Whats the difference between a single-coil and humbucker pickup?
The single coil is the simplest form of the pickup. Single-coils for the guitar have six poles, one for each string. The traditional single coil design is the one found in guitars such as the Stratocaster. Because Fender mainly uses single-coils, they have come to be associated with Fender.Humbuckers get their name because they cancel out a large proportion of the hum (they “buck the hum”), since they consist of two standard single-coil magnetic pickups, usually side by side, with opposing electric and magnetic polarity.
