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Guitar Pickup: Measurement of its Two-Dimensional Nonlinear Function

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The electromagnetic pickup of an electric guitar is a nonlinear device that provides a pleasant distortion. Although the pickup is a simple device consisting of a coil and a few magnets or pole pieces, the measurement of its nonlinear function is a difficult task. This paper shows a measurement technique that can estimate the nonlinear function of a pickup in both y− and z− directions of the vibrating string. The experimental results are provided for three different types of pickups: a single-coil pickup with six staggered pole-pieces, a humbucker pickup with six equal height pole-pieces, and a humbucker rail pickup. The measured non-linear functions of the three pickups are very different from each other, leading to different distortions. These experimental results confirm that the pickup geometry plays an important role in distortion.
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hal-02512148 , version 1 (19-03-2020)

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Antonin Novak, Bertrand Lihoreau, Emmanuel Brasseur, Pierrick Lotton, Laurent Simon. Guitar Pickup: Measurement of its Two-Dimensional Nonlinear Function. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 2020, 68 (3), pp.184-192. ⟨10.17743/jaes.2020.0002⟩. ⟨hal-02512148⟩
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