The pickup refers to the system installed on a musical instrument that captures the vibrations of the strings to transcribe them into an electrical signal. It’s a transducer (not a microphone).
Pickups
We are making piezoelectric pickups for violins and cellos using from 4 to 7 strings. They are equipped with one sensor per string to ensure a powerful and accurate sound.
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FAQ about pickups
There are dozens of different pickups on the musical instrument market. They use different technologies. They are sometimes active or passive and they have one or more sensors. For electric guitars and basses, passive magnetic pickups are used most of the time. For acoustic guitars or bowed string instruments like violins or cellos, passive piezoelectric pickups are used. The number of sensors depends on the manufacturer. Our pickups use one sensor per string.
Generally, all violins, violas, cellos and basses use single or multi-sensors piezoelectric pickups. Acoustic instrument pickups usually have one single sensor. While electric instrument pickups use multiple sensors.
A passive pickup operates independently. It does not need a battery to work. An active pickup must be supplied with energy to operate. With an active pickup and without a battery, the instrument cannot produce sound.
Our pickups use one sensor per string. Each piezo is positioned under each string.