What is a humbucker?

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What is a humbucker?

Answer 1

it is a type of guitar pickup, which amplifies the sound. it is like two single-coiled pickups put together, which reduces the hum (hence the name hum-bucker) and gives a different sound.

Answer 2

in easy terms, its a guitar pickup that is double coiled for a fatter sound with less hum. common on gibson styled guitars and much easier to play than the single coils found on mosy fenders

A conventional humbucker (or Humbucking pickup) is a type of electric guitar pickup that uses two coils, both generating string signal. Humbuckers have high output since both coils are in series and because the magnetic circuit is low loss. Since the two coils are of reversed polarity and reverse-wound and connected in series, noise and interference is significantly reduced via common-mode rejection. They get their name because they cancel out a large portion of the interference (they "buck the hum") induced by alternating current sources normally experienced with single coil pickups.

Answer 3

what he said