![]() ![]() ![]() The mini-humbucker, although these days found mostly on Gibson guitars, was invented by Epiphone before they were acquired by Gibson in the late 1950s. What are mini-humbuckers? Glad you asked… On his Fender style guitars, he preferred mini-humbuckers like the Seymour Duncan Hot Rails. ![]() Kurt Cobain used Seymour Duncan JB humbuckers on many of his guitars that were big enough to fit them. Thus, the name gets its origins from Les Paul, who was a master technician and designer, brought the humbucker to fruition. Just as Fender popularized the single coil, Gibson guitar company brought the humbucker to the main stream and it is synonymous with the famous Les Paul line. The two magnetic “bobbins” also make the humbucker twice as wide as a single coil pickup. Humbuckers are typically a lot more complicated than single coils and have many more parts that make up the complete pickup assembly. ![]()
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