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Location: NW Washington State | I haven't played my Viper lately, but I think its single coil pickups are a little noisier than Strat single coils. Did the hum just appear on both of your Vipers, or has it always been there?
A set of humbuckers from a Preacher or UKII will fit if you can find them, but changes the sound. Gibson sized mini humbuckers are a little smaller than the Ovation pickups- you could make an adapter to use the three existing holes in the pickguard.
I think I shielded the pickup cavity on mine with copper foil, but that won't stop 60 hz hum picked up by the single coils. You might check with a meter to make sure the chrome surround on the pickups is grounded. There's probably a ground wire on the backplate of the pickups to take care of that.
-Steve W.
Edited by numbfingers 2025-11-23 12:53 PM
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Viper Line buzz question
