Patent ID: 7989690

Claim:
A pickup system for a stringed musical instrument comprising a plurality of strings that vibrate when the instrument is played, each string defining a longitudinal axis and at least two of the strings defining a string plane, the pickup system comprising: a) a plurality of coil-wire wrappings for detecting vibration of the strings when the instrument is played; b) each coil-wire wrapping comprising coil wire surrounding an interior; c) the plurality of coil-wire wrappings being disposed below and at least substantially parallel to the string plane; d) each of the coil-wire wrappings defining a coil-wire wrapping longitudinal axis that is at least substantially parallel to the string plane and each of the coil-wire wrappings being symmetrical about such longitudinal axis; e) wherein a string projection plane, passing through the longitudinal axis of one of the plurality of strings and being at least generally perpendicular to the string plane, intersects at least one of the coil-wire wrapping longitudinal axes at an acute angle; and f) wherein at least one plane, that is perpendicular to the string plane and parallel to the longitudinal axis of at least one string, intersects the interiors of two adjacent coil-wire wrappings.