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| | ======MAKING PICKUPS====== |
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| =====Passive Pickups===== | =====Passive Pickups===== |
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| The degree of intensity (Gauss) of a magnet greatly effects the kind of sound output the pickup will generate and the stronger the Gauss the more variety of frequencies that will be picked up by the magnet. Weaker magnets generally preference low frequencies over higher ones. The vast majority of pickups use alnico or ferrite magnets. Both of these magnets can be selectively magnetized using strong magnets to the desired Gauss. ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwHFhNkzSK8))When picking the intensity of a magnet considerations with the thickness and amount of copper wire should also be taken into account. The pairing of a magnet and wire can match the general frequency response or can compliment one another. For instance a strong magnet that allows a great deal of high frequencies can be paired with a thinner wire that prefers lower frequencies but comes with the advantage of generating a stronger signal strength. This pairing allows for some of the limitations of thin wire to be compensated. | The degree of intensity (Gauss) of a magnet greatly effects the kind of sound output the pickup will generate and the stronger the Gauss the more variety of frequencies that will be picked up by the magnet. Weaker magnets generally preference low frequencies over higher ones. The vast majority of pickups use alnico or ferrite magnets. Both of these magnets can be selectively magnetized using strong magnets to the desired Gauss. ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwHFhNkzSK8))When picking the intensity of a magnet considerations with the thickness and amount of copper wire should also be taken into account. The pairing of a magnet and wire can match the general frequency response or can compliment one another. For instance a strong magnet that allows a great deal of high frequencies can be paired with a thinner wire that prefers lower frequencies but comes with the advantage of generating a stronger signal strength. This pairing allows for some of the limitations of thin wire to be compensated. |
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| | Magnet polarity is relevant to the ability for a pickup to capture the vibrations of a metal string. ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM0xLYCjddc)) \\ |
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| There are many methods for wrapping the wire, with the primary methods being to uniformly wind the wire and to do something called scatter winding. ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiNyZ463tfA)) The more wire that is wound the higher the capacitance and the more its favors low frequencies over higher frequencies of sound. Uniformly wound wire is able to have more rotations around a magnet and has a much greater tendency to favor low frequencies. Wire used for wrapping magnets is generally covered in a shielding material to prevent current from being exchanged and to limit oxidization of the wire. The thickness of this coating may also have an effect on the frequency response by adding material to the thickness of the wire. Thicker coatings allow less rotations of the wire around a magnet and have a minor effect on frequency response. Thinner coatings remove more high frequencies than thicker ones, in this way the coatings have a similar effect to wrapping methods as they determine how tightly packed the wire is against a magnet, with tighter packing reducing high frequency response. | There are many methods for wrapping the wire, with the primary methods being to uniformly wind the wire and to do something called scatter winding. ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiNyZ463tfA)) The more wire that is wound the higher the capacitance and the more its favors low frequencies over higher frequencies of sound. Uniformly wound wire is able to have more rotations around a magnet and has a much greater tendency to favor low frequencies. Wire used for wrapping magnets is generally covered in a shielding material to prevent current from being exchanged and to limit oxidization of the wire. The thickness of this coating may also have an effect on the frequency response by adding material to the thickness of the wire. Thicker coatings allow less rotations of the wire around a magnet and have a minor effect on frequency response. Thinner coatings remove more high frequencies than thicker ones, in this way the coatings have a similar effect to wrapping methods as they determine how tightly packed the wire is against a magnet, with tighter packing reducing high frequency response. |
| ==Humbacker== | ==Humbacker== |
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| | ==Air Coil Pickup== |
| | ((https://tymguitars.com.au/blogs/blog/making-an-air-coil-for-an-old-hoyer-framus)) \\ |
| ===Lace Sensors=== | ===Lace Sensors=== |
| ((https://www.fuzzfaced.net/lace-sensor-pickups.html)) | ((https://www.fuzzfaced.net/lace-sensor-pickups.html)) |
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| ====Microphones==== | ====Microphones==== |
| | ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoQu3XXIayc)) |
| ====Optical Sensors==== | ====Optical Sensors==== |
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| ====Electrostatic Pickup==== | ====Electrostatic Pickup==== |
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| | =====Sustainer===== |
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| | ((https://www.projectguitar.com/forums/topic/16984-how-to-make-a-guitar-sustainer-system-tutorial/)) |
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| =====USB Audio to Digital Converter===== | =====USB Audio to Digital Converter===== |
| 42 gauge wire source((https://www.ebay.com/itm/321121362251)) \\ | 42 gauge wire source((https://www.ebay.com/itm/321121362251)) \\ |
| A clavinet pickup made custom by a pickup maker, note the unusually long magnets and winding of the copper wire, this is proof of concept for the idea that though guitar pickups use only about 4 inch wide coil loops, a far longer loops can be made, perhaps even ones that are feet long. ((https://www.vintagevibe.com/products/clavinet-vibanet-pick-up)) \\ | A clavinet pickup made custom by a pickup maker, note the unusually long magnets and winding of the copper wire, this is proof of concept for the idea that though guitar pickups use only about 4 inch wide coil loops, a far longer loops can be made, perhaps even ones that are feet long. ((https://www.vintagevibe.com/products/clavinet-vibanet-pick-up)) \\ |
| | Use a Relay (sold on Ali Express for as low a 1$ each) as a Guitar Pickup ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkip_FmZKtI)) \\ |
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