"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:37:47 -0500, "Mike Marlow"
calmly ranted:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
.. .

In an electric, the amp powers the pickup coils which react
to the moving string in its magnetic field.

Ummmmm... nope. In an electric, the pickups are coils and the movement
of
the string through the magnetic poles creates a current in the pickup
which
is transmitted to the amp. The amp doesn't provide any power to the
guitar.

Oops, you're right. Those pickups -are- magnetic, aren't they?
I sit corrected. (Too lazy to stand.)

So, how do those Erectionflummys work in the hybrid guitars without
a pickup coil??


Coupla ways. Most acoustic guitars with a pickup have one under the saddle
(bridge), and it's pizeo-electric. Little crystals that generate current
when caused to vibrate. Higher end guitars like Taylors and some others use
this and a condenser microphone located inside the body of the guitar.
These typically have a mixer that enables the player to balance between the
two pickup sources, since pizeos and condenser mics provide much different
sounds.
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-Mike-