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transducers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_transducers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Double_systems_pickups" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Double_systems_pickups"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Double systems pickups</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Double_systems_pickups-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Multi-transducer_pickups" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Multi-transducer_pickups"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Multi-transducer pickups</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Multi-transducer_pickups-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Optical" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Optical"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Optical</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Optical-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Active_and_passive_pickups" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Active_and_passive_pickups"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Active and passive pickups</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Active_and_passive_pickups-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Stereo_and_multiple_pickups_with_individual_outputs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stereo_and_multiple_pickups_with_individual_outputs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Stereo and multiple pickups with individual outputs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stereo_and_multiple_pickups_with_individual_outputs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA" title="Гуказдымальнік – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Гуказдымальнік" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastilla_electromagn%C3%A8tica" title="Pastilla electromagnètica – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Pastilla electromagnètica" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elektromagnetick%C3%BD_sn%C3%ADma%C4%8D" title="Elektromagnetický snímač – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Elektromagnetický snímač" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_(guitar)" title="Pickup (guitar) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Pickup (guitar)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonabnehmer" title="Tonabnehmer – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Tonabnehmer" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helipea" title="Helipea – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Helipea" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastilla_(micr%C3%B3fono)" title="Pastilla (micrófono) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Pastilla (micrófono)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonprenilo" title="Sonprenilo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Sonprenilo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%BE" title="پیکاپ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پیکاپ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_(guitare)" title="Micro (guitare) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Micro (guitare)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%BD%EC%97%85_(%EC%95%85%EA%B8%B0)" title="픽업 (악기) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="픽업 (악기)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_up_(gitar)" title="Pick up (gitar) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pick up (gitar)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick-up_(elettronica)" title="Pick-up (elettronica) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Pick-up (elettronica)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%90%D7%A4_(%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%94)" title="פיק אפ (מוזיקה) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פיק אפ (מוזיקה)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8B%D0%B1%D1%8B%D1%81_%D0%B0%D0%BB%D2%93%D1%8B%D1%88" title="Дыбыс алғыш – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Дыбыс алғыш" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangszed%C5%91" title="Hangszedő – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Hangszedő" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitaarelement" title="Gitaarelement – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Gitaarelement" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%E3%83%97_(%E6%A5%BD%E5%99%A8)" title="ピックアップ (楽器) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ピックアップ (楽器)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_(instrument)" title="Pickup (instrument) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Pickup (instrument)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przetwornik_(muzyka)" title="Przetwornik (muzyka) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Przetwornik (muzyka)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captador" title="Captador – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Captador" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Звукосниматель – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Звукосниматель" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_(music)" title="Pickup (music) – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Pickup (music)" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odjemnik_zvoka" title="Odjemnik zvoka – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Odjemnik zvoka" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup" title="Pickup – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Pickup" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A4hk%C3%B6magneettinen_mikrofoni" title="Sähkömagneettinen mikrofoni – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Sähkömagneettinen mikrofoni" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_(gitarr)" title="Pickup (gitarr) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Pickup (gitarr)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9B_(%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5)" title="พิกอัป (เทคโนโลยีดนตรี) – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="พิกอัป (เทคโนโลยีดนตรี)" data-language-autonym="ไทย" 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The bridge (right) pickup is a <a href="/wiki/Humbucker" title="Humbucker">humbucker</a> and the neck (left) and middle pickups are <a href="/wiki/Single_coil" class="mw-redirect" title="Single coil">single coils</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>pickup</b> is an electronic device that converts energy from one form to another that captures or senses mechanical vibrations produced by <a href="/wiki/Electric_instrument" class="mw-redirect" title="Electric instrument">musical instruments</a>, particularly <a href="/wiki/Stringed_instrument" class="mw-redirect" title="Stringed instrument">stringed instruments</a> such as the <a href="/wiki/Electric_guitar" title="Electric guitar">electric guitar</a>, and converts these to an electrical signal that is <a href="/wiki/Instrument_amplifier" title="Instrument amplifier">amplified</a> using an <a href="/wiki/Instrument_amplifier" title="Instrument amplifier">instrument amplifier</a> to produce musical sounds through a <a href="/wiki/Loudspeaker" title="Loudspeaker">loudspeaker</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Speaker_enclosure" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker enclosure">speaker enclosure</a>. The signal from a pickup can also be <a href="/wiki/Sound_recording" class="mw-redirect" title="Sound recording">recorded</a> directly. </p><p>The first electrical string instrument with pickups, the "<a href="/wiki/Frying_Pan_(guitar)" title="Frying Pan (guitar)">Frying Pan</a>" slide guitar, was created by <a href="/wiki/George_Beauchamp" title="George Beauchamp">George Beauchamp</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Rickenbacker" title="Adolph Rickenbacker">Adolph Rickenbacker</a> around 1931.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most electric guitars and electric basses use <a href="/wiki/Magnet" title="Magnet">magnetic</a> pickups. <a href="/wiki/Acoustic_guitar" title="Acoustic guitar">Acoustic guitars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upright_bass" class="mw-redirect" title="Upright bass">upright basses</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fiddle" title="Fiddle">fiddles</a> often use a <a href="/wiki/Piezoelectric" class="mw-redirect" title="Piezoelectric">piezo electric</a> pickup.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Magnetic_pickups">Magnetic pickups</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickup_(music_technology)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Magnetic pickups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A typical magnetic pickup is a transducer (specifically a <a href="/wiki/Variable_reluctance_sensor" title="Variable reluctance sensor">variable reluctance sensor</a>) that consists of one or more <a href="/wiki/Permanent_magnet" class="mw-redirect" title="Permanent magnet">permanent magnets</a> (usually <a href="/wiki/Alnico" title="Alnico">alnico</a> or <a href="/wiki/Ferrite_(magnet)" title="Ferrite (magnet)">ferrite</a>) wrapped with a coil of several thousand turns of fine enameled <a href="/wiki/Copper_wire" class="mw-redirect" title="Copper wire">copper coil</a>. The magnet creates a <a href="/wiki/Magnetic_field" title="Magnetic field">magnetic field</a> which is focused by the pickup's <a href="/wiki/Pole_piece" title="Pole piece">pole piece</a> or pieces.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The permanent magnet in the pickup magnetizes the guitar string above it. This causes the string to generate a magnetic field which is in alignment with that of the permanent magnet. When the string is plucked, the magnetic field around it moves up and down with the string. This moving magnetic field induces a voltage in the coil of the pickup as described by <a href="/wiki/Faraday%27s_law_of_induction" title="Faraday's law of induction">Faraday's law of induction</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Output voltage depends on the instrument and playing style and which string(s) are played and where on the string, but for example, a <a href="/wiki/Samick" title="Samick">Samick</a> <i>TV Twenty</i> guitar played on the bridge measured 16 mV <a href="/wiki/Root_mean_square#Voltage" title="Root mean square">RMS</a> (200 <a href="/wiki/Millivolt" class="mw-redirect" title="Millivolt">mV</a> peak) for one string and 128 mV RMS (850 mV peak) for a chord.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The pickup is connected with a <a href="/wiki/6.35_mm_audio_jack" class="mw-redirect" title="6.35 mm audio jack">6.35 mm audio jack</a> (instrument cable) to an <a href="/wiki/Instrument_amplifier" title="Instrument amplifier">amplifier</a>, which amplifies the signal to a sufficient magnitude of power to drive a <a href="/wiki/Loudspeaker" title="Loudspeaker">loudspeaker</a> (most amplifiers are above 10 watts). A pickup can also be connected to <a href="/wiki/Sound_recording" class="mw-redirect" title="Sound recording">recording</a> equipment via a patch cable. </p><p>A pickup is a part of an electric guitar or bass that "hears" the strings and turns their vibrations into sound. It’s usually attached to the guitar's body, but sometimes it’s placed on other parts like the bridge (where the strings rest) or the neck. </p><p>Pickups come in different types: </p> <ul><li><b>Single coil pickups</b>: One coil "listens" to all the strings.</li> <li><b>Humbuckers</b>: Two coils work together to reduce noise and give a thicker sound.</li> <li><b>Split coil pickups</b>: Found on certain bass guitars, these have two separate coils, each "listening" to different strings. For example, on a bass with four strings, one coil handles the lower two strings, and the other handles the higher two.</li></ul> <p>The pickup plays a big role in how the guitar sounds, and different guitars often use unique pickups to create their own signature tone. Guitar companies use this as a key feature to attract buyers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Construction">Construction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickup_(music_technology)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Construction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Splitpoles.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Splitpoles.jpg/220px-Splitpoles.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Splitpoles.jpg/330px-Splitpoles.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Splitpoles.jpg/440px-Splitpoles.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1361" data-file-height="740" /></a><figcaption>Split pole pickups, Fender Jazz Bass</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Guitar_pickup_potting" title="Guitar pickup potting">Guitar pickup potting</a></div> <p>Pickups have magnetic polepieces, typically one or two for each string, with the notable exceptions of rail and <a href="/wiki/Lipstick_pickup" title="Lipstick pickup">lipstick tube</a> pickups. Single polepieces are approximately centered on each string whereas dual polepieces such as the standard pickups on the <a href="/wiki/Fender_Jazz_Bass" title="Fender Jazz Bass">Fender Jazz Bass</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fender_Precision_Bass" title="Fender Precision Bass">Precision Bass</a> sit either side of each string. </p><p>On most guitars, the strings are not fully parallel: they converge at the nut and diverge at the bridge. Thus, bridge, neck and middle pickups usually have different polepiece spacings on the same guitar. </p><p>There are several standards on pickup sizes and string spacing between the poles. Spacing is measured either as a distance between 1st to 6th polepieces' centers (this is also called "E-to-E" spacing), or as a distance between adjacent polepieces' centers. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th>1st-to-6th </th> <th>Adjacent </th></tr> <tr> <td>Standard spacing<br />(Vintage Gibson guitars) </td> <td>1.90"<br />48 mm </td> <td>0.380"<br />9.6 mm </td></tr> <tr> <td>F-spacing<br />(Most Fender guitars, modern Gibson, <a href="/wiki/Floyd_Rose" title="Floyd Rose">Floyd Rose</a> bridges) </td> <td>2.01"<br />51 mm </td> <td>0.402"<br />10.2 mm </td></tr> <tr> <td>Very close to bridge, extra pickup<br />(<a href="/wiki/Roland_Corporation" title="Roland Corporation">Roland</a> GK series hexaphonic) </td> <td>2.060"<br />52.3 mm </td> <td>0.412"<br />10.5 mm </td></tr> <tr> <td>Telecaster spacing<br />(Fender Telecaster guitars) </td> <td>2.165"<br />55 mm </td> <td>0.433"<br />11 mm </td></tr> <tr> <td>Steinberger Spirit GT-Pro spacing<br />(may be typical for other Steinberger guitars) </td> <td>2.362"<br />60 mm </td> <td>0.3937"<br />10 mm </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Output">Output</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickup_(music_technology)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Output"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some high-output pickups employ very strong magnets, thus creating more flux and thereby more output. This can be detrimental to the final sound because the magnet's pull on the strings (called string capture<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) can cause problems with intonation as well as <a href="/wiki/Damping_ratio" class="mw-redirect" title="Damping ratio">damp</a> the strings and reduce <a href="/wiki/Sustain" class="mw-redirect" title="Sustain">sustain</a>. </p><p>Other high-output pickups have more turns of wire to increase the voltage generated by the string's movement. However, this also increases the pickup's output <a href="/wiki/Electrical_resistance_and_conductance" title="Electrical resistance and conductance">resistance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electrical_impedance" title="Electrical impedance">impedance</a>, which can affect high frequencies if the pickup is not isolated by a <a href="/wiki/Buffer_amplifier" title="Buffer amplifier">buffer amplifier</a> or a <a href="/wiki/DI_unit" title="DI unit">DI unit</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pickup_sound">Pickup sound</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickup_(music_technology)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pickup sound"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pickups.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Pickups.jpg/220px-Pickups.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Pickups.jpg/330px-Pickups.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Pickups.jpg/440px-Pickups.jpg 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="218" /></a><figcaption>Single coil pickups, <a href="/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster" title="Fender Stratocaster">Fender Stratocaster</a> (1963)</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Pickup_(music_technology)" title="Special:EditPage/Pickup (music technology)">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2019</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The turns of wire in proximity to each other have an equivalent self-<a href="/wiki/Capacitance" title="Capacitance">capacitance</a><abbr title=""></abbr> that, when added to any cable capacitance present, resonates with the <a href="/wiki/Inductance" title="Inductance">inductance</a> of the winding. This <a href="/wiki/Resonance" title="Resonance">resonance</a> can accentuate certain frequencies, giving the pickup a characteristic tonal quality. The more turns of wire in the winding, the higher the output voltage<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the lower this <a href="/wiki/Resonance" title="Resonance">resonance frequency</a>. </p><p>The arrangement of parasitic resistances and capacitances in the guitar, cable, and amplifier input, combined with the inductive <a href="/wiki/Source_impedance" class="mw-redirect" title="Source impedance">source impedance</a> inherent in this type of <a href="/wiki/Transducer" title="Transducer">transducer</a> forms a resistively-damped second-order <a href="/wiki/Low-pass" class="mw-redirect" title="Low-pass">low-pass</a> <a href="/wiki/Electronic_filter" title="Electronic filter">filter</a>, producing a non-linearity effect not found in piezoelectric or optical transducers. Pickups are usually designed to feed a high <a href="/wiki/Input_impedance" title="Input impedance">input impedance</a>, typically a <a href="/wiki/Ohm" title="Ohm">megohm</a> or more, and a low-impedance load increases attenuation of higher frequencies. Typical maximum frequency of a single-coil pickup is around 5 kHz, with the highest note on a typical guitar fretboard having a fundamental frequency of 1.17 kHz. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Humbuckers">Humbuckers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickup_(music_technology)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Humbuckers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Humbucker" title="Humbucker">Humbucker</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PRS_Dragon_Treble.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/PRS_Dragon_Treble.jpg/220px-PRS_Dragon_Treble.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/PRS_Dragon_Treble.jpg/330px-PRS_Dragon_Treble.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/PRS_Dragon_Treble.jpg/440px-PRS_Dragon_Treble.jpg 2x" data-file-width="565" data-file-height="424" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/PRS_Guitars" title="PRS Guitars">PRS</a>'s Dragon humbucker</figcaption></figure> <p>Single-coil pickups act like a directional antenna and are prone to pick up <a href="/wiki/Mains_hum" title="Mains hum">mains hum</a>—nuisance <a href="/wiki/Alternating_current" title="Alternating current">alternating current</a> electromagnetic interference from electrical power cables, power transformers, fluorescent light ballasts, video monitors or televisions—along with the musical signal. Mains hum consists of a fundamental signal at a nominal 50 or 60 Hz, depending on local current frequency, and usually some harmonic content. </p><p>To overcome this, the <a href="/wiki/Humbucker" title="Humbucker">humbucking</a> pickup was invented by <a href="/wiki/Ray_Butts" title="Ray Butts">Joseph Raymond "Ray" Butts</a> (for <a href="/wiki/Gretsch" title="Gretsch">Gretsch</a>), while <a href="/wiki/Seth_Lover" title="Seth Lover">Seth Lover</a> also worked on one for <a href="/wiki/Gibson_Guitar_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Gibson Guitar Corporation">Gibson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Who developed it first is a matter of some debate, but Butts was awarded the first patent (<span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US2892371">U.S. patent 2,892,371</a></span>) and Lover came next (<span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US2896491">U.S. patent 2,896,491</a></span>). </p><p>A humbucking pickup is composed of two coils, with each coil wound reverse to the other. Each set of six magnetic poles is also opposite in polarity. Since ambient hum from electrical devices reaches the coils as <a href="/wiki/Common-mode_interference" class="mw-redirect" title="Common-mode interference">common-mode noise</a>, it induces an equal voltage in each coil, but 180 degrees out of phase between the two voltages. These effectively cancel each other, while the signal from the guitar string is doubled. </p><p>When wired in series, as is most common, the overall <a href="/wiki/Inductance" title="Inductance">inductance</a> of the pickup is increased, which lowers its resonance frequency and attenuates the higher frequencies, giving a less trebly tone (i.e., "fatter") than either of the two component single-coil pickups would give alone. </p><p>An alternative wiring places the coils in <i>buck</i> parallel, which has a more neutral effect on resonant frequency. This pickup wiring is rare,<sup id="cite_ref-Httpeuropaspaceportscomfishbakebuckhumbuckhtm_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Httpeuropaspaceportscomfishbakebuckhumbuckhtm-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as guitarists have come to expect that humbucking pickups 'have a sound', and are not so neutral. On fine jazz guitars, the parallel wiring produces significantly cleaner sound,<sup id="cite_ref-Httpeuropaspaceportscomfishbakebuckhumbuckhtm_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Httpeuropaspaceportscomfishbakebuckhumbuckhtm-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as the lowered source impedance drives capacitive cable with lower high frequency attenuation. </p><p>A <i>side-by-side</i> humbucking pickup senses a wider section of each string than a single-coil pickup.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By picking up a larger portion of the vibrating string, more lower harmonics are present in the signal produced by the pickup in relation to high harmonics, resulting in a "fatter" tone. Humbucking pickups in the narrow form factor of a single coil, designed to replace single-coil pickups, have the narrower aperture resembling that of a single coil pickup. Some models of these single-coil-replacement humbuckers produce more authentic resemblances to classic single-coil tones than full-size humbucking pickups of a similar inductance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notation">Notation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickup_(music_technology)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Pickup_(music_technology)" title="Special:EditPage/Pickup (music technology)">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2019</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Most electric guitars have two or three magnetic pickups. A combination of pickups is called a <i>pickup configuration</i>, usually notated by writing out the pickup types in order from bridge pickup through mid pickup(s) to neck pickup, using "S" for single-coil and "H" for humbucker. Typically the bridge pickup is known as the lead pickup, and the neck pickup is known as the rhythm pickup.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Common pickup configurations include: </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pickup-SS-tele.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="S-S (Fender Telecaster, Jazzmaster and Jaguar, Peavey Reactor, and some Rickenbacker guitars)"><img alt="S-S (Fender Telecaster, Jazzmaster and Jaguar, Peavey Reactor, and some Rickenbacker guitars)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Pickup-SS-tele.jpg/120px-Pickup-SS-tele.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Pickup-SS-tele.jpg/180px-Pickup-SS-tele.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Pickup-SS-tele.jpg/240px-Pickup-SS-tele.jpg 2x" data-file-width="423" data-file-height="208" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b>S-S</b> (<a href="/wiki/Fender_Telecaster" title="Fender Telecaster">Fender Telecaster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jazzmaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Jazzmaster">Jazzmaster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fender_Jaguar" title="Fender Jaguar">Jaguar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peavey_Reactor" class="mw-redirect" title="Peavey Reactor">Peavey Reactor</a>, and some <a href="/wiki/Rickenbacker" title="Rickenbacker">Rickenbacker</a> guitars)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stratocaster_pickups.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="S-S-S (Fender Stratocaster)"><img alt="S-S-S (Fender Stratocaster)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Stratocaster_pickups.jpg/120px-Stratocaster_pickups.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Stratocaster_pickups.jpg/180px-Stratocaster_pickups.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Stratocaster_pickups.jpg/240px-Stratocaster_pickups.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="426" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b>S-S-S</b> (<a href="/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster" title="Fender Stratocaster">Fender Stratocaster</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pickup-SSH.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="H-S-S (Superstrats like Fender HM Strat, Peavey Raptor EXP, Peavey Destiny)"><img alt="H-S-S (Superstrats like Fender HM Strat, Peavey Raptor EXP, Peavey Destiny)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Pickup-SSH.jpg/120px-Pickup-SSH.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Pickup-SSH.jpg/180px-Pickup-SSH.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Pickup-SSH.jpg/240px-Pickup-SSH.jpg 2x" data-file-width="569" data-file-height="395" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b>H-S-S</b> (<a href="/wiki/Superstrat" title="Superstrat">Superstrats</a> like <a href="/wiki/Fender_HM_Strat" title="Fender HM Strat">Fender HM Strat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peavey_Raptor" class="mw-redirect" title="Peavey Raptor">Peavey Raptor</a> EXP, <a href="/wiki/Peavey_Destiny" class="mw-redirect" title="Peavey Destiny">Peavey Destiny</a>) </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pickup-HSH.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="H-S-H (Ibanez RG, Ibanez S, other superstrats)"><img alt="H-S-H (Ibanez RG, Ibanez S, other superstrats)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Pickup-HSH.jpg/120px-Pickup-HSH.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Pickup-HSH.jpg/180px-Pickup-HSH.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Pickup-HSH.jpg/240px-Pickup-HSH.jpg 2x" data-file-width="487" data-file-height="456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b>H-S-H</b> (<a href="/wiki/Ibanez_RG" title="Ibanez RG">Ibanez RG</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ibanez_S" title="Ibanez S">Ibanez S</a>, other <a href="/wiki/Superstrat" title="Superstrat">superstrats</a>)</div> </li> </ul> <ul><li><b>H-H</b> (<a href="/wiki/Gibson_Les_Paul" title="Gibson Les Paul">Gibson Les Paul</a>, many others including <a href="/wiki/Superstrat" title="Superstrat">superstrats</a>)</li></ul> <p>Less frequently found configurations are: </p> <ul><li><b>S</b> (<a href="/wiki/Fender_Esquire" title="Fender Esquire">Fender Esquire</a>, early <a href="/wiki/Gibson_Les_Paul_Junior" title="Gibson Les Paul Junior">Gibson Les Paul Juniors</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gibson_Melody_Maker" title="Gibson Melody Maker">Gibson Melody Maker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danelectro" title="Danelectro">Danelectro</a> U1, some <a href="/wiki/Telecaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Telecaster">Telecasters</a>)</li> <li><b>H</b> (Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis, <a href="/wiki/Kramer_Baretta" title="Kramer Baretta">Kramer Baretta</a>, later Les Paul Juniors)</li> <li><b>H-S</b> (<a href="/wiki/Hamer_Guitars" title="Hamer Guitars">Hamer Californian Deluxe</a>, Les Paul BFG, <a href="/wiki/Squier_%2751" title="Squier '51">Squier '51</a>)</li> <li><b>H-H-H</b> (some <a href="/wiki/Gibson_Les_Paul" title="Gibson Les Paul">Gibson Les Paul</a> Goldtop and <a href="/wiki/Gibson_Les_Paul_Custom" title="Gibson Les Paul Custom">Custom</a> models, <a href="/wiki/Gibson_SG" title="Gibson SG">Gibson SG-3</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gibson_ES-5" title="Gibson ES-5">Gibson ES-5 Switchmaster</a> (after 1957), <a href="/wiki/Kramer_Guitars" title="Kramer Guitars">Kramer Jersey Star</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ibanez_Destroyer" title="Ibanez Destroyer">Ibanez Destroyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ibanez" title="Ibanez">Ibanez</a> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Gilbert" title="Paul Gilbert">PGM200</a>)</li></ul> <p>Examples of rare configurations that only a few particular models use include: </p> <ul><li><b>H-S</b>, but with single coil in the middle (one model of <a href="/wiki/Fender_Jazzmaster#Imitations_and_Fender_reissues" title="Fender Jazzmaster">Fender Jazzmaster</a>, Ibanez RG2011SC, <a href="/wiki/Fender_Jaguar" title="Fender Jaguar">Fender Player Jaguar</a>)</li> <li><b>H-S-S</b>, but with no space between the middle single coil and the bridge humbucker (Hamer Phantom with angled neck pickup)</li> <li><b>H-H-S</b> (<a href="/wiki/Mayones_Guitars_%26_Basses" title="Mayones Guitars & Basses">Mayones</a> Legend “22” <a href="/wiki/Anders_Nystr%C3%B6m" title="Anders Nyström">Anders Nyström</a> signature, some ESP Stephen Carpenter Models, and Alembic <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Garcia" title="Jerry Garcia">Jerry Garcia</a> Models)</li> <li><b>H-S-S-H</b> (Music Man <a href="/wiki/Steve_Morse" title="Steve Morse">Steve Morse</a> Signature)</li> <li><b>S-H</b> (some Telecasters, Music Man “Valentine” <a href="/wiki/James_Valentine_(musician)" title="James Valentine (musician)">James Valentine</a> signature)</li> <li><b>S-H-H</b> (some early seven-string ESP Horizons)</li> <li><b>S-H-S</b> (Fender <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Kramer" title="Wayne Kramer">Wayne Kramer</a> Signature)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Piezoelectric_pickups">Piezoelectric pickups</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickup_(music_technology)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 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pickup on a classical acoustic guitar</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peterman_dual_pickup.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dual pickup by peterman.com.au in Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Peterman_dual_pickup.jpg/200px-Peterman_dual_pickup.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Peterman_dual_pickup.jpg/300px-Peterman_dual_pickup.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Peterman_dual_pickup.jpg/400px-Peterman_dual_pickup.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="461" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Dual pickup by Peterman in Australia</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Piezo_violin_bridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Piezoelectric violin bridge pickup" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Piezo_violin_bridge.jpg/200px-Piezo_violin_bridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Piezo_violin_bridge.jpg/300px-Piezo_violin_bridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Piezo_violin_bridge.jpg/400px-Piezo_violin_bridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Piezoelectric violin bridge pickup</div></div></div></div></div> <p>The piezoelectric pickup contains a piezo crystal, which converts the vibrations directly to a changing voltage. </p><p>Many <a href="/wiki/Semi-acoustic_guitar" title="Semi-acoustic guitar">semi-acoustic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electro-acoustic_guitar" class="mw-redirect" title="Electro-acoustic guitar">acoustic guitars</a>, and some electric guitars and basses, have been fitted with <a href="/wiki/Piezoelectricity" title="Piezoelectricity">piezoelectric</a> pickups instead of, or in addition to, magnetic pickups. These have a very different sound, and also have the advantage of not picking up any other magnetic fields, such as mains hum and <a href="/wiki/Feedback" title="Feedback">feedback</a> from monitoring loops. In <a href="/wiki/Hybrid_guitar" title="Hybrid guitar">hybrid guitars</a>, this system allows switching between magnetic pickup and piezo sounds, or simultaneously blending the output. Solid bodied guitars with only a piezo pickup are known as <a href="/wiki/Silent_guitar" title="Silent guitar">silent guitars</a>, which are usually used for practicing by acoustic guitarists. Piezo pickups can also be built into <a href="/wiki/Electric_guitar_bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Electric guitar bridge">electric guitar bridges</a> for conversion of existing instruments. </p><p>Most pickups for bowed string instruments, such as cello, violin, and double bass, are piezoelectric. These may be inlaid into the <a href="/wiki/Bridge_(instrument)" title="Bridge (instrument)">bridge</a>, laid between the bridge feet and the top of the instrument, or, less frequently, wedged under a wing of the bridge. Some pickups are fastened to the top of the instrument with removable <a href="/wiki/Blu-tack" class="mw-redirect" title="Blu-tack">putty</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Preamps">Preamps</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickup_(music_technology)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Preamps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Piezoelectric pickups have a very high <a href="/wiki/Output_impedance" title="Output impedance">output impedance</a> and appear as a <a href="/wiki/Capacitance" title="Capacitance">capacitance</a> in series with a <a href="/wiki/Voltage_source" title="Voltage source">voltage source</a>. They therefore often have an instrument-mounted <a href="/wiki/Buffer_amplifier" title="Buffer amplifier">buffer amplifier</a> fitted to maximize <a href="/wiki/Frequency_response" title="Frequency response">frequency response</a>. </p><p>The piezo pickup gives a very wide frequency range output compared to the magnetic types and can give large <a href="/wiki/Amplitude" title="Amplitude">amplitude</a> signals from the strings. For this reason, the buffer amplifier is often powered from relatively high voltage rails (about ±9 V) to avoid <a href="/wiki/Distortion" title="Distortion">distortion</a> due to <a href="/wiki/Clipping_(audio)" title="Clipping (audio)">clipping</a>. A less linear <a href="/wiki/Preamp" class="mw-redirect" title="Preamp">preamp</a> (like a single-<a href="/wiki/Field_effect_transistor" class="mw-redirect" title="Field effect transistor">FET</a> amplifier) might be preferable due to softer clipping characteristics.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Such an amplifier starts to distort sooner, which makes the distortion less <i>"buzzy"</i> and less audible than a more linear, but less forgiving <a href="/wiki/Op-amp" class="mw-redirect" title="Op-amp">op-amp</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> However, at least one study<sup id="cite_ref-mottola-preamp_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mottola-preamp-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> indicates that most people cannot tell the difference between FET and op-amp circuits in blind listening comparisons of electric instrument preamps, which correlates with results of formal studies of other types of audio devices. Sometimes, piezoelectric pickups are used in conjunction with magnetic types to give a wider range of available sounds. </p><p>For early pickup devices using the piezoelectric effect, see <a href="/wiki/Phonograph#Pickup_systems" title="Phonograph">phonograph</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_transducers">Other transducers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickup_(music_technology)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Other transducers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some pickup products are installed and used similarly to piezoelectric pickups, but use different underlying technology, for instance <a href="/wiki/Electret" title="Electret">electret</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <a href="/wiki/Condenser_microphone" class="mw-redirect" title="Condenser microphone">condenser microphone</a> technology.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Double_systems_pickups">Double systems pickups</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickup_(music_technology)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Double systems pickups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Pickup_(music_technology)" title="Special:EditPage/Pickup (music technology)">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2017</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>There are basically four principles used to convert sound into an alternating current, each with their pros and cons: </p> <ol><li>A <a href="/wiki/Microphone" title="Microphone">microphone</a> registers the vibrations of the air caused by the instrument. In general this technique guarantees a good sound quality, but with two limitations: <a href="/wiki/Audio_feedback" title="Audio feedback">feedback</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crosstalk_(electronics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crosstalk (electronics)">crosstalk</a>.</li> <li>Contact pickups register the vibrations of the instrument itself. They have the advantage of producing little feedback and no crosstalk at all. In spite of their lesser sound quality and thanks to their low price, contact pickups (and especially the <a href="/wiki/Piezoelectricity" title="Piezoelectricity">piezoelectric</a> pickup) have become the most popular transducer.</li> <li>Magnetic pickups. Magnetic pickups, as applied in electric guitars, register the vibrations of nickel or steel strings in a magnetic field. They have the advantage that they can be connected directly to an (<a href="/wiki/Electric_guitar" title="Electric guitar">electric guitar</a>) <a href="/wiki/Amplifier" title="Amplifier">amplifier</a>, but in combination with a <a href="/wiki/Steel-string_acoustic_guitar" title="Steel-string acoustic guitar">steel-string acoustic guitar</a> the sound tends to be electric. This is why acoustic guitarists typically choose a piezoelectric pickup, built in microphone, or both.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electrostatic_pickup" title="Electrostatic pickup">Electrostatic pickups</a>. Another way is to use the changing capacitance between the string and a pickup plate. These electronic pickups produce much higher dynamics than conventional pickups, so the difference between a soft and a loud pick strike is more pronounced than with other types of pickups.</li></ol> <p>An amplification system with two <a href="/wiki/Transducer" title="Transducer">transducers</a> combines the qualities of both. A combination of a microphone and a piezoelectric pickup typically produces better sound quality and less sensitivity to feedback, as compared to single transducers. However, this is not always the case. A less frequently used combination is a piezoelectric and a magnetic pickup. This combination can work well for a solid sound with <a href="/wiki/Dynamics_(music)" title="Dynamics (music)">dynamics</a> and expression. Examples of a double system amplifier are the Highlander iP-2, the Verweij VAMP or the LR Baggs dual source and the D-TAR Multisource.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Multi-transducer_pickups">Multi-transducer pickups</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickup_(music_technology)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Multi-transducer pickups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Pickup_(music_technology)" title="Special:EditPage/Pickup (music technology)">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2017</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Hexaphonic pickups (also called <i>divided pickups</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Polyphony_(instrument)" class="mw-redirect" title="Polyphony (instrument)">polyphonic</a> pickups</i>) have a separate output for each string (<i>Hexaphonic</i> assumes six strings, as on a guitar). This allows for separate processing and amplification for each string. It also allows a converter to sense the pitch coming from individual string signals for producing note commands, typically according to the <a href="/wiki/MIDI" title="MIDI">MIDI</a> (musical instrument digital interface) protocol. A hexaphonic pickup and a converter are usually components of a <a href="/wiki/Guitar/synthesizer" class="mw-redirect" title="Guitar/synthesizer">guitar/synthesizer</a>. </p><p>Such pickups are uncommon (compared to normal ones), and only a few notable models exist, like the piezoelectric pickups on the <a href="/wiki/Moog_Guitar" title="Moog Guitar">Moog Guitar</a>. Hexaphonic pickups can be either magnetic or piezoelectric or based on the condensor principle like <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://electronicpickups.com/">electronicpickups</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Optical">Optical</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickup_(music_technology)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Optical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Optical pickups are a fairly recent development that work by sensing the interruption of a light beam by a vibrating string. The light source is usually an LED, and the detector is a <a href="/wiki/Photodiode" title="Photodiode">photodiode</a> or <a href="/wiki/Phototransistor" class="mw-redirect" title="Phototransistor">phototransistor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These pickups are completely resistant to magnetic or electric interference and also have a very broad and flat frequency response, unlike magnetic pickups. </p><p>Optical pickup guitars were first shown at the 1969 <a href="/wiki/NAMM_Show" title="NAMM Show">NAMM Convention</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago</a>, by Ron Hoag.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, Christopher Willcox, founder of LightWave Systems, unveiled a new beta technology for an optical pickup system using infrared light. In May 2001, LightWave Systems released their second generation pickup, dubbed the "S2."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Active_and_passive_pickups">Active and passive pickups</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickup_(music_technology)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Active and passive pickups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Pickup_(music_technology)" title="Special:EditPage/Pickup (music technology)">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2018</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EMG_81_%26_85_pickups.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="EMG 81 and EMG 85: a pair of popular active pickups" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/EMG_81_%26_85_pickups.JPG/200px-EMG_81_%26_85_pickups.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/EMG_81_%26_85_pickups.JPG/300px-EMG_81_%26_85_pickups.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/EMG_81_%26_85_pickups.JPG/400px-EMG_81_%26_85_pickups.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/EMG_81" title="EMG 81">EMG 81</a> and <a href="/wiki/EMG_85" title="EMG 85">EMG 85</a>: a pair of popular active pickups</figcaption></figure> <p>Pickups can be either <a href="/wiki/Passivity_(engineering)" title="Passivity (engineering)">active or passive</a>. Pickups, apart from optical types, are inherently passive transducers. "Passive" pickups are usually wire-wound around a magnet, and are the most common type used. They can generate <a href="/wiki/Electric_potential" title="Electric potential">electric potential</a> without need for external power, though their output is relatively low, and the harmonic content of output depends greatly on the winding. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Framus_Panthera_7_with_Seymour_Duncan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Framus_Panthera_7_with_Seymour_Duncan.jpg/220px-Framus_Panthera_7_with_Seymour_Duncan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Framus_Panthera_7_with_Seymour_Duncan.jpg/330px-Framus_Panthera_7_with_Seymour_Duncan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Framus_Panthera_7_with_Seymour_Duncan.jpg/440px-Framus_Panthera_7_with_Seymour_Duncan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Seymour_Duncan" title="Seymour Duncan">Seymour Duncan</a> AHB-1 Blackouts</figcaption></figure> <p>"Active" pickups incorporate electronic circuitry to modify the signal. Active circuits are able to filter, attenuate or boost the signal from the pickup. The main disadvantage of an active system is requirement of a battery power source to operate the <a href="/wiki/Preamp" class="mw-redirect" title="Preamp">preamp</a> circuitry. Batteries limit circuit design and functionality, in addition to being inconvenient to the musician. The circuitry may be as simple as a single transistor, or up to several <a href="/wiki/Operational_amplifier" title="Operational amplifier">operational amplifiers</a> configured as active filters, active <a href="/wiki/Equalization_(audio)" title="Equalization (audio)">EQ</a> and other sound-shaping features. The op amps used must be of a low-power design to optimize battery life, a design restriction that limits the dynamic range of the circuit. The active circuitry may contain audio filters, which reduce the dynamic range and mildly distort certain ranges. High-output active pickup systems also have an effect on an amplifier's input circuit. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stereo_and_multiple_pickups_with_individual_outputs">Stereo and multiple pickups with individual outputs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickup_(music_technology)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Stereo and multiple pickups with individual outputs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Pickup_(music_technology)" title="Special:EditPage/Pickup (music technology)">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2019</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Rickenbacker" title="Rickenbacker">Rickenbacker</a> was the first manufacturer to market stereo instruments (guitars and basses). Their proprietary "Ric-O-Sound" circuitry has two separate output jacks, allowing the musician to send each pickup to its own audio chain (effects device, amplifier, mix console input). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Teisco" title="Teisco">Teisco</a> produced a guitar with a stereo option.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Teisco divided the two sections in the upper three strings and the lower three strings for each individual output. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Gittler_guitar" title="Gittler guitar">Gittler guitar</a> was a limited production guitar with six pickups, one for each string. </p><p>Gibson created the HD.6X Pro guitar that captures a separate signal for each individual string and sends them to an onboard analog/digital converter, then out of the guitar via <a href="/wiki/Ethernet_cable" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethernet cable">Ethernet cable</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickup_(music_technology)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Contact_microphone" title="Contact microphone">Contact microphone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_lamellophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Electric lamellophone">Electric lamellophone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_sitar" title="Electric sitar">Electric sitar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humbucker" title="Humbucker">Humbucker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Instrument_amplifier" title="Instrument amplifier">Instrument amplifier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lipstick_pickup" title="Lipstick pickup">Lipstick pickup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_electronics_topics" class="mw-redirect" title="List of electronics topics">List of electronics topics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnetic_circuit" title="Magnetic circuit">Magnetic circuit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nominal_impedance" title="Nominal impedance">Nominal impedance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preamplifier" title="Preamplifier">Preamplifier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reverberation" title="Reverberation">Reverberation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Single_coil" class="mw-redirect" title="Single coil">Single coil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transformer" 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