john_kidder
Senior Member
Walter, Hans, anyone else with expertise:
I've recently picked up two excellent condition Franz p'ups. I intend to rePlace the humbuckers in my '54 X-400.
Questions:
I've heard some (Walter?) suggest mounting them out of phase, so that hum is reduced when both p'ups are switched on. Common practice? DOes it work? Are there negative effects - I'm wondering, since I run the guitar through an old ungrounded Thunderstar, whether I'll get even worse hum on one pickup if only the one is switched in?
There are various comments about trimming capacitors - reasons? effects?
And any other general advice you all can give me will be very much appreciated.
Thanks all,
I've recently picked up two excellent condition Franz p'ups. I intend to rePlace the humbuckers in my '54 X-400.
Questions:
I've heard some (Walter?) suggest mounting them out of phase, so that hum is reduced when both p'ups are switched on. Common practice? DOes it work? Are there negative effects - I'm wondering, since I run the guitar through an old ungrounded Thunderstar, whether I'll get even worse hum on one pickup if only the one is switched in?
There are various comments about trimming capacitors - reasons? effects?
And any other general advice you all can give me will be very much appreciated.
Thanks all,