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Originally Posted by stuartj View Post

Even HBs will produce a little hum and earth buzz. If its too much, and youre happy that the wiring is correct to the diagram youre using, youve got a dud/dry solder join somewhere, or a badly shielded piece of wiring.
If the coils are wound asymmetrical by about 10-15%. Humbucker will also not cancel out 120 cycle rectified current, if memory serves. Been a long time since I've read about that.
Ground loop issues will also cause hum.
As will bad pots.

If it's a 4-conductor 'bucker, is it wired correctly? Just had a go with a customer about that.. massive hum problems...blamed me. Didn't have it wired correctly...
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