humbucker

Also known as humbucking pickup

thumb|Open coil (uncovered) humbucker pickup thumb|Covered humbucker pickup on a Gibson Les Paul|Les Paul copy

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Contents

History
Function
Alternative designs
Mini-humbuckers
Single coil form factor humbuckers
Hot Rails style
Stacked coils
Rail Humbuckers (Full Size)
<span id=“Coil splitting”></span>Coil splitting and coil taps
Notable humbucker designs
Other noise-reducing pickup designs
Combining two single-coil pickups
Proprietary designs
See also
References
Other sources
External links

thumb|Open coil (uncovered) humbucker pickup thumb|Covered humbucker pickup on a Gibson Les Paul|Les Paul copy

A humbucker, humbucking pickup, or double coil, is a guitar pickup that uses two wire coils to cancel out noisy interference from coil pickups. Humbucking coils are also used in dynamic microphones to cancel electromagnetic hum. Humbuckers are one of two main types of guitar pickups. The other is called a single coil.