Topmusicanswers
- Is a transducer pickup a piezo?
- What is a transducer pickup?
- What is the difference between a transducer and a pickup?
- What is a piezo pickup acoustic?
Is a transducer pickup a piezo?
Piezo Contact Pickups (Soundboard Transducers)
Contact pickups, are also piezo pickups and work the same way as undersaddle transducers except they are placed on, or beneath the soundboard and detect vibrations that have been transferred from the strings, through to the bridge and ultimately the soundboard.
What is a transducer pickup?
A typical magnetic pickup is a transducer (specifically a variable reluctance sensor) that consists of one or more permanent magnets (usually alnico or ferrite) wrapped with a coil of several thousand turns of fine enameled copper wire.
What is the difference between a transducer and a pickup?
An undersaddle pickup is simply a form of transducer as is the acoustic soundboard transducer. They just convert different type of vibration into electrical impulses.
What is a piezo pickup acoustic?
Piezo Pickups
Piezo is short for piezoelectric, referring to the generation of a voltage by detecting variations in pressure (in this case, vibration). Unlike 'traditional' pickups or microphones, piezo systems uniquely detect vibrations from the wood of your guitar to generate sound, usually from the saddle.
