What all kinds of pickups are there?

iansmitchell · July 2nd, 2009, 10:53 PM

It's all basically one working principle, but how many kinds of magnetic pickups are there?

PeteMac · July 4th, 2009, 02:48 AM

Well . . . ummm,

basically 2, I guess . . . single coil and humbuckers ???
oh, and I s'pose you could count seperate pole magnets and blade magnets as different as well.

after that, you just got all your different brands and such .

???

Jakester93 · July 4th, 2009, 03:14 AM

You've also got active and passive pickups. There are also pickups that are humbuckers, but they are stacked so they look and sound like single coils without the hum.

callaway · July 4th, 2009, 09:09 AM

Lace Sensor pickups use a unique configuration. Then there's their Alumitone series which is quite possibly the wackiest pickup ever.

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