Patent ID: 8680389

Claim:
A pickup device which is mountable on a body of an electric stringed musical instrument and which is configured to convert vibrations of a plurality of strings of the musical instrument into electric signals, comprising: at least one magnet each of which is disposed in the vicinity of one of the strings when the pickup device is mounted on the body; a coil wound around the at least one magnet; and a magnetic attaching member which is conductably connected to the coil and which can be magnetized, wherein the magnetic attaching member is constituted by a magnet which is magnetically attachable to an attachment member provided on a surface of the body and which can be magnetized, wherein the attachment member is conductably connected to at least one electric component provided on the body, and wherein the magnetic attaching member is configured such that an electrically conductive state can be established between the magnetic attaching member and the attachment member when the magnetic attaching member is magnetically attached to the attachment member.