The system consists of a control module and a magnetic pickup mounted in the distributor.

In the next section, we'll see how the magnetic pickups on an electric guitar sense vibration and turn it into sound.

The sensing occurs in a magnetic pickup mounted under the strings on the guitar's body.

They are similar to silent guitars, except that the latter do not have magnetic pickups.

The tape was a small loop that fed continuously between magnetic pickups.

Usually an electric guitar has more than one magnetic pickup.

Another, less frequently used combination is a piezoelectric and a magnetic pickup.

In the 1970s Oscar Schmidt came out with their own magnetic pickup.

The magnetic pickups are passive, but sit within the active circuit path.