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humbucker, n.
Brit. |ˈhʌmbʌkə|, U.S. |ˈhəmˌbəkər|
Forms: also with capital initial.
[‹ hum n.1 + buck v.6 + -er suffix1.]
A type of pick-up (cf. pick-up n. 20a(b)), esp. for an electric guitar or similar instrument, having two coils which are configured to reduce noise and interference.
A proprietary name in the United Kingdom.In quot. 1936 perh. denoting one of the coils in such a pick-up.
1936Brit. Patent 456,027 1/1 In order to reduce the effect of ripple current in the field winding of a loudspeaker whose field is energised by rectified A.C., it is customary to use a humbucker coil... At high frequencies there is a large drop of potential across the humbucker which represents a waste in energy. 1958Down Beat 24 July 50/3, I think Gibson has developed a hum-bucker, a system of two filters in one. 1973Winnipeg Free Press 22 June 24 (advt.) Old Gibson S 125 semi acoustic. New wiring, bridge, Humbucker pickups. 1990RIP Oct. 75/2 [The guitar] sports one single-coil in the middle, sandwiched by two humbuckers in the neck and bridge positions. 2004Future Music May 71/2 If you use a guitar with super high output humbuckers you may have to lower the volume to achieve the best balance between auto-wah and auto modulation. |