When you move the selector switch on your guitar or bass, are your pickups being combined in parallel or in series? Most production guitars combine pickups in parallel when you select more than one pickup at a time (like the middle position on a Tele or the “2” and “4” positi …

ON PICKUP POLARITY... Pickup polarity refers to two things at the same time - direction of pickup windings (clockwise or counter clockwise) and magnet polarity (North facing up or South facing up).If you are using only one pickup considerations for polarity are unimportant, as the signal is only co …

The string is the signal source for the pickup. Pickups produce a magnetic field that is altered by the vibration of the string, thus creating the electrical signal that becomes the sound of your guitar.  You will get the best and fullest tone by setting your pickups as close to the strings (s …