThe pole pieces on my bridge fender jaguar pickup buzz if I touch it and also out of phase when I use it with the neck pickup. When I check the wires the black hookup wire is grounded like it should be. What can be done? - Seymour Duncanrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Oed3JeO3Lk"><a href="https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/swd/the-pole-pieces-on-my-bridge-fender-jaguar-pickup-buzz-if-i-touch-it-and-also-out-of-phase-when-i-use-it-with-the-neck-pickup-when-i-check-the-wires-the-black-hookup-wire-is-grounded-like-it-should-b">The pole pieces on my bridge fender jaguar pickup buzz if I touch it and also out of phase when I use it with the neck pickup. When I check the wires the black hookup wire is grounded like it should be. What can be done?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/swd/the-pole-pieces-on-my-bridge-fender-jaguar-pickup-buzz-if-i-touch-it-and-also-out-of-phase-when-i-use-it-with-the-neck-pickup-when-i-check-the-wires-the-black-hookup-wire-is-grounded-like-it-should-b/embed#?secret=Oed3JeO3Lk" width="600" height="338" title="“The pole pieces on my bridge fender jaguar pickup buzz if I touch it and also out of phase when I use it with the neck pickup. When I check the wires the black hookup wire is grounded like it should be. What can be done?” — Seymour Duncan" data-secret="Oed3JeO3Lk" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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It sounds like the white or hot wire is connected to the beginning of the coil and the black wire is hooked to the finish of the coil. This can make your pickup electrically out of phase instead of magnetically out of phase. By carefully reversing the two wires at the pickup will make the...