The "humbucking coil" was invented in 1934 by Electro-Voice, an American professional audio company based in
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In any magnetic pickup, a vibrating guitar string, magnetized by a fixed magnet within the pickup, induces an alternating voltage across its coil. However, wire coils also make excellent antennas and are therefore sensitive to … See more

Slighly smaller than a traditional humbucker/double coil form factor.
Many guitars feature cavities only for single-coil pickups. Installing full/double-sized humbuckers in this type of guitar requires ad… See more

• Gibson "PAF" - Seth Lover's humbucker design. ("Patent Applied For")
• Gretsch Filter'Tron Prototype – Ray Butts' first humbucker design
• Fender Wide Range – Fender's first humbucker design, also by Seth Lover.… See more

While the original humbucker remains the most common noise-reducing pickup design, inventors have tried many other approaches to reducing noise in guitar pickups.
Many instru… See more

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