humbucker

English

Etymology

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

Noun

humbucker (plural humbuckers)

  1. (music) 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.

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