Single Coil Size Humbucker

For guitarists wanting to ‘beef’ up the sound of their single coil equipped guitars they have the option of dropping in a humbucker into a single coil size pickup cavity. These types of pickups are called stacked humbuckers. The coils in these pickups, as the name suggests are stacked vertically rather than side by side which is how standard humbuckers are configured. Another type of pickup is the rail humbucker. The coil windings of these pickups are wound around two pole pieces which look like rails, hence the name. The Stratocaster shown below is retro fitted with a Seymour Duncan Hot Rail humbucker.