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Novawind
Novawind Posts: 836
edited September 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
What's the difference between a noiseless and a humbucking pickup?

Related: I'm looking at replacing the stock pickups in my mexi strat. Suggestions? I was thinking about the Texas Specials or the Vintage/Hot noiseless.
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  • moster78
    moster78 Posts: 1,591
    Noiseless are generally single coil pickups that are made in a such a way that they don't pick up the 60 cycle hum that most single coil pickups tend to be susceptible to. A humbucker is a double coil pickup wired in such a way that each coil is reversed polarity and reverse wound with the other, canceling the hum. So the humbucker is also a bigger pickup, so depending on the pickup routing on your strat, they may not fit in.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbucker

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