Guitar Pickups The electric guitar is part of the reason why pop music is what it is today. The electric guitar would be a useless hunk of materials without one thing; the guitar pickup.First a pickup is technically called a transducer. According to Encarta online, a transducer is "(a) device that converts energy: a device that transforms one type of energy into another, for example, a microphone, a photoelectric cell, or an automobile horn". …showed first 75 words of 951 total…

…showed last 75 words of 951 total…that have yet to be discovered. Although the road may be heavy metal and dark I think the electric guitar has a very promising future. BIBLIOGRAPHY Book: Daniels, Richard The Heavy Guitar Bible: New York, Cherry Lane Music Co.,Inc, 1979 Websites: Seymour Duncan.com; Seymour Duncan 2001 Interviews: Tim Maytas…Guitar Gallery Sally Vesco…Vesco's accordion and guitar Center. Chris Cleary…Hollowood music and sound Magazine: Bruck, Matt Guitar World: October New York, Harris publications., Inc,1999