When was the humbucker invented?
The first humbucking device to be patented was in 1935 by Electro Voice. But it wasn’t for guitar. It was for radios but for the same purpose – to eliminate that annoying 60 cycle hum and help prevent external noises. The first humbucker for a stringed instrument was patented in 1938 to amplify the sound of piano strings by Baldwin. While the horseshoe pickup patented in 1939 and used later by Rickenbacker is similar having two coils, it really wasn’t humbucker. The humbucker you are looking for was in invented in 1955 and first appeared on guitars in late 1956.
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