humbucker

humbucker
A pickup, on an electric guitar, that has a pair of coils of reverse polarity connected in series - to "buck" the "hum".

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  • Humbucker —   [englisch, hʌmbʌkə], Tonabnehmer …   Universal-Lexikon

  • humbucker — /humˈbu kər/ noun An electric guitar pick up with two coils, designed to prevent unwanted noise ORIGIN: ↑hum1 and ↑buck1 (in sense of ‘oppose’) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Humbucker — 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. Like… …   Wikipedia

  • Humbucker — Klassischer „PAF“ Humbucker mit Kappe auf einer Gibson Les Paul …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Humbucker — Pastilla humbucker tradicional, sin cubrir. El humbucker es un tipo de pastilla, utilizada en las guitarras eléctricas, que usa dos bobinas. Las humbuckers incrementan la salida, y debido a que la polaridad de las dos bobinas es inversa, el ruido …   Wikipedia Español

  • Humbucker — Un micro Humbucker et deux micros single coil Le Humbucker est un modèle de micro pour guitare électrique inventé par la firme Gibson dans les années 1950. Avant cette invention, les guitares électriques étaient pourvues de micros « simple… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • humbucker — /ˈhʌmbʌkə/ (say humbukuh) noun Music a guitar pick up that has two single electric coils wired together to produce a richer tone. {from the phrase to buck the hum . See hum1 (def. 10) …  

  • Mini-humbucker — The mini humbucker is a humbucking guitar pickup (used in electric guitars) originally created by The Epiphone Company. This pickup resembles a small Gibson PAF humbucker although, it is constructed differently and produces clearer, brighter… …   Wikipedia

  • P-90 — For other uses, see P90 (disambiguation). P 90 Manufacturer Gibson Period 1946–1957, reissues since 1968 …   Wikipedia

  • Fender Stratocaster — Stratocaster redirects here. For the Squier Stratocaster, see Squier Stratocaster. Fender Stratocaster Manufacturer Fender …   Wikipedia

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