A pickup device acts as a transducer that captures mechanical vibrations -LRB- usually from suitably-equipped stringed instruments such as the electric guitar , electric bass guitar or electric violin -RRB- and converts them to an electrical signal , which can be amplified and recorded .

A pickup is a device that captures mechanical vibrations -LRB- usually from stringed instruments like the electric guitar , electric bass guitar or electric violin -RRB- and converts them to an electrical signal which can be amplified and recorded .
