humbucker

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humbucker

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

noun humbuckers

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.
Similar: humbucking pickup

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@misc{humbucker_2026,
  title = {humbucker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/humbucker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}