Hum Cancelling - another option?

[iiipopes]

I have nagged at RIC for years to develop a "toasterbucker" to address the single coil hum that all such equipped guitars and basses, not just RIC instruments, are prone to exhibit, and that approaches "vintage" chime and jangle, instead of the drive that HB-1 pickups are known for.

But, as we all know, no matter what system of added coil hum reduction is tried, it affects tone. This stems from the original idea that it takes two identical coils, one opposite in both magnetic and electrical polarity to the other, to buck hum.

I ran across this reference in another forum. It seems to work well. Maybe not perfectly, but well enough. I wonder if it could be adapted to RIC instruments:

http://www.ilitchelectronics.com/hum-canceling-systems/

Please discuss.

[cassius987]

Well, RWRP doesn't affect tone other than requiring both volumes be up which itself affects tone independent of the RWRP. Audere tried to get around this with a dummy coil for Jazz Basses so either pickup can be soloed without hum.

[jps]

...Audere tried to get around this with a dummy coil for Jazz Basses so either pickup can be soloed without hum.

That is what Alembic has been doing for many decades in their Series I and Series II electronics. Very successfully, too.

[iiipopes]

That's the entire point of my post. Everything that uses a "conventional" dummy coil affects tone significantely, including the Strat Elite and others like it. I'm wondering what this non-conventional approach to noise reduction would do on a Rick. The Fender folks seem to think it has minimal effect on a Strat pickup tone with significant noise reduction.

[bassman4001]

I use this with success.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002E ... 1_2&sr=8-2

[jps]

I use this with success.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002E ... 1_2&sr=8-2

That's for a different issue (ground loops and other AC related hum IIRC), not single coil hum.

[Ric5150]

I haven't looked into it in detail, but Music Man is now putting an active noise cancelling system in single coil equipped guitars. It's in my Armada MM90 (P-90s) and actually works pretty well. You can "A/B" it by flipping the 9V battery door open. Significant hum reduction with very little adverse impact.

[Dr. Frankenrick]

http://www.creamery-pickups.co.uk/custo ... cancelling

Toasterbuckers have landed. After numerous emails back and forth with Jaime, I got a set of these wound with 43awg to 9k at the neck and 10.5k bridge. Slightly fatter sounding than a single coil but still very "Rick".

I know that there is some debate which Toaster is better, the 12ks or the 7.4ks, so I decided to split the difference when it came to the output of these.

[sloop_john_b]

http://www.creamery-pickups.co.uk/custo ... cancelling

Toasterbuckers have landed. After numerous emails back and forth with Jaime, I got a set of these wound with 43awg to 9k at the neck and 10.5k bridge. Slightly fatter sounding than a single coil but still very "Rick".

I know that there is some debate which Toaster is better, the 12ks or the 7.4ks, so I decided to split the difference when it came to the output of these.

Has anyone tried these yet? I'm super interested in the High '68 Humbucker.