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humbucker

British  
/ ˈhʌmˌbʌkə /

noun

  1. a twin-coil guitar pick-up

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Before that, there was no Fender or a Stratocaster-style guitar with a humbucker in it.

From US News Feb. 11, 2015

The vintage-guitar market, Miller says, is ridiculous, with castoff instruments selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars to collectors who wouldn’t know a single coil from a humbucker.

From Washington Post Feb. 5, 2015

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