Links to resources and discussions

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Research papers and other resources:


Light Reading
• Helmuth Lemme's Online Guides
• Theoretical and Practical Studies on the Behavior of Electric Guitar Pick-Ups, Thomas Jungmann, 1994
• Ken Willmott's Blog
• Physics of the Electric Guitar PDF , Manfred Zollner
• Response Effects of Guitar Pickup Position and Width, etc., J. Donald Tillman
• Gitec Forum for electric guitar technology (English) (The Book)

Heavy Reading
• Electric Guitar Pickups, Kirk T McDonald, 2007
• Modeling the magnetic pickup of an electric guitar
• Calculation Method of Permanent Magnet Pickups for Electric Guitars, Guy Lemarquand, Valérie Lemarquand 2009
• The Science of Electric Guitars and Guitar Electronics, Jarmo Lähdevaara 2004


Guides on conducting pickup measurements: 

• Helmuth Lemme's Pickup Measuring Technique, 2013
• Measuring the Electrical Properties of Guitar Pickups
• Finding a Pickup's Resonant Peak with a USB Oscilliscope



Pickup data collections:
• Interactive Data Table - Measured Pickup Data for Various Pickups
• The Guitar Pickup Tone Database


Various discussions:

• A string plucking mechanism for consistent testing Methodolgy
• Analyzing the "wolf tone" effect in a spectrogram Methodolgy
• Finding a Pickup's Resonant Peak with a USB Oscilliscope Methodolgy
• Impedance measurements with a computer DAC interface unit Methodolgy
• Inductance vs resistance scatter plot comparison Methodolgy
• Making one pickup sound like another w/ modern DAW magic Methodolgy
• Measuring pickups with LCR meters Methodolgy
• Measuring the Electrical Properties of Guitar Pickups Methodolgy
• Modeling an electric guitar with LTSpice Methodolgy
• "Neutral" or "DNE" - Darn Near Eddyless - Humbucker? Musing
• GFS Nashville Vintage vs. Fender Fideli'tron Product Comparison
• Gibson 57 Classic versus a stock Epiphone Humbucker Product Comparison
• High Cost Domestic PAF vs Low Cost Import PAF Product Comparison
• Measured Electrical Values of Popular Telecaster Pickups Product Comparison
• Addiction-FX "PAF" slug steel alloy electrical evaluation Product Evaluation
• Andoer N3X0 black mini humbucker teardown Product Evaluation
• Another Chinese pickup provider (Fleor) Product Evaluation
• Bare Knuckle Pickups Irish Tours, Analysis and Reivew Product Evaluation
• SD SH-1N ‘59 model quick test Product Evaluation
• Manfred Zollner's Physik der Elektrogitarre, observations... Resource
• New Gitec article on AlNiCo magnets Resource
• "DC Resistance" as a pickup specification Science
• "Magnetic damping".. or "magnetic springing"? Science
• An alternative way to consider eddy currents in a pickup? Science
• avoiding capacitance from unused portion of coil with a tap Science
• Basic resonant peak and Q factor manipulation Science
• Coil productivity with respect to permeability and proximity Science
• Cover Geometry to Reduce Eddy Current Losses Science
• Damping caused by the unused coil when splitting a humbucker Science
• DC Resistance = Output??? Science
• Differences between AlNiCo and ceramic/steel Strat pickups Science
• Electrical differences by wire gauge, practical demo. Science
• Guessing inductance from DC R, wire gauge and pickup type Science
• How much of the string does a pickup sample? Science
• Humbucker base plates and eddy currents Science
• Magnetic pull and asymmetrical clipping Science
• Magnetic pull between pickup and string Science
• Parasitic capacitance versus the associated magnetic axis Science
• Reducing coil capacitance Science
• Reducing eddy currents in pickup covers with strategic cuts Science
• The electrical effects of pole piece metal types Science
• The impact of the resonant peak upon the tone of a pickup Science
• The relationship between pickup width and harmonic induction Science
• The tonal effect of pickup height Science
• To know pickup measurements, know string vibration Science
• Voltage output per coil in a hybrid humbucker Science
• Actual output amplitudes of various pickups Summary
• An interactive table to present gathered pickup data Summary