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Topic: Guitar Pickups

Vital Stats

The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:

Most admires:

Bonnie & Clyde, Yoko Ono

Favorite possession(s):

SUV, Stereo system, Wiretap kit

Dream job(s):

Truck driver

Favorite era(s):

1990s

Favorite body part(s):

Ears

Favorite composer(s):

Nicolo Paganini

Favorite movie(s):

Dead Poets Society

Likes to wear:

Vinyl

Listens to:

Santana, Van Halen, Radiohead

Ultimate fantasy(s):

Being Dolly Parton's slave

Favorite type of dance(s):

Moshing

Worst habit(s):

Buying top 40 music

Favorite quote(s):

"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die." - Mel Brooks
"Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung." - Voltaire (1694-1778)
"Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech." - Martin Fraquhar Tupper

Expert Talk

The Brain has selected interesting relevant sentences from the web. It automatically assigned them to some of our fictitious experts based on their personalities.

Steve Riggins,
Software Deveoper

Contact pickups are in direct contact with some part of the guitar, and convert the motion at that location into an electrical signal.

Pete Trengle,
Bass Player

Some circuits were designed for electric guitar pickups and thus may not work well with acoustic guitar pickups; try the project with the single FET and you may have success.
Many guitarists prefer vintage guitars for their sound which may in part be due to the magnets of the pickups ageing and losing their original strength thus resulting in a more pleasant tone.
He designs electric guitar pickups and plays guitar himself.

Jake Farley,
Truck Driver

Guitar pickups do the same thing if the coil is not wax potted or any part is not mounted securely.
These pickups are generally high impedance devices, and thus have a limited frequency response made worse by running long lengths of cable from the guitar to an amp or board.
Pickups have 2 loads - volume pot resistance and guitar cable capacitance.

User Talk

Comments from our users:

From:
strat789
2004-11-17 05:55:42

What causes guitar pickups to age

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