![]() ![]() The reason is simple: piezo pickups work by picking up the actual vibrations of the string and the instrument. Unlike magnetic pickups, which are easily noticed under the strings between the bridge and the neck, piezo pickups in an electric guitar are usually located inside the bridge itself. First, you don’t even see them on the guitar. They translate acoustic energy into small electrical signals that you can then amplify.Ī piezo pickup is very different. This is a similar idea in regard to how most microphones work, which is why pickups and mics are both called transducers. The field created by the magnet and coil translates the vibration into electrical signals. Hit a string on the electric guitar and the string vibrates. The pickup has a magnet or series of magnets that are wrapped in wire coil. Whether active (like many from EMG) or passive (like most made by Seymour Duncan), magnetic pickups work on the same principle. Most pickups on electric guitars are magnetic pickups. We’re not going to get into very much of the scientific discussion behind piezo (pronounced “pee-YAY-zoh”) pickups, but you will at least want to know a basic idea of what they are and how they’re different from the pickups you already know and love. ![]() With the release of some of our recent new models like the LTD EC-1000 Piezo and the LTD Signature Series guitar for Ben Burnley of Breaking Benjamin, the BB-600 Baritone, we’ve had a number of people let us know that they’d like to learn more about what a piezo pickup is and how it works. ![]()
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