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How do guitar pickups work?

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The body of this Gibson Gary Moore Signature electric guitar has multiple pickups. Many electric guitars have two or three different pickups located at different points on the body. Each pickup will have a distinctive sound, and multiple pickups can be paired, either in-phase or out, to produce additional variations. read more

Almost all electric guitar and bass pickups rely on magnetism. The active ingredients are one or more magnets and a wire coil. The magnets create a magnetic “flux field” around the pickups. read more

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