Humbucker
A humbucker is a pickup which is made up of two single coil pickups wired together and placed side by side. The intended effect is that any background hum is canceled out. Humbuckers generally produce higher gain output with darker tone than single coil pickups.
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created at 11:20 on August 31, 2009 by Jason Busse
edited at 1:02 on September 6, 2009 by Jason Busse