humbuckers

Dual-coil guitar pickups

Humbuckers are a type of electric guitar pickup designed to reduce unwanted electrical hum.

They use two coils wired in opposite polarity, which cancels out interference while preserving the guitar signal.

Humbuckers produce a warmer, thicker tone than single-coil pickups, making them popular in rock, jazz, and blues: a Les Paul with humbuckers, I swapped out the single-coils for humbuckers.

construction

bobbin

Small cylindrical thread holder

  • magnetObject producing attractive field
  • alnicoMagnetic metallic composite
  • ceramicFired clay material

wiring · potting · coil · inductance · resistance · impedance · output · voltage · soldering · electronics

tone

warmth

Heat you feel

resonance · body · thickness · sustain · fatness · smoothness · midrange · clarity · articulation · presence

genres

rock

Solid earthen material

  • bluesMournful American music genre
  • jazzImprovisational American music genre
  • metalHard conductive solid

fusion · shred · crunch · distortion · overdrive · clean · breakup · saturation · heavy · chunky

function

noise-cancelling

Actively suppressing ambient audio

  • seriesOrdered set of related items
  • parallelEquidistant at all points
  • phaseDistinct period in sequence

out-of-phase · overwound · active · passive · balanced

brands

Gibson

Instrument brand or cocktail

  • EMGMuscle electrical activity test
guitars

Explorer

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cavity · mounting

Family

humbucker

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G