English Explanatory Dictionary

humbucker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pickup, on an electric guitar, that has a pair of coils of reverse polarity connected in series in order to reduce buzzing noise caused by mains frequency.

Word forms

humbucker humbuckers

Etymology

From hum (“noise”) + buck (“resist, overcome”) + -er.

Synonyms

humbucking pickup
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