ajb Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 Where does the word humbucker come from, did they mkae it up or is there a reasone for it, it sound like a word i woul write on a bio test as a guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 it bucks the hum buck - [v] resist; "buck the trend" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 yeah that's what i've always heard.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kings_x Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 A humbucker is two coils that are wound opposite of each other. The result is most of the noise of one coil is canceled by the other (and vice versa). The "magic" is the signal produced by the vibrating string is only partially canceled which results in a warmer "fatter" tone associated with humbuckers. mdr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonamemx Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 I believe the humbucker's creator, Seth Lover, coined the term Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 Like the others said. hum-bucker. bucks the hum. easy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StratDudeDan Posted May 11, 2004 Report Share Posted May 11, 2004 I believe the humbucker's creator, Seth Lover, coined the term the "hum-bucker" was actually first found on microphones. there was a switch that would produce a "negative" microphone field that would phase cancel out everything except what was coming from one side only. the issues they would have would be area noise, EMF noise, and radio interference. now, it's a standard in how microphones are shaped. Cardiod, omni-directional, uni-directional, etc, it's how they're aimed, the switch was just done away with. Advanced Audio Production 2. thank you very much Greg Skolaski a.k.a. Gregory K (for those of you that listen(ed) to Nashville radio). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonamemx Posted May 11, 2004 Report Share Posted May 11, 2004 I believe the humbucker's creator, Seth Lover, coined the term the "hum-bucker" was actually first found on microphones. there was a switch that would produce a "negative" microphone field that would phase cancel out everything except what was coming from one side only. the issues they would have would be area noise, EMF noise, and radio interference. now, it's a standard in how microphones are shaped. Cardiod, omni-directional, uni-directional, etc, it's how they're aimed, the switch was just done away with. Advanced Audio Production 2. thank you very much Greg Skolaski a.k.a. Gregory K (for those of you that listen(ed) to Nashville radio). Well. Seth Lover said that his pickup was a hum-bucker, so I guess thats where HE got the term. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHowell Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 Read here: Interview with Seth Lover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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