Seth Lover (January 1, 1910 in Kalamazoo, Michigan – January 31, 1997 in Garden Grove, California) is most famous for inventing the humbucker or hum-cancelling electric stringed instrument pickup, most often used on the electric guitar. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Garden Grove is a city located in northern Orange County, California, United States. A conventional humbucker (or Humbucking pickup) is a type of Electric guitar pickup that uses two coils both generating string signal An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder
Lover's most famous humbucker design (U.S. Patent 2,896,491) was the P.A.F. (Patent Applied For) designed while working for Gibson Musical Instruments in 1955. PAF or just PAF is the world's first Humbucker Guitar pickup, invented by Seth Lover in 1955 as an engineer for Gibson and began The Gibson Guitar Corporation of Nashville Tennessee, USA is a manufacturer of acoustic and Electric guitars The company's most popular guitar Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) This pickup was utilised in a range of Gibson guitars, most notably the Les Paul model. The Gibson Les Paul is a solidbody Electric guitar originally developed in the early 1950s Another of his designs, known as the Fender Wide Range humbucking pickup (WRHP), was used in the three Telecaster models (Deluxe, Custom, and Thinline) produced by Fender in the 1970s. The Fender Wide Range Humbucker is a Humbucker Guitar pickup, designed by Seth Lover for Fender in the early 1970s The Fender Telecaster, also known as the Tele (pronounced Telly is typically a dual-pickup solid-body Electric guitar made by Fender. The Fender Telecaster Deluxe is a solid-body Electric guitar originally produced from 1972 to 1981 and since re-issued by Fender in 2004 as the '72 Fender Telecaster Custom is a model of Electric guitar made by Fender. The Fender Telecaster Thinline is an electric guitar made by the Fender company Fender Musical Instruments Corporation of Quincy Illinois is a manufacturer of stringed instruments such as solid-body Electric guitars including the This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.
Two weeks to the day after his final appearance at the National Association of Music Merchants show, Seth E. Lover, inventor of the humbucker pickup, passed away. He was 87.
Before Lover, electric guitarists were forced to cope with the pesky 60-cycle hum inherent in single coil pickups. It was in the mid-'50s, while working as an amplifier designer at Gibson Guitars, that Lover figured out how to wire two coils electrically out of phase and with reversed magnetic polarities. The effect was to cancel the hum before it reached the amp and the result was the birth of the humbucking pickup.
Lover applied for the patent on the humbucking pickup in 1955 and it was finally granted in 1959 (U. S. 2,896,491). During this five-year period, Gibson adhered a "Patent Applied For" sticker to the underside of their humbucker pickups. These "P. A. F. " pickups are the most collectable and desirable pickups today, fetching upwards of $1,000 each among vintage guitar collectors.
While working under Ted McCarty at Gibson, Lover was also involved in guitar design. He liked to tell how he helped contribute to the design of the famous "Flying V. " Lover said that he thought up the design as a way to lean the guitar against a wall without it tipping over.
Lover worked for Gibson from 1952 to 1967 as a design engineer. In 1967, he transferred to Fender Musical Instruments where he worked until 1975 as a project engineer. In addition to his two Gibson patents, he authored three more at Fender -- two for loudspeaker cabinets and one for an electric piano pickup. He retired to the Southern California town of Garden Grove where he lived quietly with Lavone, his wife of 59 years.
Seymour W. Duncan, known industry-wide as the guitar pickup guru, considered Lover his "humbucker mentor. " The two were associated for nearly 20 years. In 1994, Seymour and Seth Lover joined forces to release the Seth Lover Model pickup, an authentic re-creation of the "Patent Applied For" humbucker. After numerous full-page ads, NAMM show appearances, and magazine interviews, Seth became a minor celebrity - at age 84!
Seth always maintained a quick wit and a keen sense of humor. He was once heard joking that on his birth certificate, under the section marked "father's name," it merely said, "Lover!" During his final years, Seth was a regular member of the Seymour Duncan NAMM-team. He loved to hold court in the Duncan booth answering questions and signing autographs, always with Lavone at his side.
Seth Lover died on January 31, 1997 after a brief illness. He is survived by Lavone, his two sons Robert and Gene, and three grandchildren.
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