Single-coil guitar pickup
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A single-coil pickup is a type of magnetic transducer, or pickup, for the electric guitar and the electric bass. It electromagnetically converts the vibration of the strings to an electric signal. Sin
A typical single-coil guitar pickup: copper wire wrapped around a bobbin which holds magnetic pole pieces adjacent to a magnet
Gibson P-90 soap bar
P90 dog ear
Two pickups on a Telecaster
Fender Stratocaster
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The Fender Stratocaster, colloquially known as the Strat, is a model of double-cutaway electric guitar designed between 1952 and 1954 by Leo Fender, Bill Carson, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares.
David Gilmour's 1969 The Black Strat
Body and electronics
Headstock and tuning pegs
Six-point "tremolo" bridge