SPECIAL ARTICLE: Q-factors, DC-resistances, impedances – qualifiers for the sound of pickups
Getting a handle on how to assess pickups and how to make some measurements: Q-Factor, impedance, DC-resistance
What PotEG has to say about piezo-pickups
Piezoelectric pickups (translated by Tilmann Zwicker) 6.1 The piezoelectric process poteg-6-1-piezo-effect 6.2 Electric loading – loosing the bass poteg-6-2-piezo-high-pass-effect 6.3 The piezo pickup as a sensor – yes, that’s the pickup poteg-6-3-piezo-as-sensor 6.4 Reciprocity – the other way ’round poteg-6-4-reciprocal-piezo 6.5 The piezo pickup as an actuator – indeed, it works that way, too poteg-6-5-piezo-as-actor 6.6 The disassembled pickup […]
What PotEG hast to say about magnetic pickups
Magnetic pickups translated by Tilmann Zwicker 5.1 Singlecoil pickups poteg-5-1-singlecoil-pus 5.2 Humbucking pickups poteg-5-2-humbucking-pus 5.3 Coaxial singlecoil pickups poteg-5-3-hum-compensated-sc-pus 5.4 The pickup’s magnetic field 5.4.1 The static field without string poteg-5-4-1-static-magnetic-field 5.4.2 The static field with string poteg-5-4-2-static-magnetic-field-with-string 5.4.3 The alternating magnetic field poteg-5-4-3-alternating-magnetic-field 5.4.4 Magnetic window (aperture) poteg-5-4-4-aperture 5.4.5 Absolute pickup sensitivity poteg-5-4-5-pickup-sensitivity 5.4.6 […]
ALNICO-magnets for guitar pickups – what’s in a legend?
Going deep: a scientific article discussing ALNICO as material in magnetic guitar pickups