A humbucker is a type of electric guitar pickup designed to eliminate the electrical hum and noise that can be picked up by single-coil pickups. The name "humbucker" comes from its primary function: it "bucks" or cancels out the hum that is often introduced by electromagnetic interference. Humbuckers typically consist of two coils of wire wound around a magnetic core, positioned close to each other. These coils are wired in such a way that their outputs are out of phase.
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