1.0Seymour Duncanhttps://www.seymourduncan.comSarvesh Tiwarihttps://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/author/seymourduncanWhen using both pickups on my jazzmaster there is no hum, but using one at a time the hum is loud. Why? - Seymour Duncanrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="KlB8IPw4ym"><a href="https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/swd/when-using-both-pickups-on-my-jazzmaster-there-is-no-hum-but-using-one-at-a-time-the-hum-is-loud-why">When using both pickups on my jazzmaster there is no hum, but using one at a time the hum is loud. Why?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/swd/when-using-both-pickups-on-my-jazzmaster-there-is-no-hum-but-using-one-at-a-time-the-hum-is-loud-why/embed#?secret=KlB8IPw4ym" width="600" height="338" title="“When using both pickups on my jazzmaster there is no hum, but using one at a time the hum is loud. Why?” — Seymour Duncan" data-secret="KlB8IPw4ym" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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When you use both pickups in a Fender Jazzmaster the sound is humbucking and very quiet. The bridge pickup is wound counter-clockwise with South polarity and the neck pickup is wound clockwise with North polarity. When both pickups are used together, they become connected in parallel and become humbucking because each have an opposite winding...