MM style humbuckers with no exposed poles?

[McSalterson]

I'm getting a pretty nasty buzz when I touch the pole pieces of my Aguilar AG4M that is installed in a SBMM Ray 4 with a John East preamp.

I know I could go down a rabbit hole of trying to isolate the grounding issue, but I'm liking the look of the MM pickups that don't have exposed pole pieces and figure I could potentially kill two birds with one stone.

Would I be correct in thinking that no exposed pole pieces means no worrying about touching exposed poles and getting a buzz?

Who makes pickups like this? I know Aguilar, EMG, and Bartolini make them. Any others?

 

[Chris Chong]

Does applying tape over the pole pieces help?

 

[McSalterson]

I will definitely give that a try later

 

[kgbeast]

If poles are exposed at the bottom, you can apply conductive adhesive copper tape (the one usually used for shielding guitar cavities, available from Amazon). Then you'd solder a wire from that tape to the output jack ground. If not exposed, you can just put some stickers over, or a piece of tape. Make it an art project if you want.

 

[ScottfromCalgary]

I'm getting a pretty nasty buzz when I touch the pole pieces of my Aguilar AG4M that is installed in a SBMM Ray 4 with a John East preamp.

I know I could go down a rabbit hole of trying to isolate the grounding issue, but I'm liking the look of the MM pickups that don't have exposed pole pieces and figure I could potentially kill two birds with one stone.

Would I be correct in thinking that no exposed pole pieces means no worrying about touching exposed poles and getting a buzz?

Who makes pickups like this? I know Aguilar, EMG, and Bartolini make them. Any others?

Had one of these in a Wilcock bass I had recently. Sounded pretty good to me, although it was a short scale and the pickup sat closer to the P position so can’t compare directly to a traditional MM / stingray.

Kent Armstrong Custom Series MM4 Humbucker For Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay Bass

 

[Warpeg]

I've put clear nail polish over the pole pieces with success.